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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A prospector mines them thar streets. | Black, William | Person | Seattle Times | p. E | Month: 03 Year: 1982 |
| Black, William Wilson | Black, William Wilson | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 401-403 | Year: 1903 |
| 19 years of calling the shots for the Sonics. | Blackburn, Bob | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. F-4 | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1936 |
| The winner...Bob Blackburn | Blackburn, Bob | Person | View Northwest | p. 29-30 | Month: 05 Year: 1974 |
| Cancer calls the shots | Blackburn, Claude | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 6 | Month: 12 Day: 2 Year: 1979 |
| Death takes Mrs. William Blackburn, 90. | Blackburn, Jennie (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 21 | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Blackburn, L. L. "Curly" | Person | Lewis River News | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary: Pearl Irene Blackburn. | Blackburn, Pearl Irfene | Person | Burlington Farm Journal | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1974 | |
| Mrs. Blackburn pioneer resident succumbs Tues. | Blackburn, Susan M. (Mrs.) | Person | Courier-Times (Sedro Woolley, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary | Blacken, Alma | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 12 Day: 26 Year: 1990 | |
| Rites for Expert Rifleman to be held in Marysville | Blacken, John L. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 05 Day: 19 Year: 1966 | |
| Blackenburg, Harry W. | Blackenburg, Harry W. | Person | Peoples History of Stevens County | p. 119 | Year: 1983 |
| Blacketer, Joseph | Blacketer, Joseph | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 266 | Year: 1980 |
| Mrs. John M. Blackford, 80. | Blackford, Elizabeth | Person | Seattle Times | p. 25 | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1967 |
| Storm shattered convoy 119. | Blackford, William M. | Person | Seattle Times | magazine, p. 6 | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1973 |
| Blackington, Herman 'Jinks' | Blackington, Herman 'Jinks' | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 242 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary: Herman 'Jinks' Blackington. | Blackington, Herman 'Jinks' | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 06 Day: 3 Year: 1974 | |
| Blackinton, L. | Blackinton, L. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 527 | Year: 1894 |
| Orchard land rush exciting. | Blackler, Art | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 09 Day: 28 Year: 1973 | |
| First building in Oroville moved to a new location. | Blackler, J. A. | Person | Oroville Gazette | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1970 | |
| John "Art" Blackler, Oroville pioneer dies. | Blackler, John 'Art' | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Blackler, John 'Art' | Person | Oroville Gazette | Month: 02 Day: 27 Year: 1975 | |
| Blacklows vindication. | Blacklow, Julie | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 22 | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1987 |
| Fire & flood beset Blackman brothers. | Blackman family | Person | Snohomish County Tribune | Month: 03 Day: 5 Year: 1964 | |
| Memories of the Blackman Family. | Blackman family | Person | Snohomish County Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 31 Year: 1973 | |
| Museum turns time back to 1890's. | Blackman family | Person | Snohomish County Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1987 | |
| Early lumber mills in Snohomish. | Blackman family | Person | Snohomish County Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 18 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary: Alma E. Blackman. | Blackman, Alma E. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Blackman, Charles H. | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 11 Day: 27 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Blackman, Erna K. (Mrs.) | Person | Rosalia Citizen Journal | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary: Services held for L. Earl Blackman. | Blackman, Leon Earl | Person | Snohomish County Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1974 | |
| Services held for Raymon Blackman. | Blackman, Raymon Earl | Person | Rosalia Citizen Journal | Month: 09 Day: 6 Year: 1963 | |
| Blackman, William | Blackman, William | Person | Biennial Report of the Factory Inspector of the State of Washington on 1899-1900. | Month: Day: | |
| Obituary: William A. Blackman. | Blackman, William A. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 12 | Month: 09 Day: 1 Year: 1967 |
| Mrs. Howard Blackmore. | Blackmore, Laura (Mrs.) | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1964 | |
| Daughter of pioneers, Mrs. Blackmore dies. | Blackmore, Minnie Morris | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 20 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Blackmore, W. H. "Bert" | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1973 | |
| Early pioneer found humor in city's dirt streets. | Blackshaw, George | Person | Cheney Free Press | Month: 07 Day: 23 Year: 1987 | |
| Blackstock, Frank Thomas | Blackstock, Frank Thomas | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 62-63 | Year: 1921 |
| Blackstock, George Earl | Blackstock, George Earl | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 62-63 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Blackstock, Herbert W. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 14 | Month: 05 Day: 29 Year: 1968 |
| Robert V. Blackstock, 41. | Blackstock, Robert V. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 8 | Month: 09 Day: 25 Year: 1965 |
| Blackstock, William H. | Blackstock, William H. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 62-63 | Year: 1921 |
| Funeral Held March 24 for Cora Blackwell, 86 | Blackwell, Cora A. | Person | Huckleberry Herald (Belfair, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1971 | |
| Blackwell, J. F. | Blackwell, J. F. | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 121 | |
| Blackwell, James E. | Blackwell, James E. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 130 | Year: 1936 |
| Blackwell, James Eustace | Blackwell, James Eustace | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 633-634 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Blackwell, Pearl L. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 18 Year: 1984 | |
| From Blackwell's Hotel to Chinatown. | Blackwell, Ruby Chapin (Miss) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. E-2 | Month: 02 Day: 8 Year: 1976 |
| The pioneer saga of Chapin Blackwell. | Blackwell, Ruby Chapin (Miss) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 2 Year: 1979 |