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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 years of driving a locomotive. | Bendokas, Charles (Sr.) | Person | Northlake News (Woodinville, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1986 | |
| Benedetti to resign from state utilities post. | Benedetti, Aldo J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-2 | Month: 07 Day: 7 Year: 1982 |
| A dream, an invitation for Cathy Benedetto. | Benedetto, Cathy | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 12 | Month: 12 Day: 20 Year: 1966 |
| Obituaries | Benedetto, Louise (Mrs.) | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Month: 10 Day: 25 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Benedick, G. Frederick | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 11 Day: 19 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Benedict, Albert O. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 22 Year: 1981 | |
| A-team star says Whitman ans Walla Walla are the best things that ever happened to me. | Benedict, Dirk | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Feature Ed. P. 49 | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Benedict, Francis L. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 22 Year: 1972 | |
| Mainly...about people -- Monday's a big day fro Fred Benedict's long life... | Benedict, Fred | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 09 Day: 20 Year: 1981 |
| Benedict, Harry A. | Benedict, Harry A. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 232-233 | Year: 1921 |
| Still slugging away -- ex-boxer prefers artistic handwork. | Benedict, Tony | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-2 | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1981 |
| A Seattle dreamer fights his way into Fatasyland. | Benedict, Tony | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest Today p. 6-7 | Month: 01 Day: 17 Year: 1971 |
| Benedictson, Barney C. | Benedictson, Barney C. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 112-113 | Year: 1921 |
| In memorium -- Dr. A. H. Benefiel | Benefiel, A. H. (Dr.) | Person | Murrelet | vol 3, no 2, p. 2 | Month: 05 Year: 1922 |
| Noted Artist Dies. | Benefiel, Eula | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1981 |
| Mrs. Paul E. Beneke. | Beneke, Emma E. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 52 | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1964 |
| Mrs. Paul E. Beneke. | Beneke, Emma E. (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 23 Year: 1964 | |
| 1918-? | Beneman, H. D. | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| F. Benthien, 74, called by death. | Benethien, Frederick | Person | World | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1967 | |
| Benett, George Jackson | Benett, George Jackson | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 158-159 | Year: 1921 |
| Profile: Michael O. Benett, Manager, Marine Terminals. | Benett, Michael O. | Person | Port of Seattle Reporter | p. 20-22 | Month: 11 Year: 1975 |
| Obituary | Benfield, May Georgia | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 7 | Month: 06 Day: 21 Year: 1966 |
| Frank H, Benge | Benge, Frank H. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 823 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Bengston, Olga Genevieve | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1980 | |
| Dave Bengtson dies in Seattle at age of 77 | Bengtson, John David 'Dave' | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1971 | |
| Mr. and Mrs.Charles Benham married for 70 years. | Benham, Charles W. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1970 | |
| Longtime farmer, logger, C. W. Benham dies at 95 | Benham, Charles W. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Benham, Charles W. | Person | Burlington Farm Journal | Month: 04 Day: 29 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Benham, Francis B. | Person | Spokesman-Review | p. 13 | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1954 |
| Died in insane asylum. | Benham, John | Person | Olympia Transcript | #: 2 | Month: 05 Day: 23 Year: 1868 |
| Mr. & Mrs. Charles Benham married for 70 years.` | Benham, Peri (Mrs.) | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Benham, Roy Francis | Person | Mount Vernon Argus | Month: 10 Day: 18 Year: 1988 | |
| Olympia's Bob Benjamin gains...reputation as pilot and artist. | Benjamin, Bob | Person | Daily Olympian | Totem Tidings p. 4 | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1978 |
| UW economist sets goals for Reagan job. | Benjamin, Daniel | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-12 | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1982 |
| Rites held for Mrs. Theodore Benjamin, 78. | Benjamin, Jennie | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 25 Year: 1961 | |
| Benjamin, Milford Louis | Benjamin, Milford Louis | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 78-79 | Year: 1921 |
| Pearl Benjamin put work and family first. | Benjamin, Pearl | Person | Yakima Sun | Month: 08 Day: 20 Year: 1981 | |
| History and Biography of Commission | Benjamin, Ralph | Person | Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission | Mss 180 | |
| R. Benjamin now Supervisor of Utilities. | Benjamin, Ralph | Person | Seattle Star | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1936 | |
| Fidalgo pioneer recalls her childhood at Dewey. | Benn family | Person | Anacortes American Bulletin | Month: 11 Day: 12 Year: 1964 | |
| Open house to honor 3 Benn sisters Monday. | Benn family, | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Benn, Annie Marie | Person | Edmonds Tribune Review | Month: 09 Day: 9 Year: 1970 | |
| Daisy Benn, 87, dies at Sequim. Mrs Edmind Benn. | Benn, Daisy Miles (Mrs.) | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1966 | |
| Benn, G. C. | Benn, G. C. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 463 | |
| George Benn, 96, colorful cowboy. | Benn, George W. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Benn, John | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 31 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Benn, Margaret | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Benn, Margaret | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1968 |
| Benn, Martha Redman | Benn, Martha Redman | Person | Women of Grays Harbor County | p. 5 | |
| Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 462 |