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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Clark conservation leader, dies. | Clark, Irving | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1960 | |
| Tongue curls round words - like cobra. | Clark, Irving (Jr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 19 | Month: 02 Day: 27 Year: 1968 |
| Clark, Irving C. | Clark, Irving C. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 44 | Month: 06 Day: 1 Year: 1956 |
| In memory of Irving M. Clark. | Clark, Irving M. | Person | Mountaineer Magazine | p. 3 | Month: 07 Year: 1960 |
| Obituary | Clark, Irving M. (Jr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-7 | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1978 |
| Clark, Isaac Alonzo | Clark, Isaac Alonzo | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 191 | Year: 1980 |
| Clark, Isaac Henry | Clark, Isaac Henry | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 14 | Year: 1980 |
| Fair Play & America forever with J. W. Clark and the Post. | Clark, J. W. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | p. D-5 | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1976 |
| Clallam pioneer dies at age 101. | Clark, James | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1958 |
| Clallam County's oldest resident dead. | Clark, James | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1958 | |
| James I. Clark Family | Clark, James I. | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 158 | Year: 1982 |
| Seattleite's sails are set for success. | Clark, Jerie | Person | Seattle Times | p. 4S | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1966 |
| Jerry G. Clark Family. | Clark, Jerry G. | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 158-159 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Clark, John B. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1980 | |
| John Henry Clark | Clark, John Henry | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 28, p. 93-98 | |
| John Clark softened Naches sagebrush profile with crops. | Clark, John Howard | Person | Yakima Sun | Month: 08 Day: 7 Year: 1980 | |
| John Clark softened Naches sagebrush profile with crops. | Clark, John Howard | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | v. 5, p. 42-43 | Year: 1980 |
| John Jay Clark | Clark, John Jay | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 349 | Year: 1885 |
| John Judson Clark | Clark, John Judson | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 395-396 | Year: 1903 |
| Clark, John L | Clark, John L | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | Mss 134 Mss micro. | |
| Clark, John Lafayette. | Clark, John Lafayette | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 85 | Year: 1980 |
| Rites for John M. Clark set. | Clark, John McLaren | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Joseph | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v.38, p. 240 | |
| Grace Mable Button-Clark Bible Records | Clark, Joseph Clemmons | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | p. 155-156 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Joseph W. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1962 | |
| Young vet sets goal of violin maker. | Clark, Julian | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-10 | Month: 12 Day: 25 Year: 1971 |
| Closing up shop: Seattle's master violin maker says quality depends on the right wood. | Clark, Julian | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-1 | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1983 |
| Kay Rankin Clark. | Clark, Kay Rankin | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 193 | Year: 1920 |
| Kenneth J. Clark Family | Clark, Kenneth J. | Person | History of Klickitat County | P. 157-158 | Year: 1982 |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll | Clark, L. M. (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Obituary: Mrs. L. M. Clark. | Clark, L. M. (Mrs.) | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1906 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Lavinia H. | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 11 Day: 5 Year: 1981 | |
| Leland Franklin Clark | Clark, Leland Franklin | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 194-195 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Clark, Lena Elizabeth | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-7 | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1978 |
| Obituary | Clark, Leslie D. | Person | Waterville Empire-Press | Month: 12 Day: 7 Year: 1978 | |
| A Walla Walla Pioneer. | Clark, Lettice J. | Person | Told by the Pioneers | v. 2, p. 35-39 | Year: 1938 |
| Lewis E. Clark. | Clark, Lewis E. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 104-105 | Year: 1921 |
| Area pioneer educator dies. | Clark, Lois (Dr.) | Person | Federal Way News-Advertiser | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1968 | |
| 97-year-old enjoys every minute of life. | Clark, Lottie A. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 9 | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1966 |
| Rites planned for Mrs. Clark, 100. | Clark, Lottie A. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 59 | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1969 |
| Mrs Halbert Clark, longtime Seattleite, dies. | Clark, Lottie L. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 75 | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1964 |
| Woman honored for work. | Clark, Louise | Person | Vancouver Evening Columbian | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary: Lulu Clark. | Clark, Lulu C. | Person | Issaquah Press | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: Mrs. Charles M. Clark. | Clark, Madeline E. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 58 | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1967 |
| Last rites for Maggie Clark, valley pioneer. | Clark, Maggie Armelda | Person | Spokane Valley Herald | Month: 06 Day: 22 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Margaret B. | Person | Olympian | Month: 12 Day: 8 Year: 1985 | |
| Margaret L. Clark, 85, long at Burlington, dies. | Clark, Margaret L. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1970 | |
| Mrs. Marie G. Clark. | Clark, Marie G. (Mrs.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Marion Lewis | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 04 Day: 20 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Marjorie L. | Person | Edmonds Enterprise | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1986 |