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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bissionette, E. McCaustland (Mrs.) | Bissionette, E. McCaustland (Mrs.) | Person | Ellensburg Record | Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1958 | |
| Obituary | Bisson, Ada V. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1972 | |
| Early Settlers | Bisson, Dan (Dr.) | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 101 | Year: 1977 |
| Mrs Bisson, pioneer, succumbs. | Bisson, Eleanor Jane (Mrs.) | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1962 | |
| Do you remember?...Frank Bisson's general store, South Prarie, Wash. | Bisson, Francis "Frank" | Person | Buckley News-Banner | Month: 11 Day: 12 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Bisson, William H. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Bissonnette, Cora C. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1973 | |
| Marie Biteler, 97, claimed by death. | Biteler, Marie Caffell | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 4 Year: 1963 | |
| M(arried) D(ropout) at 17 becomes read MD at 35 | Bitseff, Edward L. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 9 | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1966 |
| Bitting, Charles H. | Bitting, Charles H. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 139 | Year: 1900 |
| Mrs. Bittman's estate valued at $280,000. | Bittman, Jesse (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 22 | Month: 12 Day: 16 Year: 1965 |
| 'Human squirrel': Boeing people remember Arnie. | Bittner, Arnold F. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 12 Day: 19 Year: 1980 |
| Dr Joseph began his practice in Yakima in 1925. | Bittner, Joseph E. (M.D.) | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol 3, p. 96 | Year: 1975 |
| Obituary | Bittner, Joseph E. (M.D.) | Person | Sprague Advocate | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1984 | |
| Joseph E. Bittney, M.D.. | Bittney, Joseph E. (M.D.) | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 226 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Bittrick, Pauline B. | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Bivins, Nancy (Mrs.) | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Bixby, James Lewis | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | p. 7 | Month: 06 Day: 22 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Bixby, Ray T. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1971 | |
| Samuel A. Bixby. | Bixby, Samuel A. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1964 | |
| Bixby, Vernon Charles | Bixby, Vernon Charles | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 42-43 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Bixby, Willard D. | Person | Seattle Facts | p. H-15 | Month: 11 Day: 12 Year: 1978 |
| Bixler, Earl Gregg | Bixler, Earl Gregg | Person | State of Washington Third Biennial Report of the Dept. of Business Control | Year: 1927 | |
| Bixler, Joseph | Bixler, Joseph | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1957 | |
| Group seeks clout for small business. | Bizar, Gordon | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-3 | Month: 08 Day: 15 Year: 1982 |
| Bizer, Clarence | Bizer, Clarence | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 126-127 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Bjerkan, Hattie C. | Person | Herald (Everett, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1984 | |
| Energetic seamstress lends talents to arts festival. | Bjerke, Dawn | Person | Seattle Times | p. 41 | Month: 08 Day: 18 Year: 1966 |
| Bjerke, Edwin | Bjerke, Edwin | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 125-126 | Year: 1982 |
| Bjerke, Sandra | Bjerke, Sandra | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 125-126 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Bjerstedt, Harry S. | Person | Morton Journal | Month: 09 Day: 25 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary | Bjerstedt, Oscar F. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Bjerstedt, Oscar F. | Person | Burlington Farm Journal | Month: 02 Day: 26 Year: 1975 | |
| Phinney Ridge official is president. | Bjorgan, Kenneth | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-4 | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1978 |
| Obituary | Bjork, Ethel Watkinson | Person | Courier-Times (Sedro Woolley, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 8 Year: 1978 | |
| Bjork, John B. | Bjork, John B. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 746-747 | Year: 1904 |
| Gambling panel director retiring | Bjork, William | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-8 | Month: 06 Day: 17 Year: 1980 |
| Fern Hill memorials voice pioneer spririt. | Bjorke, Nils W. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Mag., p. 6 | Month: 11 Day: 2 Year: 1952 |
| Bjorklund, Arnold L. | Bjorklund, Arnold L. | Person | Washington State Men of Valor | p. 86-88 | Year: 1980 |
| Fisherwoman angles for La Conner votes. | Bjorklund, Emma | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1962 | |
| La Conner elects first woman mayor. | Bjorklund, Emma | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1962 | |
| Hugo H. Bjorklund | Bjorklund, Hugo H. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 56 | Month: 12 Day: 25 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Bjorn, Augusta C, | Person | Arlington Times | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1975 | |
| Death takes Ann G. Bjornson. | Bjornson, Anna G. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 33 | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1964 |
| Bjornson, Bogi | Bjornson, Bogi | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 21 | Month: 03 Day: 22 Year: 1951 |
| Mrs. Sarah Bjornson of Blaine dies at 93. | Bjornson, Sarah (Mrs.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 06 Day: 3 Year: 1966 | |
| Home is the Warrior.... | Bjornstad, Robert G. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 14 | Month: 06 Day: 1 Year: 1966 |
| Bjornstad, Air War Hero, dies in crash of plane he was pioloting as a consultant. | Bjornstad, Robert James | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 07 Day: 22 Year: 1968 |
| Blaauw, John | Blaauw, John | Person | Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound | p. 128 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Blachly, Percy T. | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 09 Day: 27 Year: 1973 |