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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ableman, Lloyd | Ableman, Lloyd | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Ableman, Lottie | Ableman, Lottie | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Obit. | Abraham, August | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. D5 | Month: 09 Day: 3 Year: 1954 |
| Abraham, D. R. | Abraham, D. R. | Person | Republican (Seattle, Wash.) | v. II, no. 34, p. [21] | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1896 |
| Abraham, Delia M. (Mrs.) | Abraham, Delia M. (Mrs.) | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Abraham, Edith (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 19 Year: 1972 | |
| Abraham, Eleanor Von Ladiges | Abraham, Eleanor Von Ladiges | Person | History of Klickitat County | P. 106 | Year: 1982 |
| Beyerses to note 55th anniversary. | Abraham, Ella Mae | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 22 Year: 1962 | |
| Abraham, J. E. | Abraham, J. E. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 458 | Year: 1888 |
| Obituary | Abraham, John "Jack" | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1980 | |
| Sale of Rainbow Restaurant Would End Olympia Era | Abraham, Laura May | Person | Olympian | P. B1 | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1987 |
| Mary Abraham Services held | Abraham, Mary (Mrs.) | Person | Grand Coulee Star | Month: 05 Day: 10 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Abraham, Myrtle Rowe | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Abraham, Myrtle Rowe | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1990 | |
| The Washington Perspective on Information Technology | Abraham, Nancy | Person | Government Technology | p. 13 | Month: 07 Year: 1989 |
| Kitsap Pioneer Succumbs | Abrahams, Lillian (Lillie) Sparks | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 10 Day: 8 Year: 1962 | |
| Mrs. Albert Abrahams, 86, Succumbs | Abrahams, Lillian (Lillie) Sparks | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1962 | |
| Daisy Recalls Past Christmans's | Abrahamson, Daisy | Person | Rawhide Press | p. 8-9 | Month: 12 Year: 1974 |
| Abrahamson, George | Abrahamson, George | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 218-219 | Year: 1921 |
| Obit. | Abrahamson, Josephine | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 22 Year: 1974 | |
| Abrahamson, M. C. | Abrahamson, M. C. | Person | Lewis River News | Month: 01 Day: 22 Year: 1959 | |
| Abrahamson, Mickel C. | Abrahamson, Mickel C. | Person | Columbian & Sun | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1959 | |
| Abrams, Chet | Abrams, Chet | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 136 | Year: 1982 |
| Abrams, Clifford H. | Abrams, Clifford H. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 209 | Year: 1920 |
| Abrams, Daniel K. | Abrams, Daniel K. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 791 | Year: 1893 |
| Dave Abrams, Founder of Baby Diaper Service | Abrams, David | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | P. C2 | Month: 01 Day: 23 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Abrams, David | Person | Seattle Times | P. C18 | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Abrams, Dinorah M. | Person | Olympian | P. B-2 | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1987 |
| Methow leader Dies | Abrams, Jack | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 03 Day: 5 Year: 1990 | |
| John H. "Jack" Abrams | Abrams, Jack | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1990 | |
| Abrams, JoAnne | Abrams, JoAnne | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 136 | Year: 1982 |
| Mrs. Richard Abrams, 88 | Abrams, Martha Anderson (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 56 | Month: 05 Day: 26 Year: 1965 |
| Her Dad, Magnus Anderson, Built Cabin in 1869 | Abrams, Mattie (Mrs.) | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1965 | |
| Con-to-Con Counseling Program Finds Officials are Hardest to Teach | Abrams, Mike | Person | Seattle Times | p. B1 | Month: 07 Day: 29 Year: 1982 |
| Abrams, Norma E. | Abrams, Norma E. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 264-265 | Year: 1921 |
| Abrams, Norman Brown | Abrams, Norman Brown | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 11 | Year: 1927 |
| Celebrate Wedding Anniversary | Abrams, Richard H. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 9 | Month: 12 Day: 23 Year: 1954 |
| Funeral Held for Richard H. Abrams, 90 | Abrams, Richard Henry | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 40 | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1964 |
| Pioneer in Seattle | Abrams, Robert | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 12 Day: 26 Year: 1954 | |
| Wilbur J. Abrams Stricken, Dies | Abrams, Wilbur J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 3 | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1963 |
| Bellevue Man Dies in Vietnam on Day Tour as Adviser Ends | Abramson, Frederick | Person | Seattle Times | p. 1 | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1968 |
| Obituary | Absher, Elsie L. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1977 | |
| Waterfront Mourns Robert J. Acheson | Acheson, Robert J. | Person | Marine Digest Magazine | v. 21, p. 3 & 43 | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1963 |
| Acheson, William R. | Acheson, William R. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 162 | Year: 1920 |
| Acheson, William Wellesley | Acheson, William Wellesley | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, pp. 599-600 | Year: 1917 |
| Obit | Achey, Ida Fogerty | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 36 | Month: 01 Day: 28 Year: 1953 |
| Wishkah Woman Pioneer Called. Mrs. Walter Achey, Early Valley Settler, Dies | Achey, Marie H. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | p. 3, c. 3 | Month: 03 Day: 3 Year: 1933 |
| Mortimer Achey Called by Death | Achey, Mortimer | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1967 | |
| Plus Bar-- a Big Spread | Achrock, Ed | Person | Okanogan County Heritage | Vol. 12, No. 3 | Month: Day: Year: 1974 |
| Battlin' Barry, the Controversial Founder of Ackerley Communications | Ackerley, Barry | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 36-41 | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1984 |