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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck, Martha Goodwin | Beck, Martha Goodwin | Person | Washingtons Pioneer Women Teachers. | p. 7 | Year: 1953 |
| Beck, Mary Etta (Mrs.) | Beck, Mary Etta (Mrs.) | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 09 Day: 9 Year: 1958 | |
| M. E. Beck succumbs. | Beck, Matt E. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 23 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Beck, Mollie (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 23 Year: 1959 | |
| Beck, Orlando | Beck, Orlando | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 28, p. 26-28 | |
| Obituary | Beck, Otto R. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 20 | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1954 |
| R. W. Beck, Engineer. | Beck, Robert W. | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1968 | |
| Beck, Russell Ralph | Beck, Russell Ralph | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 232-233 | Year: 1921 |
| William Beck | Beck, William | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 332 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Beck, William E. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1979 | |
| Meet your pioneers--- | Beck, William J. | Person | Everett Daily Herald | Month: 08 Day: 26 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Beck, Williamdine 'Deanie' | Person | Bainbridge Island Review | Month: 12 Day: 29 Year: 1982 | |
| Becke, Hannah | Becke, Hannah | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 105 | Year: 1980 |
| Becke, Henry | Becke, Henry | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 105 | Year: 1980 |
| Star Walla Walla hi athlete flew to the top in U.S.A.F. | Beckel, Robert | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 6 Feature ed. | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1987 |
| Issaquah family album: the Becker family. | Becker family | Person | Issaquah Press | Month: 05 Day: 9 Year: 1990 | |
| Mrs. Adolph Becker. Tacoma resident for 60 years dies. | Becker, Anna E. (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 03 Day: 30 Year: 1966 | |
| Becker, C. E. | Becker, C. E. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1952 |
| Charles Becker: His was the land of milk and honey | Becker, Charles | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | v4, p. 106-107 | Year: 1975 |
| C. W. Becker, ocean-lodge owner, dies. | Becker, Charles William | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 13 | Month: 12 Day: 18 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Becker, Daniel | Person | Edmonds Tribune Review | Month: 02 Day: 3 Year: 1971 | |
| Mother of the year chosen | Becker, Dorothy (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | A-20 | Month: 05 Day: 5 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Becker, Ethel A. | Person | Sequim Press | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1975 | |
| Becker, Fred | Becker, Fred | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 158-162 | Year: 1982 |
| Last rite for Freida Becker. | Becker, Freida | Person | Davenport Times | Month: 02 Day: 2 Year: 1967 | |
| Becker, Glenn G. | Becker, Glenn G. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 91 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Becker, Henry Conrad | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary | Becker, Henry E. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 22 Year: 1981 | |
| Becker, J. Ernest | Becker, J. Ernest | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 73 | Year: 1920 |
| Becker Scheduales Classes for Local Artists | Becker, Jerry | Person | Poulsbo Kitsap County Herald | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1971 | |
| Aunt Ollie and Uncle Joe a chapter in the history of Arbor Heights. | Becker, Joe | Person | Seattle White Center News | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1975 | |
| John Becker, 81, area pioneer, dies. | Becker, John | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1970 | |
| Becker, John C. | Becker, John C. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 444-445 | Year: 1893 |
| Becker, Katie | Becker, Katie | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 158-162 | Year: 1982 |
| Becker, Lester J. | Becker, Lester J. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 109 | Year: 1920 |
| Becker, Mike | Becker, Mike | Person | Pullman Herald | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1958 | |
| Obituary | Becker, Pearl A. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 30 Year: 1975 | |
| Ray Becker, the last Centralia prisoner. | Becker, Ray | Person | Pacific Northwest Quarterly | p. 88-99 | Month: 04 Year: 1968 |
| Former Seattle 'Hendrix Fund' Founder Slain. | Becker, Raymond T. "Tiny" | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | A-5 | Month: 11 Day: 14 Year: 1973 |
| Living Pioneers of Washington. Robert McC. Becker, Seattle. | Becker, Robert McC. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1916 | |
| No Sad Songs Today. | Becker, Rudi | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | B-1 | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1976 |
| Rudi Becker's home--A bit of Washingtonia. | Becker, Rudi | Person | Seattle Times | p. 4 | Month: 08 Day: 2 Year: 1970 |
| Rudi and John | Becker, Rudi | Person | Seattle Times | p. 4 magazine | Month: 10 Day: 10 Year: 1976 |
| Becker, Rudi | Becker, Rudi | Person | Digressions of a Native Son. | Year: 1982 | |
| Ruth M. Becker succumbs at 75. | Becker, Ruth Maycumber (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1969 | |
| Evro Becket, head of hotel Meany, dies. | Becket, Evro | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 02 Day: 4 Year: 1960 | |
| Rites held for Beverly Beckett. | Beckett, Beverly | Person | Skamania County Pioneer | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1968 | |
| Beckett, David | Beckett, David | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 431-32 | Year: 1893 |
| Fred Beckett succumbs at 77. | Beckett, Fred | Person | Skamania County Pioneer | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1967 | |
| Beckett, Henry | Beckett, Henry | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 738-739 | Year: 1893 |