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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral set tomarrow for Thomas A. Belshaw. | Belshaw, Thomas A. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 88 | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1969 |
| Funeral set tomarrow for Thomas A. Belshaw. | Belshaw, Thomas A. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1969 | |
| W.R. Belshaw funeral will be Tuesday | Belshaw, Walter R. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 69, Sec. 2 | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1963 |
| Belt, Horatio N. | Belt, Horatio N. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 383-384 | Year: 1900 |
| Belt, Horatio N. | Belt, Horatio N. | Person | City of Spokane Falls and its tributary resouces. | p. 24 | Year: 1973 |
| Beltman, Nick | Beltman, Nick | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | p. 11 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Belton, Pauline Marie | Person | Herald (Everett, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 9 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Beltran, Maria | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-4 | Month: 01 Day: 16 Year: 1987 |
| Belvail, Wallace Lyman | Belvail, Wallace Lyman | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 107 | Year: 1920 |
| Belveal, Eugene | Belveal, Eugene | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 156-157 | Year: 1921 |
| Beman, Nathan | Beman, Nathan | Person | Republican (Seattle, Wash.) | v II, no 24 | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1896 |
| Bemis, Mary | Bemis, Mary | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1952 |
| People in lumbering. | Bemis, Robert L. | Person | Spokesman-Review | p. 85 Mag | Month: 12 Day: 26 Year: 1976 |
| Mrs. Charles A. Bemis, 81 | Bemis, Vera M (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 42 | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1965 |
| Bemiss, David | Bemiss, David | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 682 | Year: 1900 |
| Benadon, Wilfred O. | Benadon, Wilfred O. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 46 | Month: 10 Day: 25 Year: 1951 |
| Deal would bring together Texas, Seattle Developers. | Benaroya, Jack | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-5 | Month: 10 Day: 5 Year: 1984 |
| Mrs. Benatar born in Greece. | Benatar, Mazaltov (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 07 Day: 10 Year: 1966 | |
| Early Settlers | Benbennick, A. G. | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 100 | Year: 1977 |
| Real Estate and Loans | Benbennick, A. G. | Person | Port Orchard Independent | Supp. | Month: 04 Year: 1971 |
| The Benbennick Brothers. | Benbennick, Albert George | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 4, p. 86 | Year: 1977 |
| The Benbennick Brothers. | Benbennick, Michael | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 4, p. 86 | Year: 1977 |
| Lewis Miller Benbow | Benbow, Lewis Miller | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 61 | Month: 02 Day: 24 Year: 1965 |
| It's "Al-kee"...and Ruth Bence ought to know. | Bence, Ruth Merrill | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Bench, Howard C. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Bench, Howard C. | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 08 Day: 9 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Bench, Howard C. | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Month: 08 Day: 13 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary: John Joseph Benckert. | Benckert, John Joseph | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 7 Year: 1974 | |
| Covered Wagon woman chipper | Bendel, Dollie | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 04 Day: 30 Year: 1961 | |
| Living link with the past: Mrs. Dolly Bendel recalls days of the Old West. | Bendel, Dollie | Person | Omak Chronicle | Month: 12 Day: 24 Year: 1964 | |
| Henry Bendele dies after long illness. | Bendele, Henry A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1962 | |
| Tribute to a coach -- Highlights in career of Bendele recalled. | Bendele, Henry A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 22 | Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1962 |
| Former Tacoman dies in Portland. | Bender, Ada G. (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1964 | |
| 1910 - Present | Bender, Aline (Mrs.) | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Bender, Ella (Mrs.) | Person | Bremerton Sun | p. 1 | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Bender, Ione Selden | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1977 | |
| Bender lectures liberals on Labor Council. | Bender, James K. | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-9 | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1981 |
| Bender wants to leave city housing authority. | Bender, James K. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-18 | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1981 |
| 1910 - Present | Bender, John | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Bender, John F. | Bender, John F. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 312-317 | Year: 1917 |
| Early Settlers | Bender, Lewis A. | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 101 | Year: 1977 |
| Maria E. Bender. | Bender, Maria E. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1968 | |
| Maria E Bender. | Bender, Maria E. | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1968 | |
| Ray's Right Hand: The man nobody knows. | Bender, Paul | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-11 | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1978 |
| Dr Renus Bender recalls. | Bender, Renus | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 84-86 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Bender, Renus | Person | Sun (Bremerton, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1984 | |
| Bender, Renus | Bender, Renus | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 101 | Year: 1977 |
| William H. Bender. | Bender, William H. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 345 | Year: 1904 |
| Former high-ranking U.S.official and businessman from Aberdeen dead at 81 | Bendetsen, Karl Robin | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1989 | |
| Obituary | Bendix, Gertrude L. | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 10 Day: 21 Year: 1971 |