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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women amass crime facts. | Arwine, Carolyn | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 05 Day: 10 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Arwntzen, George | Person | Skagit Valley News | Month: 07 Day: 14 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary: Nellie Asam Funeral Held. | Asam, Nellie | Person | Lynden Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 18 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Asaph, Bargara Isabell | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 07 Day: 16 Year: 1962 | |
| Asbell, Thelma Peterson | Asbell, Thelma Peterson | Person | Northport Pioneers: echoes of the past from the upper Columbia | p. 134 | Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Asberg, Gust H. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1982 | |
| Asberry, H. J. | Asberry, H. J. | Person | Republican (Seattle, Wash.) | v. II no. 34 p. 18 | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1896 |
| Woman , 102 seems to growth younger | Asberry, Nettie J. (Dr.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 13 Year: 1967 | |
| Tacoma Pioneer: Dr. Ashberry Marks her 103rd Birthday | Asberry, Nettie J. (Dr.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 13 Year: 1968 | |
| Dr. Nettie J. Asberry | Asberry, Nettie J. (Dr.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 19 Year: 1968 | |
| Black activism arrived arrived (in Tacoma) in 1893 | Asberry, Nettie J. (Dr.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | In the Shadow of the mountain. - historical supple | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1989 |
| Dr. Nettie J. Asberry | Asberry, Nettie J. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 11 Day: 19 Year: 1968 | |
| Asberry, Nettie J. (Dr.) | Asberry, Nettie J. (Dr.) | Person | Notable Women | p. 31 | |
| Pioneer woman dies Friday | Asbery, Myrtle Vivian | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 02 Day: 27 Year: 1960 | |
| Mrs. S. T. Asbery, pioneer, buried Tuesday. | Asbery, Myrtle Vivian | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 03 Day: 3 Year: 1960 | |
| Deathe of Sanford Asbery closes Marysville Era. | Asbery, Sanford T. | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1965 | |
| Death of Sanford Asbery closes Marysville era. | Asbery, Sanford T. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 09 Day: 22 Year: 1965 | |
| Bad break led to luck break for local danseuse. | Asbury, Alexandra Victoria | Person | Olympian | p. A-1 | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1986 |
| Asbury, Gilbert S. | Asbury, Gilbert S. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 751 | Year: 1904 |
| William Asbury named Seattle Post-Intelligencer managing editor. | Asbury, William F. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 07 Day: 27 Year: 1978 |
| Obituary | Aschauer, Joseph J. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1980 | |
| Aschenbrenner, Abraham | Aschenbrenner, Abraham | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 77 | Year: 1920 |
| Aschenbrenner, Daniel B. | Aschenbrenner, Daniel B. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 151 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Ash, A. D. (Mrs.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 5 | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1955 |
| Ash, Clark W. | Ash, Clark W. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | p. 13 | Year: 1921 |
| Ash, Edgar F. | Ash, Edgar F. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 109 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Ash, Edgar F. | Person | Whitman-Latah Record (Palouse, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 10 Year: 1982 | |
| E. P. 'Pres' Ash Dies at 80; Was Son of Pioneers. | Ash, Elmer Preston | Person | Skamania County Pioneer | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Ash, Elmer Preston | Person | Vancouver Evening Columbian | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1970 | |
| Ash, Lucies E. | Ash, Lucies E. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 218-219 | Year: 1921 |
| Whatever happened to ... Merrill Ash? | Ash, Merrill | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | A-2 | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1978 |
| New principal at P. G. Schmidt | Ashburn, Beth | Person | Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Ashby, Arthur Glenn | Person | |||
| Twelve top profs. | Ashby, Leroy | Person | Spokane Magazine | p. 56 (64) | Month: 09 Year: 1980 |
| Ashby at 57th Northwest Conference. | Ashby, Paul | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 50 | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1965 |
| Ashby elected to head humanities commision | Ashby, Philip | Person | Olympia News 52 | p. 11 | Month: 03 Day: 8 Year: 1983 |
| Ashby, W. H. | Ashby, W. H. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 82-83 | Year: 1921 |
| Ashcraft, William B. | Ashcraft, William B. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 868 | Year: 1904 |
| Early Granite resident dies. | Ashe, James A | Person | Lake Stevens News | Month: 01 Day: 20 Year: 1966 | |
| Ashenfelter, Harry C. | Ashenfelter, Harry C. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 137 | Year: 1920 |
| Ashenfelter, L. (Mrs.) | Ashenfelter, L. (Mrs.) | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 205 | Year: 1920 |
| Ashford home nominated for register. | Ashford, Walter | Person | Eatonville Dispatch | Month: 07 Day: 18 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Ashley, Charles M. | Person | Prosser Record Bulletin | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1983 | |
| Boxing official to quit. | Ashley, Dale | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-4 | Month: 04 Day: 21 Year: 1981 |
| Mrs. William Ashley | Ashley, Elizabeth (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 20 | Month: 02 Day: 28 Year: 1963 |
| Ashley to run for secretary of state. | Ashley, Evelyn | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-9 | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Ashley, Fred C. | Person | Tri-county Tribune (Deer Park, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1990 | |
| Fred C. Ashley;, former legislator dies. | Ashley, Fred C. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 12 Day: 27 Year: 1989 | |
| Obituary | Ashley, George G. | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1907 | |
| Ashley, Gertrude H. | Ashley, Gertrude H. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1 | Year: 1954 |