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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Beaver,, 82, called by death. | Beaver, Fred | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 09 Day: 1 Year: 1962 | |
| Cut it out. | Beaver, Joe | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 7 | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Beaver, John Harold | Person | Chinook Observer | Month: 06 Day: 22 Year: 1978 | |
| Beavers take over reins. | Beaver, Martha | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 28 | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1979 |
| Beavers take over reins. | Beaver, Richard | Person | Daily Olympian | Take 5, p. 28 | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Beaver, Ruth | Person | Montesano Vidette | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Beaver, Walter R. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Beaver, William R. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary: Treasurer of Lynden 1891 - 1902 | Beavers, Cary Allen | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | p. 78 | |
| Mrs. Ella Beavers passes at 97. | Beavers, Ella | Person | Clarkston Herald | Month: 02 Day: 26 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Beavert, Henry | Person | Yakima Nation Review | p. 8 | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1986 |
| Bebb, Charles H. | Bebb, Charles H. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 146 | Year: 1936 |
| Bebb, Charles Herbert | Bebb, Charles Herbert | Person | History of Washington | v. Iv, p. 66-69 | Year: 1909 |
| Bebb, Charles Herbert | Bebb, Charles Herbert | Person | History of Seattle | V. III, p. 114-18 | Year: 1916 |
| Bech, George | Bech, George | Person | Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound | p. 93 | Year: 1900 |
| He, She, and Baby made three high on the slopes of Dhaulagiri. | Bech, Terry | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-1 | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1971 |
| Obituary | Bechel, Henrietta (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 65 | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1968 |
| Obituary: Mrs. John J. Becher. | Becher, Delma | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 4 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Bechler, LaRoza | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 06 Day: 5 Year: 1969 | |
| Isaac L. Bechtel, 85. | Bechtel, Isaac L. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1967 | |
| Isaac Bechtel, Bellevue Pioneer.. | Bechtel, Isaac L. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 26 | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1967 |
| I.L. Bechtel, Bellevue Pioneer, dies. | Bechtel, Isaac L. | Person | Bellevue American | Month: 03 Day: 30 Year: 1967 | |
| Bechtol, Herbert A. | Bechtol, Herbert A. | Person | Bellevue American | Month: 04 Day: 30 Year: 1959 | |
| William Bechtol, Sr. | Bechtol, William A, (Sr.) | Person | Waterville Empire-Press | Month: 06 Day: 1 Year: 1961 | |
| Boxcar stowaways came with family from Minnista to Marlin to live. Minnsota to Marlin in a boxcar. | Beck family | Person | Odessa Record | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1964 | |
| Boxcar stowaways came with family from Minnista to Marlin to live. Minnsota to Marlin in a boxcar. | Beck family | Person | Odessa Record | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1964 | |
| Castle Rock: Beck Family. | Beck family, | Person | Cowlitz County Historical Quarterly | p. 1-25 | Month: 02 Year: 1966 |
| Beck, Ace | Beck, Ace | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 118 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Beck, Albert | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Beck, Arthur H. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Beck, Carl F. A. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1979 | |
| Christina Beck, 99, succumbs. | Beck, Christina E. (Mrs.) | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Beck, Cilifford Wallace | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 12 Day: 7 Year: 1985 | |
| Appointed by Eisenhower to the National Highway Board | Beck, Dave | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 1 | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1954 |
| At 84, he still defends the Teamsters. | Beck, Dave | Person | Oregonian | Northwest Mag., p. 4 | Month: 08 Day: 20 Year: 1978 |
| Dave Beck views past -- and presant | Beck, Dave | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 1, 4 | Month: 03 Day: 28 Year: 1971 |
| Supreme Court O.K,'s Beck's embezzlement conviction. | Beck, Dave | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 1 | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1962 |
| Beck to begin prison term. | Beck, Dave | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1962 | |
| The boss of the teamsters rides high. | Beck, Dave | Person | Life | p. 123ff | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1954 |
| A labor of love for Teamster Pres. Dave Beck. | Beck, Dave | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 10-11 | Month: 05 Day: 2 Year: 1976 |
| $119,207 action filed against Dave Beck. | Beck, Dave | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 7 | Month: 12 Day: 31 Year: 1963 |
| Beck recovered from Pneumonia. | Beck, Dave | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 10 | Month: 07 Day: 14 Year: 1964 |
| Beck, Dave | Beck, Dave | Person | What ever became of...? | second series. | Year: 1968 |
| Beck -- "I'm worth about a million". | Beck, Dave | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1978 |
| Efforts to send messages cost Beck his parole. | Beck, Dave | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 1 | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1964 |
| Dave Beck, son, sued. | Beck, Dave | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 12 Day: 31 Year: 1963 |
| The Washington 100: A centennial gallery of favorite sons & daughters who have changed the world in which we live. | Beck, Dave | Person | Washington Magazine | p. 78 | Month: 11 Year: 1988 |
| Walking landmark. | Beck, Dave | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1978 |
| Mrs. Beck's estate gets new supervisor. | Beck, Dave | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 12 | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1965 |
| Teamsters fiery Dave Beck not ready to cash in at age 92. | Beck, Dave | Person | Daily Olympian | p. E-1 | Month: 06 Day: 22 Year: 1986 |