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Pacific Northwest Card File Search
The Pacific Northwest Card File appears to have been started in the early 1950s as a finding aid for biographical and historical information in the Washington State Library. Information was indexed from newspapers across the state as well as many published local histories, creating a very unique point of access.
Comprised of hundreds of thousands of cards, the drawers are divided into a Name File and a Subject File. Work began in late 2012, chiefly with WSL volunteer David Lane, on the Name File. We are now up to the surname "C" and will continue to update the online index as progress is made.
The Card File was closed in the early 1990s.
| Title | Subject | Subject Type | Publication | Citation Details | Citation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faces of the City: A great guy for a guidepost. | Chinn, Raymond G. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 19 | Month: 05 Day: 22 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Chipman, Addie L. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1983 | |
| Thumbnail Sketch | Chipman, Katherine Frazier Adair | Person | Reasearcher, Tacoma Genealogical Society Publication. | vol. 5, no. 1, p. 5 | Month: 09 Year: 1973 |
| Chipman, Marshall M. | Chipman, Marshal M. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 260 | Year: 1980 |
| Father Chirouse | Chirouse, E. C. (Father) | Person | History of Snohomish County, Wash. | vol. 1, p. 826-828 | Year: 1926 |
| A. James Chisholm | Chisholm, A. James | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, p. 636-637 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Chisholm, Edith | Person | Methow Valley News | Month: 10 Day: 21 Year: 1976 | |
| UW library school's new chief. | Chisholm, Margaret E. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-11 | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1980 |
| Ralph C. Chisholm | Chisholm, Ralph C. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 80-81 | Year: 1921 |
| Interview.... | Chisholm, Robert | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Sunday Northwest, p. 13 | Month: 04 Day: 12 Year: 1981 |
| William J. Chisholm | Chisholm, William J. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 642-643 | Year: 1916 |
| Colacurcio, Chisman convicted of tax fraud. | Chisman, Kent | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Chistie, Clarence | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1973 | |
| Albert F. Chittenden funeral set. | Chittenden, Albert Frederick | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1962 | |
| Andrew H. Chittenden | Chittenden, Andrew H. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, p. 598-599 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Chittenden, Ann V. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-19 | Month: 10 Day: 27 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Chittenden, Hiram M. (Professor) | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1971 | |
| Book tells how Chittenden changed the face of the West. | Chittenden, Hiram Martin | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag., p. 23 | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1962 |
| Review of H. M. Chittenden: a Western Epic, ed. By Bruce LeRoy | Chittenden, Hiram Martin | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Mag., p. 2 | Month: 12 Day: 24 Year: 1961 |
| Hiram Martin Chittenden, Historian. | Chittenden, Hiram Martin | Person | Pacific Historical Review | p. 257-269 | Month: 08 Year: 1961 |
| H. M. Chittenden's "Notes on Forestry Paper". | Chittenden, Hiram Martin | Person | Pacific Northwest Quarterly | p. 73-81 | Month: 04 Year: 1966 |
| Bicentennial Biographies...Hiram Chittenden. | Chittenden, Hiram Martin | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-4 | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1975 |
| Romance is at her fingertips. | Chittenden, Margaret | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-1 | Month: 01 Day: 18 Year: 1982 |
| Death claimes A. Mel Chitty. | Chitty, Arthur Melville | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 07 Day: 10 Year: 1962 | |
| When the Russians landed in Vancouver. | Chkalov, Valerii | Person | Columbia Magazine | p. 5 | Month: Day: Year: 1987 |
| Heritage trust hires new officer | Choate, Glenda | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1988 | |
| Heritage officer to 'sell' history. | Choate, Glenda | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 6 Year: 1988 | |
| Obituary | Choate, Polly Ann | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 38, p. 240 | |
| Pioneer Days in King County | Choir, Melody | Person | King County Empoyees News | p.1 | Month: 05 Day: 19 Year: 1934 |
| Pioneer Days in King County. | Choir, Melody | Person | King County Empoyees News | p. 1 | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1934 |
| William Cholski | Cholski, William | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 5 | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1970 |
| Fay Chong: I am more articulate with the brush than with the pen. | Chong, Fay | Person | International Examiner | p. 4 | Month: 04 Day: 18 Year: 1990 |
| Obituary | Chonzena, Florence | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 06 Day: 29 Year: 1978 | |
| Whatever happened to... ...K Chorlton | Chorlton, K. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-2 | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1976 |
| 1978 assault conviction 'behind me', says official. | Chow, Ed | Person | Seattle Times | A-14 (?) | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1979 |
| Dr. Marge Chow | Chow, Marge (Dr.) | Person | Washington Women | p. 13 | Year: 1983 |
| Couples -- Ping and Ruby Chow. | Chow, Ping | Person | View Northwest | p. 22 | Month: 06 Year: 1978 |
| Chow down in Chinatown? | Chow, Ruby (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Sun | p. 3 | Month: 08 Day: 19 Year: 1981 |
| A gallery of gals who get things done. | Chow, Ruby (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Magazine | p. 27 | Month: 02 Year: 1965 |
| Vulnerable: Ruby Chow to face tough race. | Chow, Ruby (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-3 | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1981 |
| Ruby Chow | Chow, Ruby (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | Pacific Magazine p. 4-13 | Month: 12 Day: 9 Year: 1984 |
| Ruby Chow: the Council's good fortune. | Chow, Ruby (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 4 | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1979 |
| Chow helps free 3 held in knifing. | Chow, Ruby (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C_1 | Month: 11 Day: 23 Year: 1981 |
| Couples -- Ping and Ruby Chow. | Chow, Ruby (Mrs.) | Person | View Northwest | p. 22 | Month: 06 Year: 1978 |
| Ruby Chow Park dedication is May 2: Public is invited. | Chow, Ruby (Mrs.) | Person | Arts (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 4 | Month: 04 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Chown, Earl R. | Person | ? | ||
| Obituary | Chown, Mary Eddy | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 5 | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Chrisman, Archibald Huey | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 69 | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1965 |
| Tacoman Testifies in Garrison Probe. | Chrisman, Fred Lee | Person | Seattle Times | p. 17 | Month: 11 Day: 22 Year: 1968 |
| John F. Chrisman | Chrisman, John F. | Person | Memorial Addresses. 20th Legislature. | p. 49-50 | Year: 1927 |