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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death takes J.R. Binyon, Optometrist. | Binyon, James R. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 06 Day: 18 Year: 1960 | |
| Biondi, Eugene (Capt.) | Biondi, Eugene (Capt.) | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 833-834 | Year: 1893 |
| Retirement after 53 years' service. | Biose, John | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-6 | Month: 02 Day: 24 Year: 1972 |
| Birch, John Peter | Birch, John Peter | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 182 | Year: 1980 |
| Birch, Madelena (Mrs.) | Birch, Madelena (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 182 | Year: 1980 |
| Birchard, William Darrell | Birchard, William Darrell | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 81 | Year: 1920 |
| Mrs. Jesse J. Bircher. | Bircher, Effie May (Mrs.) | Person | Palouse Pioneer | Month: 05 Day: 8 Year: 1964 | |
| Former Broadax residents feted on anniversary. | Birchill, John A. (Mr.) | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 10 Day: 26 Year: 1961 | |
| Former Broadax residents feted on anniversary. | Birchill, John A. (Mrs.) | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 10 Day: 26 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Birchler, Rosie | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary: Herbert J. Birchman, longtime Seattle Schools teacher, dies. | Birchman, Herbert J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. G-16 | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1984 |
| Obituary: Herbert J. Birchman, a teacher. | Birchman, Herbert J. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-10 | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1984 |
| Charles Bird. | Bird, Charles | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 344 | Year: 1885 |
| Bird, Clarence T. | Bird, Clarence T. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 4 | Year: 1952 |
| June's journal: Heart victim slows down, but keeps up a steady pace. | Bird, Daniel K. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 8-S | Month: 02 Day: 23 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Bird, Dorrance | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Month: 10 Day: 10 Year: 1973 | |
| Frank Bird, ex-dairy owner, dies. | Bird, Frank A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Bird, Helen Andrews (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 47 | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Bird, Jacqueline | Person | Olympian | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1986 | |
| Bird, Jennie M. | Bird, Jennie M. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1 | Year: 1956 |
| Bird, John | Bird, John | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 185 | Year: 1980 |
| Bird, John | Bird, John | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 411-412 | Year: 1917 |
| John Bird. | Bird, John | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 344 | Year: 1885 |
| Bird, Mary V. | Bird, Mary V. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1953 |
| Addy pioneer came west in 1877; to state in 1882. | Bird, Ralph | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | p. 1 | Month: 05 Day: 15 Year: 1953 |
| Bird, Richard A. | Bird, Richard A. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 1014-1015. | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary: Richard C. Bird. | Bird, Richard C. | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1908 | |
| Bird, Scott E. | Bird, Scott E. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 78 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Bird, Thomas | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 30 | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1955 |
| Bird, Walter M. | Bird, Walter M. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 141 | Year: 1936 |
| Obituary | Birdsell, George A. | Person | St. John Advocate | Month: 01 Day: 22 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Birge, Edward William | Person | Odessa Record | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Birge, Edwin L. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Birge, Frances Edyth | Person | Davenport Times | Month: 03 Day: 20 Year: 1980 | |
| George K. Birge. | Birge, George K. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 488 | Year: 1904 |
| Birge, Minnie (Mrs.) | Birge, Minnie (Mrs.) | Person | Odessa Record | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1959 | |
| Susie Birge of Chewelah dies at age of 75. | Birge, Susie E. | Person | Odessa Record | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1973 | |
| Mrs. George W. Biringer | Biringer, Myrtle M. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 49 | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1963 |
| C.H. Birkel, 79, pioneer. | Birkel, C. H. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 50 | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Birkel, Louise Antle (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 40 | Month: 11 Day: 4 Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Birkeland, Olga B. | Person | Kitsap County Herald | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1981 | |
| Let's get aquainted: Torger Birkeland... | Birkeland, Torger (Capt.) | Person | Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society Newsletter | p. 6 | Month: 01 Year: 1965 |
| Captain Birkeland Steamboat captain and author of "Steamboating on Puget Sound".... | Birkeland, Torger (Capt.) | Person | Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society Newsletter | p. 10 | Month: 05 Year: 1966 |
| Torger Birkeland. | Birkeland, Torger (Capt.) | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 2, p. 44-45 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Birkholtz, William A. H. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 61 | Month: 06 Day: 6 Year: 1962 |
| Women to watch eight successful Seattle women. | Birkholz, Carol | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-6 | Month: 06 Day: 2 Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Birks, Sydney S. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 49 | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1966 |
| Birmingham, Beatrice | Birmingham, Beatrice | Person | Notable Women | p. 46 | |
| She lived 600 miles form nowhere. | Birmingham, Beatrice | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1976 | |
| Birmingham, William | Birmingham, William | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v.1, p. 516-517 | Year: 1903 |