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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obituary | Bell, Robert (Sr.) | Person | Ellensburg Record | Month: 01 Day: 10 Year: 1981 | |
| Obituary | Bell, Robert C. | Person | Bellingham Herald | p. 13 | Month: 05 Day: 4 Year: 1954 |
| State official named to head Shoreline C. C. | Bell, Ronald E. | Person | Seattle Times | C-28 | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1981 |
| Bell, Stanley Valentine | Bell, Stanley Valentine | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 539 | Year: 1916 |
| Bell, T. J. | Bell, T. J. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 54 | Year: 1916 |
| Elton John's next Album. | Bell, Thom. | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 9 | Month: Day: Year: 1977 |
| Bell, Thomas W. | Bell, Thomas W. | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 261 | Year: 1982 |
| Bell, W. A. | Bell, W. A. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 545 | Year: 1894 |
| Bell, W. R. | Bell, W. R. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 133 | Year: 1936 |
| Bell, Walter P. | Bell, Walter P. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 398-399 | Year: 1903 |
| The most powerful Washingtonians. | Bell, William | Person | Washington (Bellevue, Wash.) | p. 61 | Month: 09 Year: 1986 |
| Bicentennial Biographies...William Bell. | Bell, William | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-4 | Month: 03 Day: 5 Year: 1976 |
| Bell important to city history. | Bell, William | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-3 | Month: 10 Day: 10 Year: 1982 |
| Early pioneers were own law. | Bell, William | Person | Sumas News | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1964 | |
| A builder of men and his community---William A. Bell. | Bell, William A. | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | v.4, p. 36-37 | Year: 1975 |
| Pioneer resident passes recently. | Bell, William E. | Person | Miner-Echo | Month: 02 Day: 4 Year: 1960 | |
| Bell, William E. | Bell, William E. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1958 | |
| William F. Bell | Bell, William F. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 669 | Year: 1904 |
| The William Henry Bell Story. | Bell, William Henry | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 5, p. 101 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Bell, William J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 02 Day: 8 Year: 1962 | |
| W. L. Bell succumbs. | Bell, William L. | Person | Yakima Daily Republic | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1962 | |
| Capt. Austin B. Coffman, 1889-1963 | Bell, William N. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 20 | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1963 |
| Lewis Madison Dawson 1890-1963 | Bell, William Nathaniel | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 5 | Month: 08 Day: 29 Year: 1963 |
| Bell, William Nathaniel | Bell, William Nathaniel | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v III, p. 195-197 | Year: 1917 |
| Bell, William Nathaniel | Bell, William Nathaniel | Person | History of Seattle | v. II, p. 824-826 | Year: 1916 |
| Bell, William Nathaniel | Bell, William Nathaniel | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 45 | Year: 1980 |
| "Doc" Bell the Watkins man helpful start Kitsap's jitney business. | Bell, William S. "Doc" | Person | Sun (Bremerton, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1989 | |
| Carl Bellamy Family | Bellamy, Carl | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 122 | Year: 1982 |
| Paul Bellamy Family | Bellamy, Paul | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 122 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary: Phoebe Lenora Bellamy | Bellamy, Phoebe Lenora | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 5 | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1966 |
| Belland, Shawna "The Kid" | Belland, Shawna "The Kid" | Person | Washington Women | p.4 | Year: 1983 |
| Bellanger, Adelaide M. | Bellanger, Adelaide M. | Person | Olympia Transcript | 3:03 | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1868 |
| Pete Bellecy is having a ball | Bellecy, Pete | Person | Seattle Times | p. 54 | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Belleman, Myrtle Anna | Person | Daily News (Port Angeles, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1990 | |
| Mrs. Will J. Beller | Beller, Maud R. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 37 | Month: 08 Day: 17 Year: 1964 |
| Clarence Belles, native son, dies. | Belles, Clarence Lee | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 11 Day: 6 Year: 1961 | |
| Belles, Ralph J. | Belles, Ralph J. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 23 | Year: 1921 |
| Record plant rises here. | Belles, Waldo | Person | Omak Chronicle | Month: 09 Day: 29 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Bellevue, Lawrence | Person | Friday Harbor Journal | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1977 | |
| Bellew, Patrick | Bellew, Patrick | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 26, p. 12-15 | |
| Obituary | Bellingar, Alice | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 10 Day: 18 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Bellinger, Elsie I. | Person | Pullman Daily News | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1990 | |
| Bellinger, Philip | Bellinger, Philip | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 765 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Bellis, Harry B. | Person | Eatonville Dispatch | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Bellish, Lillian M. | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 12 Day: 20 Year: 1973 | |
| Daring young man. | Bellnoe, Pete | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-1 | Month: 11 Day: 4 Year: 1984 |
| He Had a daughter on the 15th | Bells, George | Person | Olympia Transcript | 3:04 | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1868 |
| Minority Program Leader Resigns. | Belsen, Paul L. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-3 | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1972 |
| Belshaw, George | Belshaw, George | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 23, p. 298-300 | |
| Obituary | Belshaw, George | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1975 |