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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Adamson Funeral Rites Due Saturday | Adamson, Peter J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1962 | |
| She Collects Beauty on Wing | Adamson, Ruth | Person | Daily Olympian | Totem Tidings, p. 8 | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Adamson, Ruth Winifred | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | C-13 | Month: 08 Day: 29 Year: 1981 |
| Dr. Addington, U.W. Regent, Dies in Europe | Addington, E. A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 16 | Month: 10 Day: 2 Year: 1964 |
| Teen-age Romance: Addingtons Married 62 Years | Addington, Perry | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1964 | |
| He Toils for Free, But Not for Nothing | Addis, Orin | Person | Seattle Times | A-5 | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1979 |
| He Toils for Free, But Not for Nothing | Addis, Orin | Person | Seattle Times | A-5 | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1979 |
| He Toils for Free, But Not for Nothing | Addis, Orin | Person | Seattle Times | A-5 | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Addleman, Byron | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1969 | |
| Adel, Peter J. Den | Adel, Peter J. Den | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | p. 107 | Year: 1921 |
| Ader, Arthur Zaddock | Ader, Arthur Zaddock | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 21, p. 81-82 | |
| Adis, Carrie (Mrs.) | Adis, Carrie (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 31 | Month: 05 Day: 15 Year: 1951 |
| Obituary | Adkins, Angie Marie | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 12 Year: 1981 | |
| Obituary | Adkins, George E.M. | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1987 | |
| Obituary | Adkinson, Cecil (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 08 Day: 24 Year: 1960 | |
| Adkison, Barbara Jeanne | Adkison, Barbara Jeanne | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 107 | Year: 1982 |
| Nature's Contrasting Colors and Textures Inspire Artist | Adkison, Kathleen Gemberling | Person | Seattle Times | E-12 | Month: 01 Day: 25 Year: 1981 |
| Adkison, Paul | Adkison, Paul | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 107 | Year: 1982 |
| Civic Scene | Adkison, Thomas R. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Magazine, p. 29 | Month: 12 Day: 26 Year: 1976 |
| Still Queen | Adkisson, Janet Hopps | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-1 | Month: 05 Day: 23 Year: 1976 |
| Jacob Adler Pioneer Resident of Farmington Passes in 100th Year | Adler, Jacob | Person | Standard-Register | Month: 05 Day: 31 Year: 1973 | |
| Adler, Joseph | Adler, Joseph | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 83 | Year: 1920 |
| Boatmen's Union Ousts Adlum | Adlum, Merle D. | Person | Seattle Times | A-1 | |
| Obituary | Adlum, Merle D. | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 10 Day: 12 Year: 1986 | |
| Maritime Man of the Year Named | Adlum, Merle D. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-6 | Month: 05 Day: 27 Year: 1972 |
| Trade Leader Merle Adlum Dies | Adlum, Merle D. | Person | West Seattle Herald | Month: 10 Day: 15 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Adlum, Merle D. | Person | Marine Digest | p. 3 | Month: 10 Day: 18 Year: 1986 |
| A Man of the Sea | Adlum, Merle D. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest p. 4 | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Adlum, Merle D. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 10 Day: 11 Year: 1986 | |
| Adlum Guarded Against Threat | Adlum, Merle D. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | A-1 | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1978 |
| Adolfson, Adolf | Adolfson, Adolf | Person | Hockinson Area Finns, Clark County, Washington | p. 24 | Month: 12 Year: 1986 |
| Obit. | Adolph, Catherine Gunn (Mrs.) | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | p. 14 | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1955 |
| Adolph, Joseph | Adolph, Joseph | Person | Okanogan Independent | Month: 05 Day: 8 Year: 1958 | |
| Aegerter Quits as Seafair Manager | Aegerter, Arden | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A3 | Month: 10 Day: 22 Year: 1976 |
| Obituary | Aeils, Al | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-3 | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1975 |
| Aemmer, John | Aemmer, John | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 62 | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1955 |
| Aemmer, John | Aemmer, John | Person | Mount Vernon Daily Herald | p. 2 | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1955 |
| Aerni, Joseph | Aerni, Joseph | Person | Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas | p. 533 | Year: 1904 |
| Aeschilman, William | Aeschilman, William | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 65 | Year: 1920 |
| E. Aeschliman Buried in Colfax | Aeschliman, Edward | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 05 Day: 11 Year: 1967 | |
| Mrs. Aeschliman Rites Saturday | Aeschliman, Esther | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1961 | |
| Aeschliman, Ira P. | Aeschliman, Ira P. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 65 | Year: 1920 |
| John Aeschilman Sr., Onecho Native, Dies | Aeschliman, John (Sr.) | Person | Pullman Herald | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Afdem, Charles F. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 11 Day: 28 Year: 1966 | |
| Afdem, Inez | Afdem, Inez | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1 | Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Afden, Minnie (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 03 Day: 17 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Affleck, Belle | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Affleck, Cora E. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1979 | |
| Obit. | Affleck, William | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 08 Day: 9 Year: 1967 | |
| Obit. | Affleck, William | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 08 Day: 17 Year: 1967 |