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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John A. Benson services held. | Benson, John A. "Dick" | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 01 Day: 19 Year: 1962 | |
| Benson, John Gustaf | Benson, John Gustaf | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | p. 9 | Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Benson, Lillian | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Benson, Lillian M. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary: Mrs. Eldor E. Benson | Benson, Louise E. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 87 | Month: 05 Day: 7 Year: 1967 |
| Wassh. Pioneer Assn. Roll | Benson, Lucy | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Obituary | Benson, Lura Wing | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-4 | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1976 |
| She manages career, seven children fine. | Benson, Mary | Person | Daily Olympian | p. C-4 | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary: Odin Benson, 72, Dies Longtime Graceliner. | Benson, Odin | Person | Marine Digest | v. 44, no. 49, p. 28. | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1966 |
| Benson, Olive Blanche | Benson, Olive Blanche | Person | Skagit | 2:176-179 | |
| Oscar 'Bill' Benson | Benson, Oscar | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 23 Year: 1967 | |
| Oscar Benson. | Benson, Oscar | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1963 |
| Bremerton surgeon Rueben Benson dies. | Benson, Reuben | Person | Sun (Bremerton, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1988 | |
| 1913-1915 | Benson, Robert M. | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Benson, Sherman N. | Benson, Sherman N. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 188-189 | Year: 1921 |
| A Tribute to...Simon Benson | Benson, Simon | Person | Activities Calendar 1970--1971 | ||
| Obituaries: Simon Benson, Pioneer Logger. | Benson, Simon | Person | Timberman | Month: 09 Year: 1942 | |
| Obituary | Benson, Teresa M. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 28 Year: 1972 | |
| Benson, William D. | Benson, William D. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 439-440 | Year: 1900 |
| Mrs. Thelma Kepka, decendant of pioneer family, reaclls early life on the prairies. | Benston family | Person | Suburban Times (Tacoma, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 5 Year: 1977 | |
| Family History | Benston, Adam | Person | Pierce | 1:89-90 | |
| Benston, Adam | Benston, Adam | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 78 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Benston, Florence | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 11 Day: 20 Year: 1982 | |
| Benston, Harold Melvin | Benston, Harold Melvin | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 202-203 | Year: 1921 |
| Benston, James Garfield | Benston, James Garfield | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 202-203 | Year: 1921 |
| Benston, John Thomas | Benston, John Thomas | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 29 Year: 1958 | |
| Benston, Rea Earl | Benston, Rea Earl | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 202-203 | Year: 1921 |
| Benston, Sarah | Benston, Sarah | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 78 | Year: 1980 |
| Benston, William | Benston, William | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 95 | Year: 1980 |
| Washington Assn. Roll. | Benston, William | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| J. G. Benthien, Fife area farmer, dies. | Benthien, John G. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1962 | |
| Pioneer Tacoma resident dies | Benthien, Mina S. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Benthien, William H. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1968 | |
| W. H. Benthien last rites set. | Benthien, William H. | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1968 | |
| Mrs. John D. Bentley, Sager kin, dies. | Bentley, Annie Pringle | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 01 Day: 23 Year: 1962 | |
| Excerpts from oral history tapes... | Bentley, Cidona Graveslund (Mrs.) | Person | History of Southeast Washington Tapes: Excerpts from oral history tapes... | ||
| Bentley, Eden R. | Bentley, Eden R. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 85 | Year: 1920 |
| Bentley, Frederick (Mrs.) | Bentley, Frederick (Mrs.) | Person | Women of the West | p. 189 | Year: 1928 |
| Bentley, Harriet Kerlin | Bentley, Harriet Kerlin | Person | Women of Washington | p. 14 | Year: 1977 |
| Hotels and Motels. Washington Plaza. | Bentley, Herbert H. | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-5 | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1969 |
| Bentley, J. J. | Bentley, J. J. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 581 | Year: 1894 |
| John Wesley Bentley | Bentley, John Wesley | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 412 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Bentley, Maude Louise | Person | Standard-Register | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Bentley, Maude Louise | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1982 | |
| Bentley, Ogden Sager | Bentley, Ogden Sager | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 59 | Year: 1920 |
| Ray Bentley Family | Bentley, Ray | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 122-123 | Year: 1982 |
| Sherman S. Bentley | Bentley, Sherman S. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 411 | Year: 1904 |
| Sherman Bentley, pioneer, is dead. | Bentley, Sherman S. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Bentley, Thomas | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | P. D-10 | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1977 |
| Bently, Milton S. | Bently, Milton S. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 379-380 | Year: 1900 |