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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 years on the N.P. - He shuffles cards and Railroad Cars. | Bergum, Robert (Jr.) | Person | Seattle Times | Sun Mag. | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1969 |
| The Bergums will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with an open house. | Bergum, Robert C. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 18 | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1958 |
| The Bergums will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with an open house. | Bergum, Robert C. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 18 | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1958 |
| Mercer Island woman named to New Environmental Agency | Bergy, Joan | Person | Seattle Times | p. 21 | Month: 06 Day: 22 Year: 1969 |
| Dietitian appointed to food, drug post. | Bergy, Joan | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 17 | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1965 |
| Ms. Bergy appointed director. | Bergy, Joan | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-3 | Month: 09 Day: 30 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary | Berher, Carolyn M. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 12 Day: 23 Year: 1986 |
| Tax increase too much to swallow. | Berhonick, Mat | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Beriault, Joseph (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 8 | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1951 |
| Obituary | Beriault, LaRue B. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 29 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Berilla, Michael (Sr.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Berilla, Michael (Sr.) | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 10 Day: 22 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Bering, Esther C. (Mrs.) | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Bering, Peter S. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1967 | |
| Pair has Dream House despite volcano. | Beringer, Alessa (Mrs.) | Person | Olympian | p. E-5 | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Beringer, Emma S. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 02 Day: 18 Year: 1980 | |
| Pair has Dream House despite volcano. | Beringer, Robert | Person | Olympian | p. E-5 | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1982 |
| Victor Beringer, 79, former butter maker, to area in 1920, dies. | Beringer, Victor | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1969 | |
| Frederick T. Berk | Berk, Frederick T. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 51 | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Berk, Rose E. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1991 | |
| Obituary | Berk, Rose E. | Person | Sunnyside Sun | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1991 | |
| Scenes from the past. | Berkey, Laura | Person | Othello Outlook | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1976 | |
| Berkheimer, J. E. | Berkheimer, J. E. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 333 | Year: 1916 |
| Berkheimer, J. E. | Berkheimer, J. E. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 132 | Year: 1936 |
| Ex-Aberdonian, J Berkich, dies. | Berkich, Joseph | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 06 Day: 20 Year: 1966 | |
| Mrs. Henry Berhshier | Berkshier, Ida A. (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 5 | Month: 04 Day: 22 Year: 1964 |
| She mixes her 'katas' with state legislation. | Berleen, Jeanette | Person | Daily Olympian | p. C-1 | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1981 |
| Berleen to Oppose Ridder in County Assessor's Race. | Berleen, Jeanette | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-2 | Month: 06 Day: 17 Year: 1987 |
| Legislative blue belt practices in Olympia. | Berleen, Jeanette | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | p. C-3 | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1981 |
| Berlin, Andrew Nelson | Berlin, Andrew Nelson | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 42 | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1955 |
| Mrs. Peter Nels Berlin. | Berlin, Anna Sanna (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 10 | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1964 |
| John K. Berlin, son of pioneer Kent family, dies. | Berlin, John K. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 20, Sec. 1 | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Berlin, Laurence D. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 86 | Month: 11 Day: 10 Year: 1965 |
| Arthur J. Berliner, 67. | Berliner, Arthur J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 40 | Month: 01 Day: 18 Year: 1966 |
| Annapolis Familes. | Berling, Ericka (Mrs.) | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 5, p. 75 | Year: 1977 |
| Annapolis Families. | Berling, John | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 5, p. 75 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Berlinghoff, Jacob H. | Person | Whitman-Latah Record (Palouse, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1983 | |
| Dollar-minded boy gives wooden nickles. | Berlinski, Raphael | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 12 Day: 27 Year: 1982 |
| Memorial to Nazi nightmare that sculptress doesn't want to forget. | Berman, Gizel | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. F-10 | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1980 |
| Bermeister, August O. | Bermeister, August O. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 547 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Bernard, Alvera A. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 12 Day: 3 Year: 1969 |
| Bernard, B. | Bernard, B. | Person | History of Seattle | vIII, p. 1021-22 | Year: 1916 |
| A Mother lode for fisherman. | Bernard, Eddie | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-1 | Month: 11 Day: 27 Year: 1984 |
| Mrs. Bernard, of a pioneer family, dies. | Bernard, Evelyn 'Jo" | Person | Seattle Times | p. 74 | Month: 06 Day: 6 Year: 1969 |
| John Bernard and Theresa Stedrik May | Bernard, John | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 5, p. 100 | Year: 1977 |
| bernard, Louis Bert | bernard, Louis Bert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 206-207 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Bernard, Raleigh L. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 12 Day: 30 Year: 1976 |
| Hikers and riders to honor Walter Lee Bernard | Bernard, Walter Lee | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1966 | |
| Bernard, William R. (II) | Bernard, William R. (II) | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 792 | Year: 1982 |
| Bernard, William R. (II, Mrs.) | Bernard, William R. (II, Mrs.) | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 792 | Year: 1982 |