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 | Bierly, Mabel A. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 07 Day: 23 Year: 1971 | |
| Back from the very edge of death. | Biermann, Bruce | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-1 | Month: 12 Day: 22 Year: 1986 |
| William Biermann | Biermann, William | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 879 | Year: 1904 |
| Henry Biernback Family | Biernback, Henry | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 167 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Biers, Andrew | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | p. 1 | Month: 09 Day: 6 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Biers, Susie H. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 08 Day: 17 Year: 1971 | |
| 'Clearing House' of Bellingham history | Biery, Galen | Person | Seattle Daily Times | mag. P. 5 | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1957 |
| Galen Biery honored as 'living treasure'. | Biery, Galen | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1984 | |
| Biesanz, Lydia (Mrs.) | Biesanz, Lydia (Mrs.) | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 123 | Year: 1982 |
| Biesanz, William | Biesanz, William | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 123 | Year: 1982 |
| Biesen to retie as Director of Washington Assoc. | Biesen, Chester | Person | Western City Magazine | p. 33 | Month: 04 Year: 1972 |
| The root of cities troubles. | Biesen, Chester | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-13 | Month: 07 Day: 11 Year: 1972 |
| Biesen to quit Cities' Group. | Biesen, Chester | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. F-3 | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1972 |
| Obituary | Bigar, Hadly | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1964 |
| Bigelow family identified with early county history | Bigelow family | Person | Newspaper Clippings | Month: 06 Day: 21 Year: 1935 | |
| Offered as U.S. landmark: Olympia's historic Bigelow Home rich in state history, local lore. | Bigelow family | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 1, 6 | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1965 |
| Bigelow family | Bigelow family | Person | Miscellaneous papers (photocopies) | MS 070 | |
| Mrs. Milo Bigelow. | Bigelow, Amy (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 14 Year: 1965 | |
| Living Pionners. | Bigelow, Ann Elizabeth White (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1916 | |
| Obituary | Bigelow, Ann Elizabeth White (Mrs.) | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 02 Day: 9 Year: 1926 | |
| Mrs. Duncan J. Bigelow | Bigelow, Carrie M. (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 01 Day: 5 Year: 1965 |
| Puyallup Valley pacemakers. | Bigelow, Cassie P. 'Tot' | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 09 Day: 24 Year: 1975 | |
| Bigelow, D. R. | Bigelow, D. R. | Person | Tillicum Tales | p. 206 | |
| Old home to shine with 50 years of love; Dan and Mary Ann Bigelow will mark marriage, holiday. | Bigelow, Dan | Person | Olympian | p. C-1 | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1985 |
| Artist to speak. | Bigelow, Daniel (Mrs.) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 04 Day: 12 Year: 1971 | |
| Daniel Earl Bigelow, 80 | Bigelow, Daniel Earl | Person | Seattle Times | p. 26 | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1967 |
| Independence Day oration reviewed. | Bigelow, Daniel R. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 5 | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1973 |
| Bigelow, Daniel R. | Bigelow, Daniel R. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 15 | Year: 1980 |
| Daniel R. Bigelow dead last evening. One of the oldest and most prominent pioneers. | Bigelow, Daniel Richardson | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 09 Day: 15 Year: 1905 | |
| Daniel Richardson Bigelow. | Bigelow, Daniel Richardson | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 23, p. 181-184 | |
| Bigelow, Daniel Richardson | Bigelow, Daniel Richardson | Person | Ntl. Survey of historic sites and building. Special Report on the Bigelow House in Olympia, WA | typescript | Month: 07 Day: 28 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Bigelow, Edith May Sylvester | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 12 Day: 30 Year: 1973 |
| Bigelow, Edward S. | Bigelow, Edward S. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p.69 | Year: 1920 |
| Indians haunted piioneer of Olympia;Biscuts often burned as cooks rushed to shelter of blockhouse with savages in pursuit, recalls oldest Thurston settler. | Bigelow, Elizabeth White | Person | Tacoma Sunday Ledger | p. 5 | Month: 11 Day: 19 Year: 1922 |
| Secret caucus slates Bigelow city attorney. | Bigelow, George A. | Person | Olympia Daily Recorder | p. 1 | Month: 06 Day: 13 Year: 1913 |
| Bigelow, George Royal | Bigelow, George Royal | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p.33 | Year: 1927 |
| Bigelow, Harry A. | Bigelow, Harry A. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 492-95 | Year: 1916 |
| Bigelow, Harry A. | Bigelow, Harry A. | Person | History of Washington | v VI, p. 77-79 | Year: 1909 |
| Bigelow, Henrietta | Bigelow, Henrietta | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1-2 | Year: 1954 |
| Bigelow, I. N. | Bigelow, I. N. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 861 | Year: 1893 |
| Living Pioneers of Washington. Isaac Newton Bigeloow, Seattle. | Bigelow, Isaac Newton | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 01 Day: 19 Year: 1916 | |
| Hospital group's first and only directorto step down soon. | Bigelow, John | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-3 | Month: 06 Day: 21 Year: 1981 |
| Coordinator post for schools is filled. | Bigelow, John (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 9 | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1966 |
| Laura Bigelow insisted on improving Kirkland. | Bigelow, Laura | Person | Bellevue Journal American | Month: 08 Day: 5 Year: 1989 | |
| Laverne Bigelow Family. | Bigelow, Laverne | Person | History of Klickitat County | Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Bigelow, Lela V. | Person | Daily Olympian | p.6 | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Bigelow, Lela V. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Bigelow, Margaret Ann | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1957 | |
| Grand Pioneer -- Margaret Cline Bigelow. | Bigelow, Margaret Cline | Person | Sequim Press | p. 17 70th Anniv. Ed. | Month: 04 Day: 10 Year: 1981 |
| Death claims Mrs. Bigelow. | Bigelow, Marjory G. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 12 Day: 22 Year: 1967 |