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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belcher, Willis G. | Belcher, Willis G. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 146-147 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Belcoe, Paul E. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Beley, Ernest G. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 12 Day: 9 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Belford, Harry S. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1971 | |
| Belford, John A. | Belford, John A. | Person | Bellingham Herald | p. 3 | Month: 09 Day: 5 Year: 1955 |
| Belhumeur, August | Belhumeur, August | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 372 | Year: 1904 |
| Belieu, Arthur W. | Belieu, Arthur W. | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 121 | Year: 1982 |
| Belieu, Jessie | Belieu, Jessie | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 121-122 | Year: 1982 |
| Belieu, Phoebe | Belieu, Phoebe | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 121-122 | Year: 1982 |
| Joy on ice: a Kent family waits. | Belk family | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 01 Day: 19 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary: Arthur Belknap | Belknap, Arthur | Person | Chewelah Independent | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1974 | |
| 60 years Ago, kitchen was the family room. | Belknap, Burton O. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 29 Year: 1974 | |
| Every day offered a new adventure to a boy. | Belknap, Burton O. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 27 Year: 1974 | |
| Before the Self-Starter, driving was a chore. | Belknap, Burton O. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 17 Year: 1974 | |
| Final rites held for C. Belknap. | Belknap, Chester Clifford | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1965 | |
| Jerome W. Belknap | Belknap, Jerome W. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 330 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Belknap, Leona (Mrs.) | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1977 | |
| Belknap, Millard F. | Belknap, Millard F. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 285-6 | Year: 1904 |
| 'Dad' Bell, Whatcome county pioneer... | Bell family | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 14 Magazine | Month: 10 Day: 2 Year: 1960 |
| Bell, Almond | Bell, Almond | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 68-69 | Year: 1921 |
| It's time to take a break | Bell, Amy | Person | Daily Olympian | p. C-3 | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1981 |
| Amy Bell honored on her 96th birthday. | Bell, Amy | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 11 Day: 10 Year: 1988 | |
| Obituary | Bell, Anna M. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1968 | |
| Talking, Writing, Flying Machine. | Bell, Art J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 51 | Month: 09 Day: 3 Year: 1969 |
| An old tug boat Captain remembers things were tough. | Bell, Arthur | Person | Chinook Observer | Month: 10 Day: 21 Year: 1976 | |
| Canon Bell left lasting impring on church, city. | Bell, Arthur (Rev. Canon) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Mag., P. 13 | Month: 11 Day: 27 Year: 1966 |
| The monument to an unhappy man. | Bell, Austin H. | Person | Seattle Times | Mag. P. 7 | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1967 |
| Bell, Bernard G. | Bell, Bernard G. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 146-147 | Year: 1921 |
| Bertha Bell: Basin House hotel always full. | Bell, Bertha | Person | Columbia Basin Herald | Month: 04 Day: 22 Year: 1977 | |
| Pioneer Bertha Bell dies at 97. | Bell, Bertha | Person | Ephrata Grant County Journal | Month: 01 Day: 16 Year: 1989 | |
| Obituary | Bell, Bessie Robinson | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-18 | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary | Bell, Bessie Robinson | Person | Daily Olympian | B-8 | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1973 |
| One worker feels forced to retire, boss says memos misunderstood. | Bell, Betsy | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1982 |
| Bell, C. T. | Bell, C. T. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, p. 394-5 | Year: 1917 |
| Bell, Calvin | Bell, Calvin | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 258-260 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Bell, Charles | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1961 | |
| Charles A. Bell | Bell, Charles A. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 667 | Year: 1904 |
| Bell, Clarence | Bell, Clarence | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 250-251 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Bell, Clarence | Person | Friday Harbor Journal | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1977 | |
| Long illness ends for Capt. Clark R. Bell. | Bell, Clark R. (Capt.) | Person | South Bend Independent | p. 11 | Month: 12 Day: 6 Year: 1956 |
| Obituary: Clyde I. 'Pop' Bell, 72. | bell, Clyde I. 'Pop' | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Bell, Cora | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 11 Year: 1962 | |
| Hazel's Star: Daphne's work comes alive. | Bell, Daphne Enslow | Person | Bainbridge Review | Month: 08 Day: 13 Year: 1980 | |
| 1914-1936 | Bell, David Edward | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| UW's Dean Bell was 'pushed out' of post, he says. | Bell, Dean | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-1 | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1982 |
| Bell steps down as Museum Chief. | Bell, Dick | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1990 | |
| E. E. Bell, 61, Alaska Dairy Builder, dies. | Bell, Earl Edward | Person | Seattle Times | p. 21 | Month: 01 Day: 10 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary | Bell, Earl R. | Person | Ferndale Record | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Bell, Edward J. | Person | Edmonds Tribune Review | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1979 | |
| Whatever happened to...Eleanor Bell? | Bell, Eleanor | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | A-2 | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1977 |