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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott, Sabine | Abbott, Sabine | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | pp. 571-572 | Year: 1893 |
| Profile of an Entrepreneur | Abbott, T. Robert | Person | Pacific Northwest Executive | p. 3 | Month: 07 Year: 1988 |
| Funeral Held for Walter Lee Abbott | Abbott, Walter Lee | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 63 | Month: 04 Day: 29 Year: 1964 |
| Three Blacks Speak Out on Progress and Prejudice at Work | Abe, Ben | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 21-23 | Month: 07 Day: 18 Year: 1984 |
| Man Behinbd the Microphone | Abe, Frank | Person | International Examiner | p. 7 | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1991 |
| Internment of Kameo Abe: "Black Page in History" | Abe, Kameo | Person | Sammamish Valley News | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1976 | |
| He faced the Enemy; the Enemy Was Us | Abe, Masao | Person | Seattle Times | A-1 | Month: 09 Day: 27 Year: 1979 |
| Abegglem, C. E. | Abegglem, C. E. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 213 | Year: 1920 |
| Abel Family Rode Out Difficult First Winter to make a Home here | Abel Family | Person | Dayton Chronicle | p. 12 special ed. | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1989 |
| Alzora Abel -- Sagebrush Philosopher | Abel, Alzora Hillis | Person | Okanogan County Heritage | p. 23 | Month: Day: Year: 1981 |
| Early School Days in the Okanogan recalled | Abel, Alzora Hillis | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1981 | |
| Abel, Don G. (Sr.) | Abel, Don G. (Sr.) | Person | History and Biography of Commission 1905-1972 | 2 boxes, See file 29 and file 46 | |
| Abel, Don G. (Sr.) | Abel, Don G. (Sr.) | Person | Background and Selection Patterns Justices of the | Pg 13 | Year: 1974 |
| Abel, Don G. (Sr.) | Abel, Don G. (Sr.) | Person | Administrative Correspondence, Speech, Promotional | ||
| Prominent Democrat Don Abel Sr. is Dead | Abel, Don G. (Sr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | C-6 | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1980 |
| Abel, Harry A. | Abel, Harry A. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 41 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Abel, Henry | Person | Burlington Farm Journal | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1972 | |
| Abel, J. F. C. | Abel, J. F. C. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 412-13, port. P. 488 | Year: 1900 |
| Abel, James F. | Abel, James F. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 204-205 | Year: 1921 |
| Mrs. Hector V. Abel | Abel, Marion (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 24 | Month: 12 Day: 31 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Abel, Robert B. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 26 Year: 1981 | |
| Abel, Rose (Rosmond) (Mrs.) | Abel, Rose (Rosmond) (Mrs.) | Person | Women of Grays Harbor County | p. 25 | |
| Sam Abel, 82, Dies Monday, Rites Today | Abel, Samuel Morgan | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1965 | |
| Cut Stone Columns for Capitol Building | Abel, William A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 24 | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1965 |
| Mrs. Ahel C. Abell | Abell, Martha A. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 24 | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1966 |
| Faces of the City: Tiny Pablo Abellera is 10 Feet Tall | Abellera, Pablo | Person | Seattle Times | p. 50 | Month: 08 Day: 26 Year: 1966 |
| The Washington 100: a Centennial Gallery of Favorite Sons & Daughters Who Have the World in Which We Live | Abelson, Philip | Person | Washington (Bellevue, Wash.) | p. 114 | Month: 11 Year: 1988 |
| Aberg, John August | Aberg, John August | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 256-257 | Year: 1921 |
| Pioneer Sketches | Abernathy, George | Person | Souvenir of Western Women | P. 202 | Year: 1905 |
| Abernathy, James Herbert | Abernathy, James Herbert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 78-79 | Year: 1921 |
| New Chairman for U.W. -- She's in P.E. and Glamorous | Abernathy, Ruth | Person | Seattle Times | p. 19 | Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1966 |
| Abernethy, A. | Abernethy, A. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | Pg. 705 | Year: 1894 |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll | Abernethy, A. S. (Jr.) | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Abernethy, Adelbert C. | Abernethy, Adelbert C. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 38-39 | Year: 1921 |
| Alexander Abernethy ... His Political Life and Times | Abernethy, Alexander | Person | Cowlitz County Historical Quarterly | p. 2-11 | Month: 02 Day: Year: 1976 |
| Abernethy, Alexander S. | Abernethy, Alexander S. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 217 | Year: 1980 |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll | Abernethy, Alexander Smith | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Historic Abernethy Cemetery ... Near Oak Point | Abernethy, Alexander Smith | Person | Cowlitz County Historical Quarterly | v. 6, no. 2, pp. 9-14 | Month: 09 Year: 1964 |
| Abernethy, Christina | Abernethy, Christina | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 63 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Abernethy, Donald Sinclair | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 26 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Abernethy, John Robert | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1962 | |
| Rites Set for John Abernethy, Seattle Pioneer | Abernethy, John Robert | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary, Dr. Mark Abernethy | Abernethy, Mark W. (Dr.) | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 08 Day: 25 Year: 1974 | |
| Abernethy, Robert | Abernethy, Robert | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 623-24 | Year: 1900 |
| Abernethy, Thomas | Abernethy, Thomas | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 63 | Year: 1980 |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll | Abernethy, Thomas (Capt.) | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Capt. Abernethy Staked Valley Claim in 1851; Present James Dick Farm | Abernethy, Thomas (Capt.) | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Sequim Irrigation Festival Section, p. 10 | Month: 05 Day: 9 Year: 1967 |
| Dungeness Valley Pioneers | Abernethy, Thomas (Capt.) | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 37, p. 96-97 | |
| Obituary | Abhold, Anne J. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 05 Day: 31 Year: 1978 | |
| "Charlie" Enterprise Lodge No. 3 | Able, J. F. C. | Person | Pioneer Links : a Narrative of the Establishment o | Pg. 120 | Year: 1913 |