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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park honors Oroville man. | Bernard, Wills | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1973 | |
| Walking his way out of nowhere. | Bernardo, Steve Di | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 4-5 | Month: 03 Day: 20 Year: 1977 |
| I remember when. | Bernd, Fred | Person | Lake Wallula Reflections | no 4, p. 7-11. | Year: 1963 |
| Serving as Cle Elum's Mayor: Gary Berndt, Ellensburg local Manager. | Berndt, Gary | Person | Totem (Olympia, Wash.) | p. 9 | Month: Day: Year: 1988 |
| Long-Time Rentonite, George Berndt, dies. | Berndt, George F. | Person | Record-Chronicle (Renton, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 22 Year: 1967 | |
| Walter Berndt mourned. | Berndt, Walter A. | Person | Yakima Daily Herald | Month: 11 Day: 28 Year: 1962 | |
| Walter Berndt mourned. | Berndt, Walter A. | Person | Yakima Daily Republic | Month: 11 Day: 24 Year: 1962 | |
| Heart Attack kills former Legislator. | Berneathy, Robert 'Bob' | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 10 | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Berner, Isabelle Grove | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 33 | Month: 08 Day: 26 Year: 1957 |
| Bernesche, Edward J. | Bernesche, Edward J. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1 | Year: 1954 |
| Stroke on Swiss Trip Fatal to Miss Berney. | Berney, Alice Helen | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 10 Day: 12 Year: 1966 | |
| Berney, Clara (Mrs.) | Berney, Clara (Mrs.) | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 123 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary: Harry Berney, 83, pioneers' son, dies. | Berney, Harry | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 03 Day: 21 Year: 1975 | |
| Berney, James | Berney, James | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 123 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Berney, William E. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 08 Day: 15 Year: 1979 | |
| Bernhard, Arthur | Bernhard, Arthur | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 112 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Bernhardt, Adolph H. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary: Rites planned for Nonogenarian. | Bernhardt, Monica Bertha | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 8 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Bernhardt, Naomi E. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 04 Day: 30 Year: 1969 |
| Sarah Bernhardt's visit to Spokane. | Bernhardt, Sarah | Person | Pacific Northwest Forum | p. 128 | Month: Day: Year: 1992 |
| Disautel area: French Valley leaves imprint on Okanogan. | Bernier, Frank | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Bernier, Hattie E. 'De Voir' | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1982 | |
| The pioneer dead of 1912. | Bernier, Julien | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | p. 42, v 4, no 1 | Month: 01 Year: 1913 |
| Bernier, Julien | Bernier, Julien | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 36 | Year: 1980 |
| Bernier, Julien | Bernier, Julien | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 778 | Year: 1893 |
| Bernier, Marcel | Bernier, Marcel | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 36 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Bernier, Marcel | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 40, p. 151 | |
| The Pioneer dead of 1914. | Bernier, Peter | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 6, no. 1, p. 18 | Month: 01 Year: 1915 |
| Obituary | Bernklau, Nellie 'Agnes' | Person | Chewelah Independent | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Bernklau, Nellie 'Agnes' | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1973 | |
| A wide variety of interests is the "Spice of Life" for Paul Bernsen. | Bernsen, Paul | Person | Columbia Basin Herald | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1985 | |
| Obituary: Alfred Berntsen. | Berntsen, Alfred | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1974 | |
| International Artist Leon A BeRoth dies. | BeRoth, Leon A. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p B-5 | Month: 03 Day: 12 Year: 1980 |
| Anna Berquist is dead at 99. | Berquist, Ann Elizabeth | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Month: 12 Day: 7 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Berreman, Josephine Hatley | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 12 Day: 19 Year: 1974 | |
| Berridge, James | Berridge, James | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 495 | Year: 1900 |
| Pioneer Resident: Funeral services hekd for Martin P. Berring | Berring, Martin P. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 01 Day: 31 Year: 1966 | |
| Tony Berringer county farmer taken by death. | Berringer, Tony | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Berringer, William J. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 11 Day: 20 Year: 1975 |
| Berry, A. M. | Berry, A. M. | Person | History of King County | v IV p. 334-336 | Year: 1929 |
| Berry, A. Marcellus | Berry, A. Marcellus | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 300-603 | Year: 1916 |
| The saga of Alice Berry | Berry, Alice | Person | Newport Miner | Month: 04 Day: 7 Year: 1977 | |
| Illness fatel for native. | Berry, Augustus Tate | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 23 Year: 1960 | |
| What became of girl who grew up with tigers, pythons, 'vanilla'? | Berry, Barbara | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1966 | |
| Benjamin F. Berry | Berry, Benjamin F. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 906 | Year: 1904 |
| City's top citizen announced. | Berry, C. Mike | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-11 | Month: 01 Day: 17 Year: 1982 |
| FAA names Elma man top farmer. | Berry, Chuck | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-7 | Month: 11 Day: 13 Year: 1981 |
| Clyde J. Berry funeral rites held. | Berry, Clyde J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 53 | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1963 |
| A Michaelangelo incarnation -- Vashon Island's consumate artist. | Berry, Don | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 12 | Month: 09 Day: 9 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Berry, Elinor | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 02 Day: 8 Year: 1984 |