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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No regrets: Clarks's family remembers the good times. | Clark, Barney B. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1983 |
| Area Dentist getting first artificial heart. | Clark, Barney B. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1, A-11 | Month: 12 Day: 2 Year: 1982 |
| Barney Clark dead. | Clark, Barney B. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1983 |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Clark, Beatrice | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Memorial set for Mrs. Elias T. Clark, 79. | Clark, Bella M. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 43 | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary | Clark, Betty Stephens | Person | Sammamish Valley News | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Beulah M. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1983 | |
| Bill Clark sails as a tug on Puget Sound. | Clark, Bill | Person | Marine Digest | p. 11 | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1989 |
| Empire Builders | Clark, Byrd | Person | Goldendale Sentinel | Month: 08 Day: 20 Year: 1964 | |
| Clark, C. W. | Clark, C. W. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 466 | Year: 1888 |
| Cecil Clark: the fifteenth district in times past. | Clark, Cecil | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol. 5, p. 54-55 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Clark, Cecil Clifford | Person | Wapato Independent | Month: 12 Day: 12 Year: 1979 | |
| Celwin Clark | Clark, Celwin | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 156-157 | Year: 1982 |
| Charles Clark services held in Chelan. | Clark, Charles E. | Person | Chelan Valley Mirror | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1965 | |
| Charles Edward Clark | Clark, Charles Edward | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 157 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Clark, Charles Spencer | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-8 | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Clark, Clare M. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1978 | |
| Mrs. Thomas J. Clark, 78. | Clark, Claudia L. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 45 | Month: 02 Day: 28 Year: 1965 |
| Clayton E. Clark. | Clark, Clayton E. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 456 | Year: 1893 |
| Clark, Clyde Howard | Clark, Clyde Howard | Person | Daily Chronicle | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1958 | |
| Constance Clark | Clark, Constance | Person | Women of Grays Harbor County | Mss # 229 | |
| Cora Clark | Clark, Cora | Person | Told by the Pioneers | v. 3, p. 43-44, 127 | Year: 1938 |
| Obituary | Clark, Cora Alice | Person | Lewis County News | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Cora E. McGee | Person | Yakima Daily Herald | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1962 | |
| D. C. Clark | Clark, D. C. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 143 | Year: 1920 |
| De Witt A. Clark | Clark, De Witt A. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 136 | Year: 1916 |
| He spreads CHAOS with a bang. | Clark, Donald R. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 25 | Month: 01 Day: 28 Year: 1969 |
| 89ers will honor two pioneer Everett women. | Clark, Dorcas L. (Miss) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 06 Day: 3 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Dorcas L. (Miss) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Dorcas L. (Miss) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1968 | |
| Death of Dorcas Clark closes page of history. | Clark, Dorcas L. (Miss) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary: Mrs DeWitt Clark, 79. | Clark, Dorothy W. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 24 | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1967 |
| The Yesler's home -- An early look at what became a part of Pioneer Square | Clark, E. A. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 38 | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1982 |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Clark, E. J. (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Obituary | Clark, Earl E. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Earl E. | Person | Chronicle (Omak, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Earl E. | Person | Methow Valley News | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Edgar B. | Person | Puyallup Valley Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 25 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Edgar B. | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 10 Day: 25 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Edward "Eddie" Charles | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | p. 21 | Month: 01 Day: 14 Year: 1954 |
| Clark, Edward A. | Clark, Edward A. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 72 | Year: 1980 |
| Eldon Clark Family | Clark, Eldon | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 217-218 | Year: 1982 |
| The pioneer dead of 1913 | Clark, Elizabeth Frances | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v.5, no. 1, p. 28 | Month: 01 Year: 1914 |
| Clark, Elizabeth Jane (Mrs.) | Clark, Elizabeth Jane (Mrs.) | Person | Olympia Transcript | V. 3, p. 3 | Month: 09 Day: 12 Year: 1868 |
| Obituary | Clark, Elizabeth Margaret | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 01 Day: 22 Year: 1971 | |
| Elliot Clark, Sr., residing on Dungeness homestead. | Clark, Elliot (Sr.) | Person | Sequim Press | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 10 Year: 1960 |
| Elliott Clark, Sr. Family | Clark, Elliot (Sr.) | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 37, p. 81-83 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Elliot King | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1981 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Elliott R. | Person | Waterville Empire-Press | Month: 11 Day: 14 Year: 1968 | |
| Mrs. James Clark, Seattle pioneer., dies. | Clark, Elsie Mae Felmley (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 09 Day: 28 Year: 1961 |