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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 | Anderson, Nellie C. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1976 | |
| Capt. Nels Anderson Funeral Service Held. | Anderson, Nels (Capt.) | Person | Marine Digest | Month: 04 Day: 18 Year: 1970 | |
| Ocean Skipper at Silver Lake. | Anderson, Nels F. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1967 | |
| Anderson, Nels Gustaf | Anderson, Nels Gustaf | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 198-199. | Year: 1921 |
| Anderson, Nels John | Anderson, Nels John | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1., p. 42-43 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Nelson J. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 12 Day: 3 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Nettie | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 05 Day: 22 Year: 1957 | |
| Anderson, Niels | Anderson, Niels | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 201 | Year: 1980 |
| Anderson, Nils | Anderson, Nils | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 143-145 | Year: 1982 |
| Anderson, Nils | Anderson, Nils | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 497 | Year: 1900 |
| Pioneer of County Dies | Anderson, Nina Belle | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Nina Belle | Person | Nisqually Valley News | Month: 09 Day: 10 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Nina Belle | Person | Chehalis Advocate | Month: 09 Day: 10 Year: 1959 | |
| Lucky Fisherman Set to Go Again After Chilly Artic Swim | Anderson, Olav | Person | Seattle Times | pg 25 | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1968 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Olive "Liz" T. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Olive "Liz" T. | Person | Chinook Observer | Month: 09 Day: 22 Year: 1983 | |
| Mrs. James Anderson | Anderson, Olive (Mrs.) | Person | Observer (Long Beach, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 9 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Oren E. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1976 |
| Anderson, Orleander | Anderson, Orleander | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 460 | Year: 1904 |
| June's Journal: Clubwoman of stereotype missing at State parley. | Anderson, Orrin (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. S-10 | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Orval W. | Person | Olympian | Month: 08 Day: 20 Year: 1987 | |
| Anderson, Orville A. | Anderson, Orville A. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 159 | Year: 1920 |
| Anderson, Oscar | Anderson, Oscar | Person | Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound | p. 77 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Oscar | Person | Chronicle (Elma, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1979 | |
| Anderson, Oscar M. | Anderson, Oscar M. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 254-255 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Oscar V. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 50 | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1966 |
| Ossian Anderson, Industrial Leader. | Anderson, Ossian | Person | Americana Illustrated | vol. 35 no 2 p. 381-388 | Month: 04 Year: 1941 |
| Anderson, Ossian | Anderson, Ossian | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 124 | Year: 1936 |
| Anderson, Otto B. | Anderson, Otto B. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 218-219 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Otto E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 53 | Month: 06 Day: 17 Year: 1954 |
| Reservation Homesteader dies on coast | Anderson, Otto T. | Person | Omak Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 25 Year: 1962 | |
| Reservation homesteader dies on coast. | Anderson, Otto T. | Person | Okanogan Independent | Month: 01 Day: 25 Year: 1962 | |
| Last rites for area residents | Anderson, Patriae | Person | Palouse Republic | p. 1 | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary: Paul Anderson passes Monday | Anderson, Paul J. | Person | Palouse Republic | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1974 | |
| Pauline Anderson succumbs at 89. | Anderson, Pauline | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 09 Day: 18 Year: 1960 | |
| Immigrant lawman started on wrong side of bars. | Anderson, Pete | Person | Daily Olympian | C-12 | Month: 09 Day: 30 Year: 1981 |
| Anderson, Peter | Anderson, Peter | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 383 | Year: 1904 |
| Anderson, Peter | Anderson, Peter | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 71 | Year: 1980 |
| Anderson, Peter | Anderson, Peter | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 649 | Year: 1904 |
| Pioneer local fireman, logger dies in Vancouver. | Anderson, Peter Bodward | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1959 | |
| Phoebe Prosch Anderson rites tomarrow. | Anderson, Phoebe Prosch | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-3 | Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Anderson, Ralph | Person | Bainbridge Island Review | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Anderson, Ralph W. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 06 Day: 22 Year: 1979 | |
| Pioneer of Carson dies at Skyline. | Anderson, Ralph W. | Person | Enterprise (White Salmon, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 5 Year: 1961 | |
| Andersons to note 50th Wedding Year | Anderson, Ray O. (Mr.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 46 | Month: 08 Day: 25 Year: 1965 |
| Andersons to note 50th Wedding year. | Anderson, Ray O. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 46 | Month: 08 Day: 25 Year: 1965 |
| Anderson, Richard Beatty | Anderson, Richard Beatty | Person | Washington State Men of Valor | p. 93-94 | Year: 1980 |
| Clerks Who Got Lucky. | Anderson, Rick | Person | Pacific Northwest | p. 44 | Month: 03 Year: 1986 |
| County executive race -- Randy Revelle to the rescue --Now..... | Anderson, Robert | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 4 | Month: Day: Year: 1981 |
| Politicians starting to keep close watch on Everett Mayor | Anderson, Robert | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-18 | Month: 02 Day: 18 Year: 1973 |