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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 | Berger, Mathias | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 09 Day: 15 Year: 1962 | |
| Berger, Neal Robert | Berger, Neal Robert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 204-205 | Year: 1921 |
| Bergeron, Mary Alice Grimm | Bergeron, Mary Alice Grimm | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 10 | Year: 1952 |
| Obituary | Bergeron, Victor Jules 'Trader Vic' | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1984 | |
| Mrs. Andrew Bergersen, pioneer, dies. | Bergersen, Charlotte R. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1962 | |
| Bergerson, George | Bergerson, George | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 162-163 | Year: 1921 |
| Wallace W. Bergerson rites held. | Bergerson, Wallace W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 03 Day: 3 Year: 1962 | |
| Wallace W. Bergerson rites held. | Bergerson, Wallace W. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 2 Year: 1962 | |
| Bergeson, C. H. | Bergeson, C. H. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 155 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Bergeson, John | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1982 | |
| Teachers' boss offers promise of change. | Bergeson, Terry | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. F-4 | Month: 05 Day: 19 Year: 1985 |
| Damase Bergevin pioneer in putting plow to lands. | Bergevin family | Person | typescript | ||
| Obituary | bergevin, Arthur A. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 12 | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1962 |
| A. Bergevin is stricken at hospital. | bergevin, Arthur A. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 05 Day: 26 Year: 1962 | |
| Frenchman farms family homestead. | Bergevin, Beldam Damase | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | 1976 Progress Edition, D-7 | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1976 |
| Obituary | Bergevin, Clement O. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 12 Day: 4 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Bergevin, Gertrude | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 5 | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1953 |
| Berggren, Albert Walter | Berggren, Albert Walter | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 200-201 | Year: 1921 |
| Head-on crash kills Skagit Music Prof. | Bergh, Glenn R. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 03 Day: 20 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary: Imelda Bergh | Bergh, Imelda | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 03 Day: 30 Year: 1967 |
| Obituary | Bergh, Virgil | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-4 | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Bergh, Willard A. | Person | Seattle Times | P. B-10 | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1978 |
| Obituary: Dan A Bergin, Candymaker. | Bergin, Dan A. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 81 | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1966 |
| Andrew E, Bergland funeral set. | Bergland, Andrew E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 69 | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1964 |
| Early Settlers | Berglina, Carl Gustof | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 101 | Year: 1977 |
| Berglund, Albert | Berglund, Albert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 242 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Berglund, Elmer Andrew | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 28 Year: 1972 | |
| Henry Berglund succumbs at 91. | Berglund, Henry | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1967 | |
| Mrs. Knute Berglund to be 100 Thursday. | Berglund, Knute O. (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 21 Year: 1968 | |
| Mrs. Knute Berglund to be 100 Thursday. | Berglund, Knute O. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 22 | Month: 07 Day: 21 Year: 1968 |
| Charles Bergman dead. | Bergman, Charles | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1960 | |
| Bergman, Charles E. | Bergman, Charles E. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 445-446 | Year: 1916 |
| Bergman, George Edwin | Bergman, George Edwin | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 33 | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1951 |
| Health chief Bergman to quit. | Bergman, Lawrence (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-12 | Month: 09 Day: 20 Year: 1979 |
| Pianist wants to play second fiddle. | Bergman, Lisa | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-11 | Month: 08 Day: 16 Year: 1981 |
| The Yarn Barn. | Bergman, Margaret | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book II, p. 41-42 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Bergman, Pearl M. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 08 Day: 31 Year: 1991 | |
| Bergman, Peter C. | Bergman, Peter C. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 108-109 | Year: 1921 |
| Mrs. Phyllis Bergman succumbs in Bellingham. | Bergman, Phyllis V. | Person | Friday Harbor Journal | Month: 04 Day: 13 Year: 1961 | |
| Mrs. Phyllis V. Bergman dies in Bellingham. | Bergman, Phyllis V. | Person | Orcas Islander | Month: 04 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Bergman, Roy T. | Person | Chehalis Advocate | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1962 | |
| Bergquist, Andrew Gustaf | Bergquist, Andrew Gustaf | Person | Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound | p. 171 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Bergseth, Sam K. | Person | Everett Daily Herald | p. 36 | Month: 09 Day: 9 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Bergsma, George S. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 10 Day: 25 Year: 1972 | |
| William Bergsma: The U. of W.'s Compleat Composer | Bergsma, William | Person | Seattle Times | Mag. P. 12 | Month: 01 Day: 9 Year: 1972 |
| Family led patchwork life. | Bergstresser, Letitia | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1979 |
| Bergstrom, Andrew Peter | Bergstrom, Andrew Peter | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 476-477 | Year: 1893 |
| Bergstrom, Charles J. (Mrs.) | Bergstrom, Charles J. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 32 | Month: 11 Day: 14 Year: 1957 |
| Obituary | Bergstrom, Edward George | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1972 | |
| Bergstrom, Emil | Bergstrom, Emil | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 57 | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1956 |