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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Beckett, Seattle pioneer, dies. | Beckett, May Fuller | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 04 Day: 29 Year: 1960 | |
| Beckett, Oliver L. | Beckett, Oliver L. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, p. 350-1 | Year: 1917 |
| Forty years of reaching peaks. | Beckey, Fred | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 8 Northwest | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1978 |
| Old men of the mountains:Pioneer climbers of Washington's peaks are as colorful and craggy as the Cascades. And they still remember when it took 'the right stuff' to enjoy the freedom of the hills. | Beckey, Fred | Person | Washington | p. 50 | Month: Day: Year: 1987 |
| Letters to Editor concerning Mr. Beckey's resignation from the Mountaineers. | Beckey, Fred | Person | Mountaineer Magazine | Month: 05 Year: 1989 | |
| Fred Beckey: Perennial Alpinist and scholar. | Beckey, Fred | Person | Mountaineer Magazine | p. 18 | Month: 05 Year: 1992 |
| Obituary | Beckham, Laura Bessie | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1951 | |
| Obituary | Beckley, Myrtle G. | Person | Skagit Argus | Month: 04 Day: 20 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Beckley, Myrtle G. | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 04 Day: 21 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Beckley, Myrtle G. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 04 Day: 15 Year: 1982 | |
| Becklund, Barney | Becklund, Barney | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 120 | Year: 1982 |
| Becklund, Cindy | Becklund, Cindy | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 120 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Becklund, Helen L. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 09 Day: 24 Year: 1979 | |
| Spanaway woman prizes historic letter. | Beckman family | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 12 Day: 21 Year: 1958 | |
| Obituary | Beckman, Andrew | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 59 | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Beckman, Anne | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 07 Day: 28 Year: 1966 | |
| Beckman, Gustav | Beckman, Gustav | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 226-227 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Beckman, Marie Goody | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Beckman, Philippine H. | Person | Daily Olympian | A-7 | Month: 04 Day: 20 Year: 1977 |
| Beckstrom dies at 82. | Beckstrom, Carl E. | Person | North Shore Citizen (Bothell, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1965 | |
| Beckstrom dies at 82. | Beckstrom, Carl E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 45 | Month: 08 Day: 5 Year: 1965 |
| Anniversary of a pioneer; John Beckstrom, first white child born at Bothell, will be 75 tomarrow. | Beckstrom, John August | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 8 Mag. Sec. | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1960 |
| John A. Beckstrom dies at 75 | Beckstrom, John August | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1961 | |
| Mrs. Richard Oates, Bothell native, dies | Beckstrom, Tina Teresa | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 37 | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1965 |
| Beckwith, Arthur Joe | Beckwith, Arthur Joe | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 208-209 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Beckwith, Edward J. | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 1 Year: 1970 | |
| Down the road a piece: Moon Road, Little Rock...and Homer Hedgepeth. Pillbox held payroll for loggers. | Beckwith, Ernest | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. A-18,19 | Month: 05 Day: 9 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Beckwith, Harry J. | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Beckwith, Ivan C. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 08 Day: 2 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Beckwith, Jay S. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 16 | Month: 07 Day: 28 Year: 1964 |
| Mrs William E. Beckwith. | Beckwith, Lavina Jane (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 5 | Month: 09 Day: 13 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Beckwith, Martha | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | p. 8 | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1954 |
| Oscar Beckwith services held at Clarkston. | Beckwith, Oscar | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 05 Day: 25 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Beckwith, Ruby Claflin | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1979 | |
| Beckwith, S. H. | Beckwith, S. H. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 649 | Year: 1894 |
| Satsop logger, T. Beckwith, dies | Beckwith, Thomas | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 12 Day: 30 Year: 1965 | |
| Mrs. Viola Beckwith succumbs. | Beckwith, Viola G. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 02 Day: 15 Year: 1961 | |
| Bedard, Blanche Martin | Bedard, Blanche Martin | Person | Peoples History of Stevens County | p. 119 | Year: 1983 |
| John Berg, Grandfather of Dr. Bede passes in Tacoma. | Bede, John | Person | Morton Journal | Month: 02 Day: 23 Year: 1961 | |
| Basket maker weaves tradition. | Bedel, Edith | Person | Herald | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1988 | |
| Mountain Woman. | Bedel, Edith | Person | Seattle Daily Times | mag p. ? | Month: 07 Day: 5 Year: 1953 |
| Bedell, Catherina May | Bedell, Catherina May | Person | Women of Washington | p. 17 | Year: 1977 |
| Bedell, Rowena J. (Mrs.) | Bedell, Rowena J. (Mrs.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 5 | Month: 09 Day: 12 Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Beden, Alice | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 01 Day: 23 Year: 1974 | |
| Bedford, Charles | Bedford, Charles | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 614 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Bedford, Charles L. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Bedford, Helen | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1971 | |
| Federal Aviation agency will honr Sequim man. | Bedinger, Robert D. | Person | Seattle Times | L-16 | Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1978 |
| Carrie Beebe, 88, dies at family home. | Beebe, Carrie (Mrs.) | Person | Sammamish Valley News | Month: 05 Day: 21 Year: 1964 | |
| For the love of animals: story of the Olympic Game Farm near Sequim | Beebe, Catherine (Mrs.) | Person | Peninsula Magazine | p. 36+ | Year: 1986 |