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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old home to shine with 50 years of love; Dan and Mary Ann Bigelow will mark marriage, holiday. | Bigelow, Mary Ann (Mrs.) | Person | Olympian | p. C-1 | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1985 |
| We have the state's top mom. | Bigelow, Mary Ann Campbell | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1964 |
| State notebook. | Bigelow, Michael L. | Person | Olympian | p. A-2 | Month: 08 Day: 8 Year: 1986 |
| Bigelow, R. F. | Bigelow, R. F. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 213 | Year: 1920 |
| Early Father's Day backer dies. | Bigelow, Raymond E. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 16 | Month: 07 Day: 22 Year: 1968 |
| Obituary: Richardson Lee Bigelow 'Ray'. | Bigelow, Richardson Lee | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 12 | Month: 03 Day: 21 Year: 1967 |
| Public Disclosure Law irks Olympia School Board Man | Bigelow, Robert | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-1 | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1974 |
| Obituary | Bigelow, Ruth E. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 05 Day: 30 Year: 1980 | |
| From School Marm to District Fortress -- That was Grace Bigford | Bigford, Grace | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol 2, p. 84-85 | Year: 1975 |
| Obituary | Bigford, Grace | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 04 Day: 28 Year: 1979 | |
| Bigford, Irving Garbutt | Bigford, Irving Garbutt | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 25 p. 285-286 | |
| Obituary | Biggar, Mable Mae | Person | Stanwood News | Month: 03 Day: 5 Year: 1970 | |
| Biggar, W. J. | Biggar, W. J. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 794-795 | Year: 1904 |
| Biggar, William J. | Biggar, William J. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 289-290 | Year: 1917 |
| Biggart, Glen | Biggart, Glen | Person | Harrington Citizen | Month: 02 Day: 20 Year: 1959 | |
| Rural living is for her. | Bigger, Pat | Person | Daily Olympian | p. C-5 | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Biggs, Carrie Mae | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 10 Day: 2 Year: 1980 | |
| The Superagency Chiefs, The States Super Directors. | Biggs, John A. 'Talk' | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-1 | Month: 06 Day: 21 Year: 1970 |
| Biggs, John A. 'Talk' | Biggs, John A. 'Talk' | Person | Report of the National Land Use Committee | p. 46 | |
| The Superagency Chiefs, The States Super Directors. | Biggs, John A. 'Talk' | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1970 |
| Biggs has his share of enemies as well as friends. | Biggs, John A. 'Talk' | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 9 | Month: 06 Day: 21 Year: 1970 |
| Joseph S. Biggs rites set for today. | Biggs, Joseph S. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 58 | Month: 10 Day: 17 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary | Biggs, Nellie | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 07 Day: 7 Year: 1970 | |
| Biggs, Percy A. | Biggs, Percy A. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 33 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Biggs, Renchford 'R. T.' | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 06 Day: 13 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Biggs, Renchford 'R. T.' | Person | Courier-Times (Sedro Woolley, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1983 | |
| Biggs, Robert Lee | Biggs, Robert Lee | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 23, p. 106-125 | |
| Biggs, Statira | Biggs, Statira | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 28 | Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1951 |
| Genedigaeth Dydd Dedwydd, in Welsh-six years to go. | Biggs, Thomas | Person | Midway News (Des Moines, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1962 | |
| Wed 68 years: Tacomans recall early days in Midwest. | Bigham family | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 4 | Month: 07 Day: 6 Year: 1969 |
| Bigham, John | Bigham, John | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 424 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Bigham, Roy | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Bighill, William "Bill" | Person | Pacific Tribune (Ilwaco, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 6 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary: John Bigley, former state representative. | Bigley, John | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-12 | Month: 03 Day: 3 Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Bigney, Charles (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 19 | Month: 01 Day: 18 Year: 1951 |
| Bignold, Elizabeth | Bignold, Elizabeth | Person | Women of Grays Harbor County | p. 15 | |
| Bignold, Lewis B. | Bignold, Lewis B. | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 157 | |
| Bihler, Charles S. | Bihler, Charles S. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 576-77 | Year: 1903 |
| Obituary | Bihlmaier, Nora | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary: Dr. Bilderback, pioneer pediatrician dies | Bilderback, Joseph B. (Dr.) | Person | Oregon Journal | p. 12 | Month: 09 Day: 20 Year: 1969 |
| Raymond and Kathryn Bilderback Family | Bilderback, Raymond | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 167-168 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Biles, Adelaide Kady | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 11 Day: 6 Year: 1962 | |
| Biles, Clark | Biles, Clark | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 94 | |
| Biles, George W. | Biles, George W. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, p. 175-177 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Biles, Grover | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 18 Year: 1872 | |
| Obituary | Biles, Grover | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 04 Day: 20 Year: 1972 | |
| Old-time logger realls days of the Timber Beast. | Biles, Grover | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1970 | |
| Pioneer Omak lumber firm sold to Crown-Z. | Biles, J. C. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1974 | |
| Biles, James | Biles, James | Person | Tillicum Tales | p. 271 | |
| p. 39 | Biles, James | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | Year: 1980 |