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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Benn's final days are recalled. | Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Person | Montesano Grays Harbor County Vidette | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1989 | |
| Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Person | Grays Harbor Post ( Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 18 Year: 1959 | |
| Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 177 | |
| Benn, Hume Started Aberdeen | Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 2 Year: 1969 | |
| Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v III, p. 406-411 | Year: 1917 |
| Mrs. Charles Wappenstein. Daughter of Samuel Benn, 1st settler & the founder of Aberdeen. | Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 51 | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1965 |
| Sam Benn's barn due to be razed | Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1959 | |
| Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 462 | |
| Story of Samuel Benn is the story of Aberdeen; city founder began career with New York Fire Department. | Benn, Samuel "Sam" E. | Person | Oregonian | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1933 | |
| Obituary | Benner, Alson | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 5 Year: 1981 | |
| Benner, Ernest | Benner, Ernest | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 175 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Benner, Gerald L. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1970 | |
| Benner, Henry A. | Benner, Henry A. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 77 | Year: 1920 |
| Benner, Lionel | Benner, Lionel | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 118-119 | Year: 1921 |
| Benner, Ralph H. | Benner, Ralph H. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 175 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Benner, Ruth Helen | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 04 Day: 22 Year: 1982 | |
| Plant wizard's book is reviewed at garden club. | Bennet, John | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 02 Day: 27 Year: 1963 | |
| Obituary | Bennett, Aleta A. | Person | Review-Mirror (Toppenish, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 25 Year: 1977 | |
| A. Bennett, Servant of the people. | Bennett, Alexander | Person | Oregonian | Mag. P. 4-5 | Month: 09 Day: 28 Year: 1952 |
| Obituary | Bennett, Alma | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 18 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Bennett, Alva R. | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 08 Day: 25 Year: 1983 | |
| Bennett, Ambrose | Bennett, Ambrose | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 90 | |
| Obituary | Bennett, Anna Belle | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Bennett, Anna G. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 04 Day: 15 Year: 1955 |
| Bennett, Anna G. | Bennett, Anna G. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Bennett, Arthur C. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1986 |
| Bennet's Marathon and other tall tales | Bennett, Burt | Person | Seattle Times | p. 33 | Month: 07 Day: 18 Year: 1967 |
| Bennett, Burton Elsworth | Bennett, Burton Elsworth | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 31 | Year: 1927 |
| Obituary: Pioneer son dies. | Bennett, Byron Ellsworth | Person | Prosser Record Bulletin | Month: 05 Day: 15 Year: 1975 | |
| Carl H. Benson funeral to held Saturday afternoon. Kelso to pay final tribute to memory of young businessman of Kelso at the Presbyterian church at 2:30 O'clock tomarrow. | Bennett, Carl H. | Person | Kelso Newspaper (Kelso, Wash.) | p. 1 | Month: 08 Day: 18 Year: 1928 |
| Bennett's dance-directing jobs take him to faraway places. | Bennett, Charles | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-10 | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1980 |
| Music helped Bennett realize that there is life after dance. | Bennett, Charles | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-1 | Month: 10 Day: 11 Year: 1982 |
| Peck's Bad Boy of Dance returns to the Fray. | Bennett, Charles | Person | Argus (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 9 | Month: 12 Day: 6 Year: 1974 |
| Washington State History. | Bennett, Charles (Capt.) | Person | Sunnyside Sun | Month: 11 Day: 21 Year: 1960 | |
| Bennett, Charles P. | Bennett, Charles P. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 478 | Year: 1904 |
| Edmonds civic leader "Chet" Bennett dies. | Bennett, Chester R. "Chet" | Person | Herald (Everett, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 12 Year: 1988 | |
| Edmonds Civic leader dies | Bennett, Chester R. "Chet" | Person | Edmonds-Snohomish County Enterprise | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1988 | |
| Mrs. Christena Bennett. | Bennett, Christena (Mrs.) | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 814 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary: Claude C. Bennett. | Bennett, Claude C. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 85 | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1967 |
| Pastor: Instant ordinations to ministry are part of his style. | Bennett, Dennis Jay | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-1 | Month: 05 Day: 3 Year: 1983 |
| D. G. Bennett, shipping-line foreman, died. | Bennett, Dewey G. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Bennett, Donald Franklin | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 11 Day: 27 Year: 1967 |
| Dorothy J. Bennett, former schools chief, dies at 80. | Bennett, Dorothy J. | Person | Herald (Everett, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1989 | |
| A sculptor creates a condominium. | Bennett, Doug | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | People p. 8 | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1982 |
| Earl Bennett rites observed. | Bennett, Earl F. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 08 Day: 15 Year: 1967 | |
| A pioneer heritage. | Bennett, Edward | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 22 | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1966 |
| Mrs Thomas Bennett, Redmond pioneer, dies. | Bennett, Ellen | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-17 | Month: 08 Day: 31 Year: 1970 |
| Mrs Lewis Bennett. | Bennett, Elsie May (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 29 Year: 1965 | |
| Mrs Lewis Bennett. | Bennett, Elsie May (Mrs.) | Person | Puyallup Valley News | Month: 07 Day: 7 Year: 1965 | |
| Bennett, Emma F. | Bennett, Emma F. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1952 |