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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thumnail Sketch | Biles, James | Person | Researcher (Tacoma, Wash.) | vol. 5, no. 1, p. 6 | Month: 09 Year: 1973 |
| Biles, James | Biles, James | Person | Tillicum Tales | p. 271 | |
| Biles, James (Mrs.) | Biles, James (Mrs.) | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | ||
| Obituary: James B. Biles | Biles, James B. | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1903 | |
| First Territorial Ledgislature | Biles, John | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v2, p. 386 | |
| Biles, Nancy Merry Carter | Biles, Nancy Merry Carter | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | ||
| Thumnail Sketch. | Biles, Nancy Merry Carter | Person | Researcher (Tacoma, Wash.) | vol. 5, no. 1, p. 6 | Month: 09 Year: 1973 |
| Thumbnail sketch | Biles, Nancy Merry Carter (Mrs.) | Person | Reasearcher, Tacoma Genealogical Society Publication. | v. 5, no. 1, p. 6 | Month: 09 Year: 1973 |
| Biles, Phoebe Louisa Crosby | Biles, Phoebe Louisa Crosby | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v III, p. 175-177 | Year: 1917 |
| Another pioneer of county is dead. | Biles, Phoebe Louisa Crosby | Person | Morning Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 12 Day: 27 Year: 1925 |
| Obituary | Biles, Walter E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 28 | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1953 |
| Bilford, Alfred | Bilford, Alfred | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Bilger, Raymond Hall | Person | Wapato Independent | Month: 04 Day: 29 Year: 1981 | |
| Bill, Howard L. | Bill, Howard L. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 644-645 | Year: 1917 |
| Bill, Thompson | Bill, Thompson | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | p. 10 | Month: 09 Day: 10 Year: 1955 |
| Wilber founder was colorful character. | Bill, Wild G. | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1987 | |
| Valley pioneer taken by death. | Billeter, Anna Tjossem | Person | Daily Record (Ellensburg, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1967 | |
| Desolation: Pat's pies have departed. | Billey, Pat. | Person | Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1984 |
| She cooked up a job | Billey, Pat. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. C-2 | Month: 12 Day: 7 Year: 1980 |
| From a night of terror -- 'My sentence is for life. | Billings, Beatrice | Person | Seattle Times | p. 4-D | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1969 |
| Billings, Charles A. | Billings, Charles A. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 870 | Year: 1893 |
| Billings, Charles W. | Billings, Charles W. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 580 | Year: 1916 |
| Illness claims Cora Billings. | Billings, Cora Adeline (Mrs.) | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1959 | |
| Billings, Franklin | Billings, Franklin | Person | Pend Oreille Profiles | p. 25 | Year: 1977 |
| Billings, M. E. | Billings, M. E. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 635 | Year: 1894 |
| Billings, Orville | Billings, Orville | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 107 | Year: 1916 |
| Lumber executive dies in Tacoma. | Billings, Paul W. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 11 Day: 18 Year: 1962 | |
| Billings, Ralph M. | Billings, Ralph M. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 133 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Billings, Vern | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 02 Day: 3 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Billings, William | Person | Morning Olympian | p. 4, col. 4 | Month: 01 Day: 19 Year: 1909 |
| Billings, William | Billings, William | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | Mss 134, Mss Micro. | |
| Appointed sub-agent at the Quinieault Indian Reservation | Billings, William | Person | Olympia Transcript | 3:01 | Month: 02 Day: 29 Year: 1868 |
| Billings, William | Billings, William | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 78 | |
| Billings, William | Billings, William | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 679-680 | Year: 1893 |
| William Billings, a good lawman but not a philantrpist. | Billings, William | Person | Olympia News 52 | p. P-6 | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1984 |
| Billings, William | Billings, William | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 15 | Year: 1980 |
| Billings, William | Billings, William | Person | Document swearing in residents of Olympia as deputies during the Anti-Chinese riots of 1886. | MS 145 | Year: 1886 |
| Was. Pioneer Assn. Roll | Billings, William | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Billings, William | Billings, William | Person | Biographical Sketch | 2 p. Typescript. WA History file Biog. | |
| Billings, William | Billings, William | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 4 | Year: 1952 |
| Pioneer of 1849 did much for Northwest. | Billings, William | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Sunday Ledger, p. 3 | Month: 12 Day: 27 Year: 1953 |
| Pioneers of 1849 did much for Northwest. | Billings, William | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Mag. P. 3 | Month: 12 Day: 27 Year: 1953 |
| Death didn't daunt spirit of early Olympians. | Billings, William | Person | Daily Olympian | Totem Tidings, p. 3 | Month: 10 Day: 21 Year: 1979 |
| Billings, William | Billings, William | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 40. 149-150 | |
| Story of a pioneer sheriff. | Billings, William | Person | Tenino Independent | Month: Day: Year: 1959 | |
| 2 town tracts have a living tie with the past; a man named Billings built 1st brick home in town, | Billings, William | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1967 |
| Billings, William | Billings, William | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 23, p. 266-267 | |
| Story of a pioneer sheriff. | Billings, William | Person | Tenino Independent | Month: 04 Day: 30 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary: William Billings | Billings, William | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 01 Day: 19 Year: 1909 | |
| Billings, William | Billings, William | Person | Tillicum Tales | p. 275 |