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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett, William J. | Bennett, William J. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 358 | Year: 1900 |
| Bennett, William O. | Bennett, William O. | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 292 | Year: 1893 |
| Mining is looking up: Veteran Assayer Tests 100 Samples Daily for Pay Dirt. | Bennetts, B. H. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 7 Year: 1938 | |
| Bennie, D. G. (Jr.) | Bennie, D. G. (Jr.) | Person | Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound | p. 154 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Bennigson, Myron 'Mike' | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1978 | |
| Sherman W. Benninghoff Family. | Benninghoff, Sherman W. | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 424 | Year: 1982 |
| Joseph M. Bennington | Bennington, Joseph M. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 486 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Bennington, Vera | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 07 Day: 22 Year: 1981 | |
| Obituary | Bennison, Martha Charlotte | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 21 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary | Bennison, Samuel Dewey | Person | Spokane Valley Herald | Month: 11 Day: 12 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary: Mrs. Anna Benny. | Benny, Anna F. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Benoit, Anna K. 'Maude' Heiser | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1979 | |
| 70 years togrther -- The Benoits have seen many changes. | Benoit, Anna K. 'Maude' Heiser | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol. 3, p. 110-111 | Year: 1975 |
| 70 years togrther -- The Benoits have seen many changes. | Benoit, Fred L. | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol. 3, p. 110-111 | Year: 1975 |
| Obituary | Benoit, Zelia (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Daily Republic | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1963 | |
| '71 Fair Manager Named | Benoschek, Ben | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 11 | Month: 05 Day: 5 Year: 1971 |
| Bea Benoschek honored. | Benoschek, Ben | Person | Daily Olympian | p. F-4 | Month: 07 Day: 27 Year: 1978 |
| Sam Benowitz found a way for his avocation to bear fruit. | Benowitz, Sam | Person | Olympian | p. 3-5 | Month: 09 Day: 12 Year: 1982 |
| Top Prize to P-I photographer. | Benschneider, Benjamin | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p C-1 | Month: 09 Day: 26 Year: 1981 |
| Benscotter, Milo Wallace | Benscotter, Milo Wallace | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 113 | Year: 1920 |
| Bigger job calls: Carl H. Bensene reluctantly leaving Zion Lutheran post. | Bensene, Carl H. (Rev.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 2, Sec 1 | Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1963 |
| Seattle couple marries at Emmanuel Church; Grandparents' 1900 wedding relived. | Benson family | Person | Islands Sounder (Eastsound, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1986 | |
| Hard to believe what her fingers tell her. | Benson, Agnes | Person | Seattle Times | Magazine, p. 8 | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1976 |
| 1913-1915 | Benson, Alice | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Benson, Amandus M. | Person | Brewster Herald Reporter | Month: 09 Day: 6 Year: 1962 | |
| Mrs. Erick P. Benson | Benson, Anna Irving | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 12 Day: 8 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Benson, Anna Marie | Person | Stanwood-Camano News (Stanwood, Wash) | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1982 | |
| Benson, B. W. | Benson, B. W. | Person | Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound | p. 199 | Year: 1900 |
| Asphalt concrete market hot for Beta. | Benson, Bernard A. | Person | Puget Sound Business Journal | p. 17 | Month: 08 Day: 5 Year: 1985 |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Benson, Charles | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Mrs. Sam B. Benson | Benson, Christine (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 66 | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Benson, Earl Victor | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary: Edna G. Benson. | Benson, Edna G. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 77 | Month: 08 Day: 23 Year: 1967 |
| Edwin F. Benson Rites Thursday. Tacoman who died Monday had long, constructive career in state. | Benson, Edwin F. | Person | Tacoma Daily Ledger | Month: 12 Day: 18 Year: 1935 | |
| Benson, Edwin F. | Benson, Edwin F. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 435-437 | Year: 1903 |
| Obituary | Benson, Ella S. | Person | Wahkiakum County Eagle | Month: 04 Day: 28 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary: Mrs. Odin Benson | Benson, Esther V. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 26 | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1967 |
| Obituary | Benson, Eva Ronald | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-12 | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1980 |
| A pioneers memories II: Eva Ronald Benson. | Benson, Eva Ronald | Person | Puget Soundings | p. 42-43 | Month: 06 Year: 1976 |
| It hasn't been that easy. | Benson, George | Person | Seattle Times | p. 1 | Month: 12 Day: 29 Year: 1976 |
| Benson Oulines Plans. | Benson, George | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-5 | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1973 |
| Benson, George E. (Capt.) | Benson, George E. (Capt.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 30 | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1951 |
| Benson, H. V. | Benson, H. V. | Person | History of King County | v.IV p. 84-88 | Year: 1929 |
| Benson, Harry C. | Benson, Harry C. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 10 Day: 26 Year: 1958 | |
| Benson, Henry Roy | Benson, Henry Roy | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 188-189 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Benson, Homer A. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Benson, Horsley | Person | Toppenish Review | Month: 12 Day: 27 Year: 1972 | |
| Benson, J, M. | Benson, J, M. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 462 | |
| Benson, J. W. | Benson, J. W. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 691 | Year: 1894 |
| Benson, John | Benson, John | Person | Palouse Republic | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1959 |