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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 | Axtell, Jessie E. | Person | Tenino Independent | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1983 | |
| Axtell, Josephus | Axtell, Josephus | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 63 | Year: 1980 |
| Richard Axtell dies in Spokane | Axtell, Richard W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1962 | |
| Axtell, Samuel A. | Axtell, Samuel A. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 156-157 | Year: 1921 |
| Axtell, William Henry | Axtell, William Henry | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 98-99 | Year: 1921 |
| Axtell, William Henry (M.D.) | Axtell, William Henry (M.D.) | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v1, p. 313-314 | Year: 1903 |
| Aya, Louis C. | Aya, Louis C. | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 21, p. 153 | |
| Spokane School Chief Says No to State Job. | Ayars, Albert L. (Dr.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1971 |
| Obituary | Ayde, Frank | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 02 Day: 28 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Ayde, Ina | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 07 Day: 6 Year: 1979 | |
| Irrepressible Big John Aydelotte: Free Trader. | Aydelotte, John | Person | Northwest Living | p. 11 | Month: Day: Year: 1989 |
| Thurston County | Ayer, Charles H. | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 75 | |
| Ayer, Charles H. | Ayer, Charles H. | Person | Tillicum Tales | p. 368 | |
| State's first lady of architecture. | Ayer, Elixabeth | Person | Seattle Times | Pacific p. 45 | Month: 01 Day: 18 Year: 1981 |
| Archtect Takes Down Shingle | Ayer, Elixabeth | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-1 | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Ayer, Ellis Chase | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-3 | Month: 03 Day: 11 Year: 1979 |
| Mrs. Leslie J. Ayer. | Ayer, Leslie J. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 61 | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1965 |
| Grays Harbor County | Ayer, O. D. | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 161 | |
| Obituary | Ayer, Richard Charles | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 05 Day: 8 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Ayer, Ruby M. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Ayer, Ruby Merle | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-3 | Month: 12 Day: 23 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Ayer, Travis | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Ayer, Travis | Person | Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 06 Day: 6 Year: 1982 |
| Death calls Annie Ayers. | Ayers, Annie Alice Crabb | Person | Ellensburg Record | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1962 | |
| Ayers, Annie Alice Crabb | Ayers, Annie Alice Crabb | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 25 p. 287-290 | |
| Mrs. Ayers dies at 84; valley resident most of life | Ayers, Annie Alice Crabb | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1962 | |
| Ayers, Elmer J. | Ayers, Elmer J. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 310-311 | Year: 1904 |
| Ayers, George Washington | Ayers, George Washington | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1952 |
| Obituary | Ayers, Harry A. | Person | Daily Olympian | p.6 | Month: 02 Day: 8 Year: 1970 |
| J. R. Ayers Dead at 91. | Ayers, J. R. | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 04 Day: 15 Year: 1970 | |
| Memorial | Ayers, John Roley | Person | Courier of the East Benton County Historical Society | vol 7, no. 2, p. 1+` | Month: 07 Year: 1985 |
| Obituary | Ayers, Katherine | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1960 | |
| Ayers, Shields -- And the Sea | Ayers, Ken | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. H-12 | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1976 |
| Ruth Sampson Ayers, noted musician, dies | Ayers, Ruth Sampson | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1991 | |
| Jawbone Flat 69 Gazette: The Courthouse Long Ago. | Ayers, Sam | Person | Clarkston American (Clarkston, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 9 Year: 1984 | |
| Ayers, W. E. | Ayers, W. E. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 459 | |
| Ayers, William N. | Ayers, William N. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 68 | Year: 1980 |
| Aylard, Donovan | Aylard, Donovan | Person | Seattle Images in Words and Photographs | unpaged paper | Year: 1962 |
| Ayler, Edgar J. | Ayler, Edgar J. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 151 | Year: 1920 |
| Ayler, Floyd D. | Ayler, Floyd D. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 151 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Aylward, Frank A. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 01 Day: 16 Year: 1978 | |
| Media and the Arts Theater Alyward and Ferrand - A complementary craziness. | Aylward, John | Person | Seattle Voice | p. 29 | Month: 06 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary: Richard Aylward ex- P-I employee. | Aylward, Richard | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-8 | Month: 07 Day: 28 Year: 1984 |
| Lakeside School selects Ayrault to be Headmaster. | Ayrault, Arthur D. (Jr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 18 | Month: 04 Day: 21 Year: 1968 |
| Obituary | Ayres, Alice Sadie | Person | Cowlitz County Advocate | Month: 12 Day: 2 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Ayres, Esther May | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1984 | |
| My Pioneer Experiences on Tatoosh Island, WA | Ayres, Jessie C. | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 37, p. 168-180 | |
| Early resident of city dies | Ayres, Jessie C. | Person | Olympic Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1961 | |
| Early resident of city dies. | Ayres, Jessie C. | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Ayres, Jessie Frances | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1991 |