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 | Bowen, Clara Gale (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 39 | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1954 |
| Conrad Bowen, longtime area resident dies at 81. | Bowen, Conrad | Person | Thurston County Independent (Tenino, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1967 | |
| Mrs. Edith Bowen called by death. | Bowen, Edith (Mrs.) | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1965 | |
| Mrs. Edith Bowen called by death. | Bowen, Edith (Mrs.) | Person | Ilwaco Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1965 | |
| Joe's Place. | Bowen, Edwin "Boney" | Person | Daily Olympian | Totem Tidings, p. 3 | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1976 |
| Obituary | Bowen, Elsie M. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1977 | |
| Frank Bowen, Ex-Hoquiam priciple, dies. | Bowen, Frank H. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1968 | |
| F. C. Bowen is dead at 80. | Bowen, Frederick C. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 13 Year: 1971 | |
| Bowen, George Nason | Bowen, George Nason | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | Vol. 16, p. 118-121 | |
| Pioneer Oysterville resident dies after extended illness. | Bowen, Harvey David | Person | Ilwaco Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 29 Year: 1955 | |
| WSU to honor Iowan. | Bowen, Howard H. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 14 | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Bowen, Irene | Person | Chelan Valley Mirror | Month: 11 Day: 15 Year: 1978 | |
| Local resident 100 yeares old this Friday. | Bowen, Isaac Newton | Person | Lynnwood Enterprise | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1961 | |
| Avid gardener: Busy man pauses to turn 100. | Bowen, Isaac Newton | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1961 | |
| 105 years haven't dimmed wit, humor. | Bowen, Isaac Newton | Person | Seattle Times | p. 63 | Month: 04 Day: 28 Year: 1966 |
| Isaac Newton Bowen, 106. | Bowen, Isaac Newton | Person | Seattle Times | p. 16 | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1967 |
| Bowen new Engineering dean at UW. | Bowen, J. Ray | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-7 | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1981 |
| Indian youth Harvard-bound. | Bowen, Joe | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-37 | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1980 |
| He may be best in the world at what he does. | Bowen, John (Capt.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1975 |
| Federal Judge Bowen, 73, announces retirement. | Bowen, John C. (Judge) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 05 Day: 29 Year: 1961 | |
| Death takes Toledo pioneer. | Bowen, Lillie May | Person | Winlock News | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Bowen, Lola | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 21 Year: 1971 | |
| Bowen, Margaret Lamb Kayser | Bowen, Margaret Lamb Kayser | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 128-129 | Year: 1982 |
| Bowen, Mark | Bowen, Mark | Person | Daily Chronicle | p. 10 | Month: 11 Day: 15 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Bowen, Maude | Person | Montesano Vidette | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Bowen, Maude | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 03 Day: 2 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Bowen, Maude | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 28 Year: 1973 | |
| To fired cook, it was 'quel surprise' | Bowen, Mauricette | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 01 Day: 16 Year: 1977 |
| Millie Bowen, 81, succumbs. | Bowen, Millie Jane | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 5 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Bowen, Milton | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1961 | |
| Bowen, Nettie Stephenson (Mrs.) | Bowen, Nettie Stephenson (Mrs.) | Person | Women of the West | p. 189 | Year: 1928 |
| Bowen, Ozra A. (Treasurer) | Bowen, Ozra A. (Treasurer) | Person | Republican (Seattle, Wash.) | Special New Year Ed., v. II, no. 34, p. 11 | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1896 |
| Bowen rite announced. | Bowen, Willard H. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1968 | |
| Ex-Navy CPO puts jobless on course. | Bowen, William | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary | Bowen, William H | Person | Olympian | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1985 | |
| Bowen, William T. | Bowen, William T. | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 177-179 | Year: 1982 |
| Death takes LeRoy Bowen, pioneer. | Bowen`, LeRoy | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 50 | Month: 07 Day: 7 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Bower, Anna | Person | Daily News | Month: 05 Day: 19 Year: 1986 | |
| Bower, B. F. | Bower, B. F. | Person | 1909 Lewis County, Washington, as told in writing and pictures. | p. 37 | Year: 1983 |
| Woman, 101, has vivid Memories. | Bower, Cora (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 15 | Month: 04 Day: 30 Year: 1966 |
| Bower, E. J. | Bower, E. J. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 591 | Year: 1900 |
| Death claims two Bowers, both Leaders | Bower, Edward C. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 10 Day: 28 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Bower, Edwin L. (Rev.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 02 Day: 20 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Bower, Flora F. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 03 Day: 2 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Bower, George W. | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1971 | |
| Henry Bower passes at 76. | Bower, Henry A. | Person | Montesano Vidette | Month: 10 Day: 18 Year: 1962 | |
| Death claims two Bowers, both leaders. | Bower, Kina | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 10 Day: 28 Year: 1961 | |
| Bower, Mary Elvira | Bower, Mary Elvira | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1-2 | Year: 1956 |
| Obituary | Bower, Oliver B. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1962 | |
| Bower, Otto H. | Bower, Otto H. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | p. 14 | Month: 01 Day: 16 Year: 1956 |