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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carr, Jennie (Mrs.) | Carr, Jennie (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 14 | Month: 11 Day: 8 Year: 1954 |
| Job Carr, first settler of Old Tacoma. | Carr, Job | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 6, Mag. | Month: 12 Day: 25 Year: 1955 |
| Tacoma born in 1864 as 'Christmas baby'; city site picked by Job Carr. | Carr, Job | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Mag., p. 6 | Month: 12 Day: 25 Year: 1960 |
| City's true history sparks debate. Marker will honor its first settler. | Carr, Job | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 5 Year: 1964 | |
| Tacoma's PO 98 years old. Neither hail, snow or smog kept Post Office from growing. | Carr, Job | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1967 | |
| Talented Job Carr, first settler of Tacoma. | Carr, Job | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1980 | |
| Job Carr's land by-passed by railroad | Carr, Job | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Magazine, p. 4 | Month: 01 Day: 1 Year: 1956 |
| Postmaster believes Tacoma will be a lively town. | Carr, Job | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. A-4 | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1976 |
| John Carr | Carr, John | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 467 | Year: 1888 |
| Mrs. Carr services held last Friday. | Carr, Lenora H. (Mrs.) | Person | Port Orchard Independent | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1967 | |
| Carr, Lissa (Mrs.) | Carr, Lissa (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 04 Day: 5 Year: 1959 | |
| The pioneer dead 1912. | Carr, Lucie L. Whipple | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 4, no. 1, p. 40 | Month: 01 Year: 1913 |
| Obituary | Carr, Luetta B. | Person | Sunnyside Sun | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Carr, Mable M. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 10 Day: 11 Year: 1983 | |
| Milford Carr death at 84 closes lifetime of community service. | Carr, Milford H. | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 11 Day: 19 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Carr, Myrtle Hickson (Mrs.) | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 04 Day: 10 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Carr, Myrtle Hickson (Mrs.) | Person | Burlington Farm Journal | Month: 04 Day: 13 Year: 1972 | |
| Ossian J. Carr. | Carr, Ossian J. (Capt.) | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 602-603 | Year: 1893 |
| Carr, Ossian J. (Capt.) | Carr, Ossian J. (Capt.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 36 | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1956 |
| The pioneer dead 1912. | Carr, Ossian J. (Capt.) | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 4, no. 1, p. 39 | Month: 01 Year: 1913 |
| Otis & Beth Carr | Carr, Otis | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 148 | Year: 1982 |
| Pearle L. Carr | Carr, Pearl L. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 06 Day: 18 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Carr, Robert Thomas | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 9 | Month: 10 Day: 11 Year: 1966 |
| Assistant state attorney general Carr dies at 45. | Carr, Thomas F. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 9 Year: 1988 | |
| Mrs. George W. Carr, of pioneer family, dies. | Carr, Ursula G. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 30 | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1963 |
| W. A. Carr. | Carr, W. A. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 205-206 | Year: 1916 |
| Wallace M. Carr dies in Tacoma. | Carr, Wallace M. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 20 Year: 1964 | |
| Elliott Bay proves that Domes and tomes can mix. | Carr, Walt | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 5 | Month: Day: Year: 1976 |
| Carr, William W. | Carr, William W. | Person | Mount Vernon Daily Herald ( Mount Vernon, Wash.) | p. 7 | Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1954 |
| Mrs Carr, pioneer dies Des Moines. | Carr, Winifred Margaret | Person | Des Moines News Advertiser (Federal Way, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1971 | |
| Marco Carrabba is an accomplished dancer and a medical triumph. | Carrabba, Marco | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-1 | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Carraher, Imogene Bybee (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 4 | Month: 03 Day: 28 Year: 1953 |
| Obituary: Mortimer Bybee Carraher, 79. | Carraher, Mortimer Bybee | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 07 Day: 6 Year: 1967 | |
| Success isn't Greek to Seattle immigrant. | Carras, Louis | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1968 | |
| Nicholas Carras, founder of church here, dies at 90. | Carras, Nicholas | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. F-14 | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Carrell, Harry E. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Carrell, Harry E. | Person | Grandview Herald | Month: 02 Day: 15 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Carrell, James A. (Professor Ermeritus) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 08 Day: 29 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Carrell, James A. (Professor Ermeritus) | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Carrell, Laura H. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2B | Month: 02 Day: 20 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Carria, Joseph | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1982 | |
| John Carrick | Carrick, John | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 28-29 | Year: 1921 |
| City's Chief Librarian will retire. | Carrick, R. Bruce | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: William J. Carrick. | Carrick, William J. | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1974 | |
| Emerson H. Carrico. | Carrico, Emerson H. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 1106-1107 | Year: 1916 |
| Carrico, Frank (Mrs.) | Carrico, Frank (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 31 | Month: 11 Day: 23 Year: 1955 |
| Burton N. Carrier | Carrier, Burton N. | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 314-315 | Year: 1893 |
| Clam Baskets -- reviving a lost art. | Carriere, Ed | Person | Seattle Times | Pictorial, p. 21-25 | Month: 10 Day: 27 Year: 1974 |
| Framing the vigor of the craft tradition. | Carriere, Ed | Person | Seattle Times | Pacific, p. 27 | Month: 08 Day: 29 Year: 1982 |
| John Carrigan | Carrigan, John | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 785-786. | Year: 1916 |