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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Settler Passes Away | Anderson, Hilda | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 18 Year: 1960 | |
| Anderson, Hilda C. | Anderson, Hilda C. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1 | Year: 1955 |
| Obituary: Hilda Anderson | Anderson, Hilda E. | Person | Edmonds Tribune Review | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1974 | |
| Hilding's Hardware an Elma Mainstay | Anderson, Hilding | Person | Olympian | p. B-3 | Month: 02 Day: 20 Year: 1983 |
| Hildure Anderson Dies Here at 77. | Anderson, Hildure A. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Hilga A. | Person | Chronicle (Elma, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Hjalmer E. | Person | Bainbridge Island Review | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Hjalmer E. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-5 | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1976 |
| Anderson, Hoods Canal | Anderson, Hoods Canal | Person | Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound | p. 40 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Horace Marvin Russell | Person | Everett Daily Herald | p. 4 | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Howard Milton | Person | Morton Journal | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1982 | |
| Hubert H. Anderson | Anderson, Hubert H. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 5 Year: 1963 | |
| The Garhn Family | Anderson, Hulda Grahn | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book # 4, p. 119 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Ila | Person | Ferndale Record | Month: 03 Day: 11 Year: 1981 | |
| Anderson, Isaac W. | Anderson, Isaac W. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 854 | Year: 1893 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Iva V. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 04 Day: 12 Year: 1972 | |
| Anderson, Ivar William | Anderson, Ivar William | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 198-199 | Year: 1921 |
| Anderson, J. Albert | Anderson, J. Albert | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 627 | Year: 1904 |
| Anderson, J. F. | Anderson, J. F. | Person | Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound | p. 183 | Year: 1900 |
| Public Works Chief Honored | Anderson, J. Garth | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-10 | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1975 |
| Anderson, J. M. | Anderson, J. M. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 604 | Year: 1894 |
| Anderson, J. P. W. | Anderson, J. P. W. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 474 | Year: 1893 |
| Anderson, J. Patton (Mrs.) | Anderson, J. Patton (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 05 Day: 13 Year: 1916 | |
| U. S. Customs Agent, Died in Flood. | Anderson, J. W. | Person | Seattle Gazette | Month: 12 Day: 26 Year: 1863 | |
| Anderson, J. Wallace | Anderson, J. Wallace | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 145 | Year: 1982 |
| Anderson, J. Waverly | Anderson, J. Waverly | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 423 | Year: 1904 |
| Anderson, Jack | Anderson, Jack | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 423 | Year: 1982 |
| Norway emigrants meet again 80 years later | Anderson, Jack (Capt.) | Person | Marine Digest | p. 20 | Month: 07 Day: 27 Year: 1985 |
| Anderson, Jack Thomas | Anderson, Jack Thomas | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | p. 7 | Year: 1921 |
| James Anderson recalls when...Victoria Was Just Wild Forest. | Anderson, James | Person | Victoria Daily Colonist Islander Magazine | p. 10-11 | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1974 |
| Obituary | Anderson, James | Person | Prosser Record Bulletin | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1977 | |
| Evans names Seattle attorney to appeals bench. | Anderson, James A. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-10 | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1974 |
| Obituary | Anderson, James E. | Person | South Bend Journal | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1962 | |
| Anderson took the heat and it paid off for Pacific First | Anderson, James E. | Person | Puget Sound Business Journal | p. 1 | Month: 10 Day: 27 Year: 1986 |
| James Anderson | Anderson, James Ora | Person | Forks Forum | Month: 02 Day: 23 Year: 1967 | |
| People who made Washington history | Anderson, James Patton | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 12 Day: 20 Year: 1961 | |
| Anderson, James Patton | Anderson, James Patton | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 12 Day: 20 Year: 1961 | |
| Well and strong and fearless: Etta Anderson in Washington Territory, 1853-1856 | Anderson, James Patton | Person | Montana | p. 32 | Month: Day: Year: 1982 |
| Capitol Hill church, nearly disbanded, is coming back to life | Anderson, Janette B. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-10 | Month: 09 Day: 12 Year: 1981 |
| Mrs. William Anderson | Anderson, Jeanie M. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Sec. 1 p. 17 | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Jens James | Person | Bellingham Herald | p. 24 | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1955 |
| Jens Anderson, Patriarch, dies. | Anderson, Jens K. B. | Person | News Journal (Kent, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Jessie M. | Person | Herald (Everett, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Jessie M. | Person | Arlington Times | Month: 08 Day: 17 Year: 1983 | |
| Top commerce job could provide direction. | Anderson, John | Person | Daily Olympian | C-1 | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1981 |
| Anderson, John | Anderson, John | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 22, p. 260-261 | |
| John Anderson, pioneer, dies. | Anderson, John | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1963 | |
| Trade star's lure reels in the business. | Anderson, John | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-4 | Month: 06 Day: 30 Year: 1985 |
| Anderson, John | Anderson, John | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p.310 | Year: 1900 |
| Anderson, John | Anderson, John | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 111-112 | Year: 1982 |