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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just Andersons Fifty Years ago. Faculty and one of two students answered to this name in 1884. | Anderson, Louis F. | Person | ? | Month: 06 Day: 12 Year: 1932 | |
| Death takes veteran Whitman professor | Anderson, Louis Francis | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 11 Day: 13 Year: 1950 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Louis Francis | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 14 Year: 1950 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Louise Bailey (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 23 | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1953 |
| Anderson, Lydia Johanna | Anderson, Lydia Johanna | Person | Everett Daily Herald | p. 4 | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1954 |
| Anderson, M. M. (Mrs.) | Anderson, M. M. (Mrs.) | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 181 | |
| Death takes M. O. Anderson. | Anderson, M. O. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 57 | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1962 |
| Anderson, Mabel | Anderson, Mabel | Person | Women of Washington | p. 8 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Mabel A. Weiser | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 08 Day: 26 Year: 1973 | |
| Mrs. Rudolph E Anderson | Anderson, Mabel F. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 53 | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Mabel G. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1968 | |
| Her dad, Magnus Anderson, built a cabin in 1869 | Anderson, Magnus | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1965 | |
| Equality Day at the FAA | Anderson, Margaret | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-6 | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Marguerite H. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1982 | |
| Anderson, Maria (Mrs.) | Anderson, Maria (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 28 | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1951 |
| Funeral set for Marius Anderson, 71. | Anderson, Marius | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 53 | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1964 |
| Seattle's Own Girl Friday | Anderson, Marlene | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-5 | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1970 |
| Martha truly pacticed what she preached | Anderson, Martha | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-10 | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Martin | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 41, p. 76 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Martin Magne | Person | Mount Vernon Daily Herald | p. 8 | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1954 |
| Anderson, Marvin | Anderson, Marvin | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 186-187 | Year: 1921 |
| Fountain of Youth? Who needs it! | Anderson, Mary | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-2 | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1969 |
| Mary Anderson Did what had to be done.... | Anderson, Mary | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-10 | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1982 |
| True Pioneer: Mrs Anderson, 90, recalls early days | Anderson, Mary | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 12 Day: 13 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Mary | Person | Seattle Daily Times | ` | Month: 01 Day: 20 Year: 1962 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Mary | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 04 Day: 18 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Mary | Person | Mason County Journal | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1982 | |
| Mathew Anderson; early Seattle shipbuilder. | Anderson, Mathew | Person | PSMHS Newsletter | Supplement | Month: 02 Year: 1967 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Matilda Amelia | Person | Prosser Record Bulletin | Month: 09 Day: 24 Year: 1981 | |
| Pioneer Missed two Fairs in 60 Years | Anderson, Maude | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1970 | |
| Mel Anderson -- Last of the local press agents is ready to roll again | Anderson, Mel | Person | Seattle Times | A-10 | Month: 01 Day: 31 Year: 1981 |
| Anderson, Mel | Anderson, Mel | Person | Digressions of a Native Son. | p. 69 | Year: 1982 |
| The Selling of Seattle and the men who did it... | Anderson, Mel | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-1 | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1982 |
| Driftwood Diary | Anderson, Mel | Person | Seattle Times | mag. P. 4 | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1968 |
| 1918 operator still seeks justice after 50 years | Anderson, Merle | Person | Seattle Times | p. H-6 | Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1975 |
| Woman wins veteran status | Anderson, Merle Egan | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-12 | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1979 |
| Anderson, Merrill S. | Anderson, Merrill S. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 247 | Year: 1921 |
| Anderson, Mike A. | Anderson, Mike A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 4 | Month: 09 Day: 10 Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Mildred Webster | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 11 Day: 23 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Minerva E. | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1973 | |
| Minnie Anderson funeral set Tuesday. | Anderson, Minnie C | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1962 | |
| Minnie Anderson | Anderson, Minnie Witikka (Mrs.) | Person | Wahkiakum County Eagle | Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Molly (Miss) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1968 | |
| I Married a Sailor -- And Went to Sea. | Anderson, Mona Wiig | Person | Cowlitz County Historical Quarterly | p. 3-12 | Month: 11 Year: 1975 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Muriel T. | Person | Skagit Argus | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Muriel T. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 11 Day: 8 Year: 1982 | |
| The Media: Walla Walla, Whitman helped tboost several journalists to prominence | Anderson, N. Christian | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Feature ed., p. 31 | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Naomi V. | Person | South Pierce County Dispatch | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Nella Matilda | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1979 | |
| Mrs Anderson, Harbor pioneer, passes at 88. | Anderson, Nellie Agusta (Mrs.) | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1965 |