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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkland's Salty Ol' Sea Dog | Africa, Philip Spike | Person | View Northwest | p. 22-23 | Month: 09 Year: 1974 |
| Spike Africa | Africa, Philip Spike | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest Today, p. 4 | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1974 |
| Spike Africa, Colorful Pacific Sailor, Dies at 78 | Africa, Philip Spike | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-22 | Month: 07 Day: 13 Year: 1984 |
| Spike Africa: Recollections of the Late, Great President of the Pacific Ocean | Africa, Philip Spike | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-1 | Month: 07 Day: 22 Year: 1984 |
| Macrame, Potatoes Keep an Old Salt Busy, But-- | Africa, Philip Spike | Person | Seattle Times | pg. A-13 | Month: 06 Day: 3 Year: 1971 |
| Agattz, Fred W. | Agattz, Fred W. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 458 | |
| Came West in Covered Wagon | Agatz, Cora Wilson | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 37 | Month: 05 Day: 10 Year: 1959 |
| Rites Set for John W. Agee of State Patrol | Agee, John W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 37 | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1964 |
| Agee, William T. | Agee, William T. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 120-121 | Year: 1921 |
| Agen, James Ryan | Agen, James Ryan | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 51 | Year: 1960 |
| The Fairhaven Connection | Ager, Phillip | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 3 | Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1979 |
| Music Chairman is Fairhaven President | Ager, Phillip | Person | Seattle Times | A-9 | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1978 |
| Obituary | Ager, Thomas J. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 13 Year: 1970 | |
| Ageton, Fred Shaw | Ageton, Fred Shaw | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 183 | Year: 1920 |
| Ageton, Richard V. | Ageton, Richard V. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 115 | Year: 1920 |
| Aggers, George | Aggers, George | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 107 | Year: 1982 |
| Aggers, Louisa | Aggers, Louisa | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 107 | Year: 1982 |
| Agnew, Charles | Agnew, Charles | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | pg. 744 | Year: 1894 |
| Obituary | Agnew, Frederick D. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 42 | Month: 09 Day: 3 Year: 1964 |
| Agnew, George A.C. | Agnew, George A.C. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 114 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Agnew, Harold S. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 05 Day: 11 Year: 1965 |
| Obit. | Agnew, Ida M. Burgess (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 31 | Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1954 |
| Agnew, Joseph E. | Agnew, Joseph E. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 113 | Year: 1929 |
| Kathryn Agnew Services Today | Agnew, Kathryn B. | Person | Tenino Independent | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Agnew, Kathryn B. | Person | Daily Olympian | Pg. 3 | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1971 |
| Music and Marguerite Agnew | Agnew, Marguerite | Person | Daily Olympian | C-3 | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Agnew, Mary L. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 04 Day: 23 Year: 1968 | |
| Agnew, Rosalia A. | Agnew, Rosalia A. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1 | Year: 1953 |
| Agnew, Lumber Baron is dead. | Agnew, Samuel A. | Person | Daily Olympian | P. 1 | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1965 |
| Sam. A. Agnew, Death Claims NW Lumber Pioneer | Agnew, Samuel A. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1965 | |
| Agnew and the Ledgisture - Quite a day | Agnew, Spiro T. | Person | Seattle Times | page A4 | Month: 03 Day: 5 Year: 1971 |
| Grand Jury Again Calls Agosto | Agosto, Joe | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-14 | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1972 |
| Agosto tied to Mafia | Agosto, Joe | Person | Daily Olympian | A-1 | Month: 05 Day: 31 Year: 1979 |
| Probe on S&L Due to Continue | Agosto, Joe | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-11 | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1972 |
| Agosto wins long deportation flight | Agosto, Joe | Person | Daily Olympian | A-1 | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1980 |
| Joe Agosto visits Yelm to push his restaurant | Agosto, Joe | Person | Daily Olympian | A-1 | Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1981 |
| Agosto Arrested, May be Deported | Agosto, Joe | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-3 | Month: 04 Day: 23 Year: 1975 |
| High court to hear case of former Yelm restauranteur. | Agosto, Joe | Person | Seattle Times | B-12 | Month: 10 Day: 17 Year: 1977 |
| Joseph Agosto dies in Kansas City | Agosto, Joe | Person | Seattle Times | p.d-15 | Month: 09 Day: 30 Year: 1983 |
| Alleged mob ties make Yelm just a mite edgy | Agosto, Joe | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | P. D-8 | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1983 |
| Joe Agosto ordered deported to Italy | Agosto, Joe | Person | Seattle Times | p A-1 | Month: 05 Day: 3 Year: 1973 |
| Visit with Joe Agosto in Yelm City Hall. | Agosto, Joe | Person | Daily Olympian | Pg 1 | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1971 |
| Controversy in Yelm | Agosto, Joe | Person | Seattle Times | pp. A1, A20 | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1972 |
| Agosto gets another trial | Agosto, Joe | Person | Daily Olympian | A-1 | Month: 06 Day: 6 Year: 1978 |
| Edmonds youth captures top honor of Boy's Clubs. | Agtrap, Anthony | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-6 | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1984 |
| Obituary | Aguilar, Esperanza Maria | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 11 Day: 21 Year: 1990 | |
| Northwest Latinas Receive top National Honors | Aguilar, Lilly | Person | La Voz | p. 6 | Month: 02 Year: 1992 |
| Gardner's Indian Affairs Aide Wants to Get Past Stereotypes | Aguilar, Michelle | Person | Sun (Bremerton, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1987 | |
| Agutter, John J. | Agutter, John J. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 120 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Ahern, Charles Robert | Person | Daily Olympian | p.2 | Month: 04 Day: 13 Year: 1964 |