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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorne C. Bane, 88 | Bane, Lorne C. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 09 Day: 27 Year: 1967 | |
| A portrait of the artist -- Robert Banger | Banger, Robert | Person | Spokane Magazine | p. 36 | Month: 11 Year: 1980 |
| The new bankers; new names, new buildings, new images. | Bangert, Richard | Person | View Northwest | p. 44-48 | Month: 02 Year: 1976 |
| Bangs, Benton M. | Bangs, Benton M. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 183 | Year: 1920 |
| Esther Bangs, 77, dies Friday after accident. | Bangs, Esther H. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 08 Day: 1 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Bangs, James F. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 03 Day: 28 Year: 1969 | |
| Jerry Bangs: In love with unlimited racing. | Bangs, Jerry | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-8 | Month: 08 Day: 8 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary: Mrs. J.W. Banker, 82. | Banker, Mabel (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 8 | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1966 |
| Mrs. Mabel Banker | Banker, Mabel (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1966 | |
| Banks Family | Banks family | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 37, p. 43-46 | |
| Banks, Archie M. | Banks, Archie M. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 467 | Year: 1903 |
| Banks, Clyde | Banks, Clyde | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 98-99 | Year: 1921 |
| A man's awakening... | Banks, Ed | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-10 | Month: 07 Day: 18 Year: 1971 |
| Banks, Emery E. | Banks, Emery E. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 232-233 | Year: 1921 |
| Banks, Frank | Banks, Frank | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 343-344 | Year: 1904 |
| The man who said "Yes" to the biggest dam. | Banks, Frank A. | Person | Grand Coulee Star | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1989 | |
| Banks to be Bonneville acting chief. | Banks, Frank A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 05 Day: 4 Year: 1939 | |
| Frank Banks; former Reclamation Bureau Official. Known as: The Father of the Grand Coulee Dam. | Banks, Frank A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 10 | Month: 02 Day: 16 Year: 1958 |
| Frank A. Banks: Builder of Dams. | Banks, Frank A. | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1970 | |
| The man who faces the biggest job in the world -- meet him! | Banks, Frank A. | Person | Grand Coulee Record | p. 1 | Month: 12 Day: 6 Year: 1933 |
| Man of the decade: Frank A. Banks, he dreamed, worked. | Banks, Frank A. | Person | Evergreen Magazine | vol 1, no. 1, p. 10-11 | Month: 07 Year: 1946 |
| Banks, Gertrude | Banks, Gertrude | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 423-424 | Year: 1982 |
| Free Methodists get new pastor. | Banks, H. Raymond | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-4 | Month: 09 Day: 5 Year: 1981 |
| Banks, Lee | Banks, Lee | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 423 & 424 | Year: 1982 |
| Rugged adventures of Gen. Lyman T. Banks. | Banks, Lyman T. (Gen.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. P. 7 | Month: 11 Day: 22 Year: 1953 |
| Banks, Lyman Talcott | Banks, Lyman Talcott | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 532 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Banks, Newell J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1950 | |
| Business man turned pastor faces issue of prejudice | Banks, R. R. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1976 | |
| Banks, Rush (Dr.) | Banks, Rush (Dr.) | Person | 1909 Lewis County, Washington, as told in writing and pictures. | p. 20 | Year: 1983 |
| Obituary: Virginia Banks, noted Northwest painter, dies at 65 in Seattle. | Banks, Virginia | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-4 | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1985 |
| Obituary | Banks, Virginia | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1985 | |
| Banks-Winters Family | Banks-Winters family | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 37, p. 28-30 | |
| Pioneer Teacher Dies Here at 98. | Bankson, Ada May | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1971 | |
| 101 years old. Spokanite one year into second century. | Bankson, Celia Fisher | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 21 Year: 1967 | |
| Mrs. Bankson dies at 101. | Bankson, Celia Fisher | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 12 Day: 29 Year: 1967 | |
| Bankson, Cyrus | Bankson, Cyrus | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 347 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Bankson, Ella E. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1976 | |
| Bankson, J. M. | Bankson, J. M. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p.698 | Year: 1894 |
| John A. 'Art' Bannan, 77. | Bannan, John A. 'Art' | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1967 | |
| Bannan, Thomas J. | Bannan, Thomas J. | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 49 | Year: 1960 |
| Obituary | Bannan, William D. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 02 Day: 17 Year: 1969 | |
| John A. Banneck | Banneck, John A. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 695 | Year: 1904 |
| Bannick, Claude G. | Bannick, Claude G. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 352-54 | Year: 1916 |
| Bannick, Claude G. | Bannick, Claude G. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 121 | Year: 1936 |
| No bigot, but inflexable law enforcer | Bannick, Claude G. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-12 | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1977 |
| Bannick, Claude G. | Bannick, Claude G. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 134 | Year: 1929 |
| Banning services slated in Colville. | Banning, James Marshall | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 26 Year: 1965 | |
| Banning, Lenora L. (Mrs.) | Banning, Lenora L. (Mrs.) | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Banning, Maude Grace Tedrow | Person | Chewelah Independent | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1978 | |
| Banning, Nancy E. (Mrs.) | Banning, Nancy E. (Mrs.) | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | p. 8 | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1956 |