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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 | Adams, Milton H. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1963 | |
| Obit. | Adams, Minnie Myrtle | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 3 Year: 1962 | |
| Obit. | Adams, Minnie Myrtle | Person | Courier-Times (Sedro Woolley, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 15 Year: 1962 | |
| Stanwood Girl's 74-Year-Old Letter to Candidate W. J. Bryan Found | Adams, Minnie Myrtle | Person | Stanwood News | Month: 05 Day: 26 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary, Nell Adams, 70, Former State Official, Dies | Adams, Nell | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-12 | Month: 10 Day: 2 Year: 1974 |
| Artist Finds Living in Walla Walla Adds Realistic Touch to his Work | Adams, Norman | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 41 | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1987 |
| U.W. Names Publications Business Head | Adams, Norris | Person | Seattle Times | p. 19 | Month: 09 Day: 28 Year: 1966 |
| Living in Wonderland, Entering Peoh Point Domain of Redman | Adams, Orville J. | Person | Northern Kittitas County Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 18 Year: 1964 | |
| Adams, Orville Lewis | Adams, Orville Lewis | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 12 | |
| Last Rites Held for O.U. Adams | Adams, Otto U. | Person | Spokane Valley Herald | Month: 07 Day: 23 Year: 1964 | |
| Mrs. Evan E. Adams | Adams, R. Louise Hewson (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 54 | Month: 11 Day: 19 Year: 1965 |
| Adams, Raleigh | Adams, Raleigh | Person | Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas | p. 519 | Year: 1904 |
| Adams, Ralph W. | Adams, Ralph W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 7 | Month: 07 Day: 5 Year: 1952 |
| Richard C. Adams Passes at Home | Adams, Richard C. | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1961 | |
| Adams, Richard John | Adams, Richard John | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 21, p. 83-87 | |
| Some Remembered, Some Forgotten | Adams, Richard Todd | Person | Seattle Times | p. 19 | Month: 10 Day: 5 Year: 1967 |
| Adams, Robert | Adams, Robert | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 27 | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Adams, Roscoe C. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 6 | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Adams, Ruth | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 12 Day: 9 Year: 1982 | |
| Obit. | Adams, Salina (Mrs.) | Person | Everett Daily Herald | page 20 | Month: 09 Day: 28 Year: 1954 |
| Native of Sweden Celebrates a Century | Adams, Selma | Person | Seattle Times | A-7 | Month: 12 Day: 20 Year: 1977 |
| Medal of Honor: Vancouver Starts Countdown for Convention in November | Adams, Stanley | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 26 Year: 1991 | |
| Adams, T. S. | Adams, T. S. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | Pg. 602 | Year: 1894 |
| Meet Your Pioneers-- | Adams, Thomas | Person | Everett Daily Herald | Month: 07 Day: 29 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Adams, Thomas A. | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 05 Day: 27 Year: 1970 | |
| Adams, Thomas Demster | Adams, Thomas Demster | Person | History of Klickitat County | P. 107 | Year: 1982 |
| Vern Adams Tells of Early Coulee City | Adams, Vern | Person | Grant County Journal | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1977 | |
| Adams, Victor Goldsmith | Adams, Victor Goldsmith | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 148-149 | Year: 1921 |
| New Museum Curator Sees Changes | Adams, Vivian | Person | Review (Toppenish, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 9 Year: 1984 | |
| Wade Adams Passes On; Buried Friday | Adams, Wade | Person | Davenport Times | Month: 03 Day: 20 Year: 1969 | |
| Open Drawbridge, Runaway train, Heavy Snows - Orting Man Relives railroading. Walter Adams, 85, Ends Career in 1918 | Adams, Walter | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Mag. Sec., pp. 6-7, & cover | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Adams, Walter C. (Dr.) | Person | Whidbey News-Times | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1979 | |
| Adams, Walter Charles | Adams, Walter Charles | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 188-189 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Adams, William | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1970 | |
| Adams, William | Adams, William | Person | Mason | 0.232638889 | |
| Adams, William Everett | Adams, William Everett | Person | Snoqualmie Valley Record | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1964 | |
| William Everett Adams Funeral | Adams, William Everett | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 43 | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1964 |
| Adams, William Everett | Adams, William Everett | Person | North Bend Record | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1964 | |
| Adams, William Everett | Adams, William Everett | Person | East Side Journal (Kirkland, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1964 | |
| Adams, William H. | Adams, William H. | Person | Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas | p. 424 | Year: 1904 |
| Adams, William James | Adams, William James | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book # 4, p. 44 | Year: 1977 |
| Adams, William L. | Adams, William L. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, pp. 30-33 | Year: 1917 |
| Adams, William L. | Adams, William L. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 534-38 | Year: 1903 |
| Adams, William L. (Mrs.) | Adams, William L. (Mrs.) | Person | Women of Grays Harbor County | p. 18 | Year: 1970 |
| Adams, William M. | Adams, William M. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | Pg. 514 | Year: 1904 |
| William R. Adams, 81 | Adams, William R. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1967 | |
| They Came in a Covered Wagon | Adams, William Sydney | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Magazine, p. 5 | Month: 09 Day: 27 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Adams, Zonee L. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 02 Day: 20 Year: 1972 | |
| Theater-Loving Policeman Leads Search For a Killer | Adamson, Frank | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-28 | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1984 |
| Elma Man 'Godsend" to Historic Ship Project : Former Teacher Can't Wait for Mondays | Adamson, Ken | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | p. B6 | Month: 11 Day: 8 Year: 1987 |