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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omak man born in museum's cabin. | Best, Arthur | Person | Omak Chronicle | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary: Bessie Lois Best. | Best, Bessie Lois | Person | Omak Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 28 Year: 1974 | |
| Best, Charles Sumner | Best, Charles Sumner | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 998-1001 | Year: 1916 |
| Best woman gets starring role in Tacoma Stars. | Best, Claudia | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-5 | Month: 08 Day: 4 Year: 1986 |
| Best, F. E. | Best, F. E. | Person | History of King County | v. IV, p. 316-322 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Best, Frank R. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1982 | |
| Best, Gertrude D. | Best, Gertrude D. | Person | Washingtonian | p. 19ff | Month: 12 Year: 1928 |
| Obituary | Best, Ivan Lovich | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-4 | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1979 |
| A rare look back for Mr. Best. | Best, Ivan Lovich | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. G-2 | Month: 12 Day: 3 Year: 1972 |
| Faces of the city: At 81, Jack Best heartens the infirm. | Best, Jack | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. A | Month: 06 Day: 12 Year: 1964 |
| Best, James Bert | Best, James Bert | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 21, p. 155-157. | |
| Best, John | Best, John | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 122 | Year: 1936 |
| W.S.U. student wins national design award. | Best, Katherine Sue | Person | Seattle Times | p. 36 | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1966 |
| Best, Lillian | Best, Lillian | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 118-120 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Best, Lillian G. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1991 | |
| Obituary | Best, Rennie Winford | Person | Okanogan County Chronicle | Month: 03 Day: 5 Year: 1981 | |
| Singer finds Seattle opera work steady, challenging. | Best, Richard | Person | Seattle Times | p. S-9 | Month: 12 Day: 22 Year: 1968 |
| Publisher Best Dies. | Best, Robert D. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-10 | Month: 01 Day: 28 Year: 1976 |
| Best, Samuel B. | Best, Samuel B. | Person | Post-Intelligencer | Month: 04 Day: 5 Year: 1916 | |
| Ted Best named by Uhlman. | Best, Ted C. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1972 |
| Obituary: Ted C. Best, 59, Former Councilman | Best, Ted C. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-4 | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1976 |
| They're on the program: the press and the proffessions | Best, Theodore | Person | Washington Newspaper | Mag., v.48, no. 12, p. 12 | Month: 09 Year: 1963 |
| Best, Walter C. | Best, Walter C. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 156-157. | Year: 1921 |
| Best, Zella Jensen (Mrs.) | Best, Zella Jensen (Mrs.) | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Best, Zella Jensen (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 21 | Month: 10 Day: 5 Year: 1953 |
| Memorial | Beste, Howard | Person | Courier of the East Benton County Historical Society | p. 3 | Month: 11 Year: 1984 |
| Obituary | Betassa, Joseph B. | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | p. 1 | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1953 |
| Mail for early residents left at Post Offic at Mukilteo. | Betchall, Everett | Person | |||
| Obituary | Betchard, Grace Elms (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 37 | Month: 05 Day: 11 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Bethea, Georgia S. | Person | Camas-Washougal Post-Record | Month: 01 Day: 5 Year: 1982 | |
| Charles W. Bethel | Bethel, Charles W. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 479 | Year: 1904 |
| Living Pioneers of Washington. Charles W. Bethel, Harrington, Wash. | Bethel, Charles W. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1915 | |
| Obituary | Bethel, Della | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 04 Day: 15 Year: 1962 | |
| Bethel, John T. | Bethel, John T. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 16 | Month: 11 Day: 22 Year: 1951 |
| Ruth Bethel, Ex-School Leader, dies. | Bethel, Ruth | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 3 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary: Mrs. Ruth Bethel, 77. | Bethel, Ruth | Person | Nisqually Valley News | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Bethje, Elsie | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1975 | |
| The Chinese voyages of Angus bethune. | Bethune, Angus | Person | Beaver | p. 22 | Month: Day: Year: 1977 |
| Bethurum, Isaac | Bethurum, Isaac | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 188-9 | Year: 1904 |
| Bethurum, Ralph | Bethurum, Ralph | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 188 | Year: 1904 |
| Bett, John William | Bett, John William | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 151 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Bettine, Daily D. | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1973 | |
| Mrs. Charles Bettine rites today. | Bettine, Hazel (Mrs.) | Person | Northern Kittitas County Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1964 | |
| 100 and still smilling - still knitting. | Bettinger, Mary D. (Mrs.) | Person | Twin City News (Stanwood, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1965. | |
| Mary Bettinger dies at age 101. | Bettinger, Mary D. (Mrs.) | Person | Stanwood News | Month: 02 Day: 2 Year: 1967 | |
| Spokane '89 revisited: Old worry: Where will we get the money? | Bettis, Frank A. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1964 | |
| Bettis, Frank A. | Bettis, Frank A. | Person | City of Spokane Falls and its tributary resouces. | p. 30 | Month: Day: Year: 1973 |
| Bettman, Amelia | Bettman, Amelia | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | ||
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Bettman, L. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Year: 1889 |
| Mrs. Bettman's story | Bettman, L. (Mrs.) | Person | Morning Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 04 Day: 23 Year: 1905 |