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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obituary | Bowler, George L. | Person | Buckley News-Banner | Month: 06 Day: 7 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Bowler, George L. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 5 Year: 1973 | |
| Bowles, A. S. | Bowles, A. S. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 462 | |
| Bowles, A. S. | Bowles, A. S. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 462 | Year: 1888 |
| Bowles, Charles D. | Bowles, Charles D. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 499 | Year: 1893 |
| Bowles, David P. | Bowles, David P. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 254 | Year: 1980 |
| Biographical Sketches | Bowles, John Hooper | Person | Murrelet | vol. 8, no. 1, p. 20 | Month: 01 Year: 1927 |
| John Hooper Bowles -- Ornithologist (1875-1934): A Biographical Sketch. | Bowles, John Hooper | Person | Murrelet | v.15, no. 2, p. 35-43 | Month: 05 Year: 1934 |
| Naplean Bowles - Mazama Negro leaves bit of history behind. | Bowles, Napolean | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 10 Day: 17 Year: 1968 | |
| Reaches 90. | Bowles, Robert Lee | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1961 | |
| Tim Bowles director of Anacortes museum | Bowles, Tim | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1980 | |
| White Swan pioneers still line the streets | Bowlin, G. W. | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol. 3, p. 120-121 | Year: 1975 |
| George Bowlin, pioneer of White Swan, dies. | Bowlin, George | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1961 | |
| Bowman kin among early (Puyallup) valley settlers. | Bowman family | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 08 Day: 3 Year: 1991 | |
| Bowman, A. C. | Bowman, A. C. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 121 | Year: 1936 |
| 1919-1940s | Bowman, Addie | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Bowman, Alonzo Costello | Bowman, Alonzo Costello | Person | History of Seattle | p. 101-102 | Year: 1916 |
| Bowman, Alonzo Costello | Bowman, Alonzo Costello | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 39 | Year: 1927 |
| Anacortes Waterfront, 1890 - Artist unknown. | Bowman, Amos | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 08 Day: 4 Year: 1966 | |
| Bowman saw Fidalgo Island as sight for Pacific Coast Metropolis -- Arrived here in 1876. | Bowman, Amos | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1959 | |
| To get young town started -- Bowman invested heavily in city. | Bowman, Amos | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1963 | |
| Bowman directed growth of Anacortes. | Bowman, Amos | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1977 | |
| Amos Bowman, City founder, man of ambition, foresight. | Bowman, Amos | Person | Anacortes American Bulletin | Month: 01 Day: 23 Year: 1959 | |
| Two fair ladies and the Skagit cities named for them. | Bowman, Anne Curtis | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 08 Day: 4 Year: 1966 | |
| Bowman, Charles H. | Bowman, Charles H. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 100-101 | Year: 1921 |
| 1919-1940s | Bowman, Collins | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Bowman, Dewey D. | Bowman, Dewey D. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1 p. 142-143 | Year: 1921 |
| Mrs W. A. Bowman | Bowman, Dorothea E. (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Chronicle (Spokane, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1966 | |
| Bowman, Edward | Bowman, Edward | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Bowman, Esther Angeline | Person | Sumner News Review | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary: Harold E. Bowman | Bowman, Harold E. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 87 | Month: 05 Day: 7 Year: 1967 |
| Ina E. Bowman dies at 92. | Bowman, Ina E. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 1 Year: 1973 | |
| Bowman, John H. (Hon.) | Bowman, John H. (Hon.) | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 576-577 | Year: 1893 |
| Early pilot throttles down. | Bowman, Les | Person | Olympian | p. C-1 | Month: 08 Day: 5 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Bowman, Leslie H. | Person | Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 10 Day: 25 Year: 1987 |
| Walla Walla service for BC man. | Bowman, Lester | Person | Prosser Record Bulletin | ||
| Bowman, Louis Hamilton | Bowman, Louis Hamilton | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 823 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Bowman, Loyd H. | Person | Davenport Times | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1974 | |
| Rites set for Mrs. Harry W. Bowman. | Bowman, Margaret J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Bowman, Maxine P. | Person | Olympian | Month: 06 Day: 12 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Bowman, Nellie M. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 11 Day: 4 Year: 1973 | |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll | Bowman, Olive S. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Bowman, Vallie B. | Bowman, Vallie B. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 4 | Year: 1952 |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll | Bowman, Warren J. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Bowman, Warren J. | Bowman, Warren J. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 925-927 | Year: 1893 |
| Obituary | Bowman, Warren T. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Bowman, Wava I. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-3 | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1980 |
| Wes Bowman succumbs at rest home. | Bowman, Wesley Jerome | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 10 Day: 5 Year: 1961 | |
| Bowman, William | Bowman, William | Person | Pend Oreille Profiles | p. 37 | Year: 1977 |
| 'These Revels not Ended' for aging Asland director. | Bowmer, Angus | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1969 |