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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whatever happened to...Eleanor Bell? | Bell, Eleanor | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | A-2 | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1977 |
| Bell, Eliza Jane (Mrs.) | Bell, Eliza Jane (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 129 | Year: 1980 |
| Last rite for Elizabth Bell. | Bell, Elizabeth | Person | Davenport Times | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1961 | |
| Bell, Emery Theodore | Bell, Emery Theodore | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 232-233 | Year: 1921 |
| Services held for pioneer E. Bell, 76. | Bell, Ernest` C. | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 11 Day: 2 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Bell, Ethel Lila | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Bell, Florence P. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 24 | Month: 03 Day: 21 Year: 1966 |
| Former fisheries chief is dead. | Bell, Frank T. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 14 | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Bell, Frank T. | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1970 | |
| Fred R. Bell is taken by death. | Bell, Fred R. | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Bell, George F. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1990 | |
| Bell, George W. | Bell, George W. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 2, p. 81-82 | Year: 1903 |
| Obituary: George W. Bell | Bell, George W. | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 11 Day: 27 Year: 1917 | |
| Former resident of Harper dies. | Bell, Georgeina | Person | Port Orchard Independent | Month: 09 Day: 10 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Bell, Grace E. | Person | Omak Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 10 Year: 1975 | |
| Bell, Harry C. | Bell, Harry C. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 365-66 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Bell, Howard C. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 03 Day: 28 Year: 1991 | |
| Bell retires from Halibut Commission. | Bell, Howard F. | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-14 | Month: 01 Day: 28 Year: 1970 |
| Bell, Hugh D. | Bell, Hugh D. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 544 | Year: 1900 |
| Death takes Hugh S. Bell, insuranceman. | Bell, Hugh S. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 61 | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1963 |
| Bell, Isaac E. | Bell, Isaac E. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 192 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Bell, James E. | Person | Whidbey News-Times | Month: 10 Day: 11 Year: 1979 | |
| Bell, James H. | Bell, James H. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 129 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Bell, Jessie M. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 5 Year: 1979 | |
| Bell, John | Bell, John | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 568 | Year: 1894 |
| Dungeness Valley Pioneers | Bell, John | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 37, p. 142 | |
| Bell, John | Bell, John | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 39, p. 155-156 | |
| Obituary | Bell, John F. (Pat) | Person | Grand Coulee Star | Month: 04 Day: 22 Year: 1971 | |
| Judy Bell rings in success. | Bell, Judy | Person | Northwest Women in Business | p. 5 | Month: 03 Year: 1986 |
| Karen Bell -- Her dress fashions hit the big time. | Bell, Karen | Person | Seattle Times | p. 19 Pacific | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1981 |
| Mother-in-law in the Governor's Mansion. | Bell, Lilith J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 13 Magazine | Month: 05 Day: 13 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary | Bell, Lilith J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-2 | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Bell, Lilith J. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-2 | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1987 |
| First Lady to our First Lady | Bell, Lilith J. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Sunday Magazine p. 8-10. | Month: 10 Day: 21 Year: 1973 |
| Teen queen Lisa keeps her cool. | Bell, Lisa Yvonne | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-5 | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1981 |
| Miss Teen never let asthma deter her | Bell, Lisa Yvonne | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-8 | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1981 |
| Washington student named Miss Teen-ager. | Bell, Lisa Yvonne | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-11 | Month: 08 Day: 15 Year: 1981 |
| Bell, Louisa (Mrs.) | Bell, Louisa (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 192 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary: Mamie F. Bell | Bell, Mamie F. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Bell, Mamie G. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 05 Day: 17 Year: 1972 | |
| Seattle's premier feeder of hungry quits after 15 years of sevice. | Bell, Mary Livingston | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-2 | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1980 |
| Pastor named Head of Area Planning Unit. | Bell, Maurice M. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 8 | Month: 04 Day: 7 Year: 1969 |
| Bell, Melvin Sherman | Bell, Melvin Sherman | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 210-211 | Year: 1921 |
| Mrs. James R. Bell | Bell, Minnie May (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 45 | Month: 02 Day: 28 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary: Mrs. Benjamin Bell | Bell, Ora | Person | Seattle Times | p. 63 | Month: 07 Day: 28 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Bell, Ora M. "Nana" | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1983 | |
| Friends, Stragers help fire-stricken Bell family. | Bell, Otho | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. A | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1964 |
| Bells grateful for big helping hand. | Bell, Otho | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 12 | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1964 |
| Bell, Ralph C. | Bell, Ralph C. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 137 | Year: 1936 |
| Obituary | Bell, Robert (Sr.) | Person | Ellensburg Record | Month: 01 Day: 10 Year: 1981 |