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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obituary | Clark, Roy S. (Sr.) | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 09 Day: 18 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Ruby A. | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1981 | |
| Rudolph Clark | Clark, Rudolph | Person | Northport Pioneers: echoes of the past from the upper Columbia | p. 150-153 | Year: 1981 |
| Beloved pioneer, age 96, passes. | Clark, Sena (Mrs.) | Person | Valley Record (Valley, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1957 | |
| Simon S. Clark. | Clark, Simon S. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 333-334 | Year: 1904 |
| State's only Woman Warden changing Purdy policies. | Clark, Sue Ellen | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-14 | Month: 11 Day: 28 Year: 1976 |
| Susan Ann Clark | Clark, Susan Ann | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 4 | Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Clark, Susan Ann | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1957 | |
| Suva M Clark | Clark, Suva M. | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | ||
| Mrs. Thomas Clark Obituary | Clark, Thomas (Mrs.) | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 38, p. 240 | |
| Tom Clark, Duwamish Valley Pioneer. | Clark, Tom | Person | Tukwila News-Register (Tukwila, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1974 | |
| Tubby Clark--musician for many. | Clark, Tubby | Person | Seattle Times Magazine | p. 8-9 | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1976 |
| Obituary | Clark, Tubby | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-20 | Month: 04 Day: 7 Year: 1982 |
| V. V. Clark | Clark, V. V. | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged, alphabitical | Year: 1911 |
| Vern Clark: Upper Vally was his territory. | Clark, Vern | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | v.5, p. 68-69 | Year: 1980 |
| Viola Clark | Clark, Viola | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 158 | Year: 1982 |
| Oroville pioneer passes away Tuesday. | Clark, W. L "Fred" | Person | Oroville Gazette | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1960 | |
| Clark, W. L. | Clark, W. L. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 464 | Year: 1888 |
| Pictorial past.... | Clark, W. T. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1979 | |
| Happy 80th Birthday, Walter Clark. | Clark, Walter | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 7-9 | Month: 09 Day: 12 Year: 1976 |
| Walter S. Clark | Clark, Walter S. | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 51 | Year: 1960 |
| On reading Lewis & Clark | Clark, William (Capt.) | Person | Montana Western History | v. 8, no 3, p. 2 | Year: 1968 |
| Lewis & Clark portraits and portraitists. | Clark, William (Capt.) | Person | Montana Western History | p. 37-56 | Year: 1969 |
| William Clark: pioneer museum man. | Clark, William (Capt.) | Person | Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. | p. 370-373 | Month: 11 Year: 1954 |
| Picture and text regarding Tzi-Kal-Taz, purported son of Captain William Clark. | Clark, William (Capt.) | Person | Chief Joseph County: Land of the Nez Perce. | p. 225-226 | Year: 1981 |
| What are the facts? Did Captain William Clark leave Indian decendants? | Clark, William (Capt.) | Person | Montana: Magazine of Western History | v. 5, no. 3, p. 36-37 | Month: Day: Year: 1955 |
| Discussion about Capt. William Clark's Nez Perce son in Doumit, Mitchel. Book review of Chief Joseph Country: Land of the Nez Perce | Clark, William (Capt.) | Person | We Proceeded On | v. 8, no. 2, p. 20 | Month: 05 Year: 1982 |
| William Clark: a reappraisal. | Clark, William (Capt.) | Person | Montana | p. 52-61 | Month: Day: Year: 1975 |
| Clark of the Yellowstone 1806 | Clark, William (Capt.) | Person | Montana Western History | v. 8, no. 3 | Month: Day: Year: 1968 |
| Preacher's son returns to the fold. | Clark, William E. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 18 | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1966 |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Clark, William H. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Obituary | Clark, William M. | Person | Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 08 Day: 19 Year: 1983 |
| William M. Clark | Clark, William M. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 466 | Year: 1904 |
| John Clark softened Naches Sagebrush profile with crops. | Clark, William Samuel | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | v. 5, p. 42-43 | Year: 1980 |
| W. T. Clark: visionary. | Clark, William T. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Clark, Willis I. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 22 Year: 1980 | |
| Willy Clark -- a big name in little theater. | Clark, Willy | Person | Seattle Times | p. H-3 | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1971 |
| Obituary | Clark-Babbitt, Olive Marie | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1980 | |
| Clarke, Almon Augusta | Clarke, Almon Augusta | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 13 | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1957 |
| Obituary | Clarke, Catherine Collins | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-12 | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Clarke, Charles A. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1966 | |
| Charles W. Clarke | Clarke, Charles W. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 364-365 | Year: 1900 |
| George Lyan and Christina Ellen Clark. | Clarke, Christina Ellen (Mrs.) | Person | Northport Pioneers: echoes of the past from the upper Columbia | p. 154 | Year: 1981 |
| Jet pilot from Bothell decorated | Clarke, Colin A. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-4 | Month: 03 Day: 20 Year: 1970 |
| Whatever happened to ...Dave Clarke | Clarke, Dave | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 2 | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1978 |
| David Dexter Clarke. | Clarke, David Dexter | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | v. III, p. 684 | Year: 1916 |
| Don W. Clarke | Clarke, Don W. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 72-73. | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Clarke, Edward S. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary | Clarke, Emma | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 13 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Clarke, Ernest Meredith | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 14 | Month: 11 Day: 7 Year: 1966 |