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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Charlie Fay | Adams, Charlie Fay | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 91 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Adams, Clarence (Sr.) | Person | News-Standard (Coulee City, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 31 Year: 1973 | |
| Rites Held for Claude E. Adams | Adams, Claude E. | Person | Goldendale Sentinel | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1961 | |
| Adams, Claude Earnest | Adams, Claude Earnest | Person | History of Klickitat County | P. 106 | Year: 1982 |
| Adams, Dave | Adams, Dave | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 458 | Year: 1888 |
| Obituary | Adams, David | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Adams, David | Person | Franklin County Graphic | Month: 09 Day: 18 Year: 1986 | |
| Rites Held for David P. Adams | Adams, David P. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 4 Year: 1963 | |
| New Officers Installed at 99th Meeting | Adams, David R. | Person | Washington Newspaper | p. 1 | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1986 |
| Adams, E. Arlita (Mrs.) | Adams, E. Arlita (Mrs.) | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 448-52 | Year: 1916 |
| E.H. Adams, Broadcasting Educator, Dies | Adams, Edwin H. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 61 | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1963 |
| Wash Day on the Farm 1896- on Whidbey Island | Adams, Elesbeth Freund | Person | Incidents in the Life of a Pioneer Woman : True St | pg. 120 | Year: 1975 |
| Mrs. Archie H. Adams, Renton Resident, Dies | Adams, Elizabeth Heron | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1962 | |
| Adams, Ella P. | Adams, Ella P. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p-1 | Year: 1952 |
| Obituary | Adams, Emma B. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1976 |
| Obituary | Adams, Emma B. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 06 Day: 23 Year: 1976 | |
| Rites Set for Mrs. LeRoy W. Adams, 93 | Adams, Emma E. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 49 | Month: 11 Day: 7 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Adams, Ernest A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 26 | Month: 03 Day: 18 Year: 1965 |
| Funeral Services Thursday for Mrs. Fanny Adams, 98 | Adams, Fanny (Mrs.) | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 12 Day: 24 Year: 1968 | |
| Adams, Florence | Adams, Florence | Person | Alpha Sigma States Centennial Salute to Washington | p. 4 | Year: 1953 |
| Pomeroy Native Florine Adams Rotes Thursday | Adams, Florine Bourdon | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1971 | |
| Obit. | Adams, Frances (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Record (Ellensburg, Wash.) | p. 1 | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1954 |
| Scenes From the Past | Adams, Francis | Person | Othello Outlook | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1975 | |
| Adams, Frank | Adams, Frank | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 234 | Year: 1982 |
| Adams, Frank D. (Dr.) | Adams, Frank D. (Dr.) | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 345 | Year: 1903 |
| Frederick W. Adams | Adams, Frederick W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 21 | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1963 |
| Adams, Frederick W. (Dr.) | Adams, Frederick W. (Dr.) | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 365 | Year: 1916 |
| Meet Your Pioneers-- | Adams, George | Person | Everett Daily Herald | Month: 08 Day: 1 Year: 1961 | |
| Adams, George E. | Adams, George E. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | pp. 339 | Year: 1904 |
| Obit | Adams, George M. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 1 | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1954 |
| Adams, George Newton | Adams, George Newton | Person | George Adams, Indian Legislator | Year: 1951 | |
| Death Closes Long Legislative Career of George N. Adams | Adams, George Newton | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1954 | |
| The Prairie Publisher | Adams, Glen C. | Person | Spokane Magazine | p. 23 | Month: 07 Year: 1981 |
| How Pioneers Got Their Mail | Adams, Glen C. | Person | Pacific Northwesterner (Spokane, Wash.) | p. 1 | Month: 05 Day: 3 Year: 1988 |
| The Book Man from Fairfield: Glen Adams Ye Gallion Press Runs on Pure Love for a Dying Art | Adams, Glen C. | Person | Spokesman-Review | p. E-12 | Month: 03 Day: 11 Year: 1984 |
| Troops Consider Northwest a Golden Post | Adams, Gregory C. | Person | Morning News Tribune | p. 1 | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Adams, Grover Cleveland | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 26 | Month: 03 Day: 18 Year: 1965 |
| Adams, Guy Lawrence | Adams, Guy Lawrence | Person | History of Klickitat County | P. 106 | Year: 1982 |
| H.L. Adams, Coffee-Firm Owner, Dies | Adams, Harry L. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 64 | Month: 09 Day: 22 Year: 1963 |
| Adams, Hattie I. (Mrs.) | Adams, Hattie I. (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1959 |
| Death Takes Mrs. Adams at Age 65 | Adams, Helen Bessie | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 05 Day: 2 Year: 1962 | |
| Snider-Adams: Taking Care of Business | Adams, Helen Snider | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol. # 5, p. 82-83 | Year: 1980 |
| Adams, Henry | Adams, Henry | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 66 | Year: 1980 |
| Adams, Herbert Charles | Adams, Herbert Charles | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 188-189 | Year: 1921 |
| Adams, Herman H. | Adams, Herman H. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 341-42, p. 536 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Adams, Herschell | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1957 | |
| Obituary | Adams, Homer Kenneth | Person | Daily Olympian | A-6 | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1978 |
| Snider-Adams: Taking Care of Business | Adams, Howard | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol. # 5, p. 82-83 | Year: 1980 |
| Adams, Hugh | Adams, Hugh | Person | History of Klickitat County | P. 107 | Year: 1982 |
| Honoring Our Centenarians | Adams, Ilda Horn | Person | DRS Bulletin for Active and Retired Members | Month: 12 Year: 1989 |