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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 25 was big day for Emil Birnbaum. | Birnbaum, Emil | Person | Seattle Times | p. 19 | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1966 |
| Birney, Homer James | Birney, Homer James | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | col. 19, p. 43-46 | |
| Birnie, Carris | Birnie, Carris | Person | Olympia Transcript | 3:03 | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1868 |
| "Birnie's retreat" on approval list. | Birnie, James | Person | Wahkiakum County Eagle | Month: 08 Day: 2 Year: 1973 | |
| Birnie, James | Birnie, James | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 229 | Year: 1980 |
| James Birnie refused lots in Portland to begin Cathlamet... | Birnie, James | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 19 Year: 1953 | |
| James Birnie, father of Cathlamet, landed family, shervants and chattels from fleet of canoes here in 1846. | Birnie, James | Person | Eagle (Cathlamet, Wash.) | p. 1 | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1946 |
| More important than dates were the Birnies themselves. | Birnie, James | Person | Eagle (Cathlamet, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1946 | |
| Land site of Cathlamet donated to Birnies in the year 1871by President U.S. Grant; sold in 1878 for $1190. | Birnie, James | Person | Eagle (Cathlamet, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1946 | |
| "Biz" retiring off Big Bend job. | Bisbee, Charles | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 12 Day: 13 Year: 1966 | |
| More than just a pretty Seattle face on Tokyo TV. | Bisch, Gloria | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-1 | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1986 |
| Violin Making - creating beauty of sight, sound. | Bischofberger, Herman O. | Person | Seattle Times | Mag. P. 22-25 | Month: 04 Day: 16 Year: 1967 |
| Mood aged in the .wood. | Bischofberger, Herman O. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-7 | Month: 05 Day: 30 Year: 1974 |
| The violin workshop. | Bischofberger, Herman O. | Person | View of Puget Sound | p. 22 | Month: 12 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Bise, Albert C. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. E-11 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1972 |
| Job program gets new Director, new offices. | Bish, Frances | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-1 | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1972 |
| Acting Head of Youth Bureau Named new head of County Bureau of Youth Affairs. | Bish, Frances | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-6 | Month: 01 Day: 9 Year: 1972 |
| Bishop Family | Bishop family | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 125 | Year: 1982 |
| Bishop family notes, bible records, and obituaries. | Bishop family, | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 43, p. 104-108 | |
| Obituary | Bishop, Agnes | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1982 | |
| Albert Bishop death reported. | Bishop, Albert | Person | Cowlitz County Advocate | Month: 12 Day: 7 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Bishop, Arthur | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 02 Day: 19 Year: 1985 | |
| Obituary | Bishop, Astrid Jenny Marie | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 02 Day: 26 Year: 1990 | |
| Mrs.B. Bishop services today. | Bishop, Bernice | Person | Lynden Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1967 | |
| Bishop, Bolivar B. | Bishop, Bolivar B. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 241 | Year: 1980 |
| Bishop, Charles | Bishop, Charles | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 265 | Year: 1980 |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Bishop, Charles | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Obituary | Bishop, Charles B. | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 03 Day: 3 Year: 1977 | |
| Bishop, Charles H. | Bishop, Charles H. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 455 | Year: 1900 |
| Clarence Bishop, President of Woolen Mills, succumbs | Bishop, Clarence M. (Sr.) | Person | Camas-Washougal Post-Record | Month: 07 Day: 16 Year: 1969 | |
| Calif. Rites set for Dr. E. Allen Bishop. | Bishop, E. Allen (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 37 | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1964 |
| Bishop, Edward K. | Bishop, Edward K. | Person | |||
| Obituary | Bishop, Edward K. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1973 | |
| Biographical Sketch | Bishop, Edward Keating | Person | |||
| E. K. Bishop, lumberman | Bishop, Edward Keating | Person | Seattle Times | p. 25 | Month: 02 Day: 3 Year: 1968 |
| Modern logging in the Nortwestern States | Bishop, Edward Keating | Person | Engineering Magazine | v. XIII, no. 1, p. 62-73 | Month: 04 Year: 1897 |
| Now playing: A touch of the poetess. | Bishop, Elizabeth | Person | Seattle Magazine | p. 8-12 | Month: 04 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Bishop, Ernest | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 28 Year: 1973 | |
| Eugene Bishop rites to be held in Calif. | Bishop, Eugene S. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 33 | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1964 |
| George Bishop funeral set | Bishop, George P. | Person | Lynden Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1971 | |
| Bishop, George P. | Bishop, George P. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 104-105 | Year: 1921 |
| Bishop, George T. | Bishop, George T. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | p. 17 | Year: 1921 |
| Bishop, George W. "Biddy" | Bishop, George W. "Biddy" | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 37 | Year: 1929 |
| Bishop, Hattie Elma | Bishop, Hattie Elma | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1 | Year: 1951 |
| Obituary | Bishop, Hazel Gladys | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 12 Day: 16 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Bishop, Henry Tyler | Person | Morton Journal | Month: 08 Day: 16 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Bishop, Ina Ruth | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1981 | |
| Obituary | Bishop, Iona | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1978 | |
| Bishop, Jeffrey | Bishop, Jeffrey | Person | 50 Northwest Artists | p. 20 | Year: 1983 |
| Bishop, John A. | Bishop, John A. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 169 | Year: 1920 |