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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wash.Pioneer Assn. Roll | Alexander, Abraham | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Ernest N. Alexander who helped found Puget Sound Seed Co., Dies | Alexander, Abram Lansdale | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1961 | |
| Aleck has way with shoes. | Alexander, Aleck | Person | Daily Olympian | Totem Tidings pg 12 | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1976 |
| Thumnail Sketch | Alexander, Annie Lanning | Person | Researcher (Tacoma, Wash.) | vol 5, No 1, p. 5 | Month: 09 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary | Alexander, Arthur F. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 14 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Alexander, Beulah May | Person | Sou'wester | vol IX, no 1, p 1 | Month: Day: Year: 1974 |
| Carl Alexander Claimed by Death | Alexander, Carl A. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1960 | |
| Alexander, Charles E | Alexander, Charles E | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | pp 450-451 | Year: 1893 |
| Alexander, Charles E | Alexander, Charles E | Person | Inland Empire | v. 4, p. 6 | Year: 1928 |
| Alexander, Delbert T. | Alexander, Delbert T. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | pg 673 | Year: 1904 |
| Historical Issue Discovered | Alexander, Dixie | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1989 | |
| 1926-1941 | Alexander, Donald "Don" | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Active Seattle resident Donald H Alexander passes... | Alexander, Donald H. | Person | Seattle Facts | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1989 | |
| Drucilla Alexander to mark 100th Birthday. | Alexander, Drucilla (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1972 | |
| A Century of living will be celebrated | Alexander, Drucilla (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | pp 14 | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1972 |
| Her welcomed that family to his neighborhood. | Alexander, Eddie | Person | Daily Olympian | A-10 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1981 |
| Edward D. Alexander, 81, Dies in Nevada. | Alexander, Edward D. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 04 Day: 23 Year: 1961 | |
| Olympia loses 'Mr. Republican'. | Alexander, Edwin J. (Eddie) | Person | Daily Olympian | A-1 | Month: 10 Day: 21 Year: 1981 |
| Emma Alexander, pioneer resident of region, dies. | Alexander, Emma (Mrs.) | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 12 Year: 1963 | |
| Obituary | Alexander, Ernest | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1968 | |
| Ernest M Alexander who helped found Puget Sound Seed Co., dies | Alexander, Ernest M. | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1961 | |
| Alexander, Eula (Jameson) | Alexander, Eula (Jameson) | Person | Women of Grays Harbor County | p 18 | Year: 1970 |
| Redmond golf course was once a pioneer homestead. | Alexander, Florine | Person | Bellevue Journal American | Month: 07 Day: 14 Year: 1985 | |
| Obituary | Alexander, Floyd M. | Person | Mount Vernon Argus | Month: 10 Day: 28 Year: 1986 | |
| Alexander, Floyd M. | Alexander, Floyd M. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p 246 | Year: 1921 |
| Alexander, Frances Fay | Alexander, Frances Fay | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p 74 | Year: 1980 |
| Alexander, Frances Sharp | Alexander, Frances Sharp | Person | Incidents in the Life of a Pioneer Woman : True St | pg 121 | Year: 1975 |
| Spanish War Veterans giving Nicaragua a hand | Alexander, Frank | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-1 | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1985 |
| Alexander, Frank E. | Alexander, Frank E. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1963 | |
| Alexander, Frank M. | Alexander, Frank M. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | Pg 695 | Year: 1904 |
| Alexander, George | Alexander, George | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 842 | Year: 1893 |
| Alexander, George W. | Alexander, George W. | Person | Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas | p 486 | Year: 1904 |
| 1911-1922 | Alexander, Gertrude | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Alexander, Gladys | Alexander, Gladys | Person | History of Klickitat County | p 108 | Year: 1982 |
| H. F. Alexander and His Ships | Alexander, H. F. | Person | Seattle Times | Magazine, p. 4 | Month: 09 Day: 22 Year: 1974 |
| H. F. Alexander and the colorful era of big passenger ships | Alexander, H. F. | Person | Seattle Times | P. A-13 | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1975 |
| History Maker, H. F. Alexander: stevedore to Pacific shipping magnate | Alexander, H. F. | Person | Anniversary Celebration | P. 32 | |
| Local longshoreman launched America's largest ship line | Alexander, H. F. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1977 | |
| Alexander, H. F. | Alexander, H. F. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p 113 | Year: 1929 |
| Tacoma Propeller club prepares for chowdown. | Alexander, H. F. | Person | Marine Digest | p. 30 | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1974 |
| Obituary | Alexander, Harry J. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 18 Year: 1980 | |
| Alexander, Harvey L. | Alexander, Harvey L. | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 136 & 138 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Alexander, Henry | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Alexander, Hester C. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 12 Year: 1981 | |
| Alexander, Howard John | Alexander, Howard John | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 83 | Year: 1920 |
| Alexander, Hubbard Foster | Alexander, Hubbard Foster | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 420 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Alexander, Ida V. | Person | Colville Statesman-Examiner | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1969 | |
| J. T. Alexander dies -- death takes pioneer farm and youth leader | Alexander, J. "Jim" T. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1962 | |
| Alexander, J. H. | Alexander, J. H. | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | Pg 343 | Year: 1885 |
| Alexander, J. T. | Alexander, J. T. | Person | Lewis | v 3, pgs. 188-189 |