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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| It's going to be a quiet birthday. | Blackwell, Ruby Chapin (Miss) | Person | Des Moines News | Month: 02 Day: 5 Year: 1978 | |
| Blackwell, Ruby Chapin (Miss) | Blackwell, Ruby Chapin (Miss) | Person | Notable Women | p. 14 | |
| 100th birthday marks bicentennial. | Blackwell, Ruby Chapin (Miss) | Person | Federal Way Des Moines News-Advertiser | Month: 02 Day: 4 Year: 1976 | |
| Life of 90-year-old spans from pioneers to era of jet. | Blackwell, Ruby Chapin (Miss) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1966 | |
| Blackwell, William B. | Blackwell, William B. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 370-372 | Year: 1917 |
| Blackwell, William B. | Blackwell, William B. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 80 | Year: 1916 |
| Blackwell, William Bush | Blackwell, William Bush | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 27, p. 8-9 | |
| Blackwell, William J. | Blackwell, William J. | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| Obituary | Blackwood, Mott A. | Person | Daily Olympian | p.2 | Month: 05 Day: 21 Year: 1963 |
| Blades, Art | Blades, Art | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 126 | Year: 1982 |
| Blades, Linda (Mrs.) | Blades, Linda (Mrs.) | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 126 | Year: 1982 |
| Blagden, Elizabeth Jane (Mrs.) | Blagden, Elizabeth Jane (Mrs.) | Person | Kitsap County Herald | Month: 10 Day: 30 Year: 1958 | |
| Hoquiam Alumni Association names honorees. | Blagen, Clarence G. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1989 | |
| Blagen, N. J. | Blagen, N. J. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 122-127 | Year: 1917 |
| Lester D. Blain, 77. | Blain, Lester D. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary: Lester D. Blain. | Blain, Lester D. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 84 | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1967 |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Blaine, Catherine P. (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Standard | p.1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Mrs. C.P. Blaine, pioneer is dead. Came here in canoe. | Blaine, Catherine P. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p.8, c. 1-3 | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1908 |
| The first school teacher in Seattle. | Blaine, Catherine P. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Mag Sec. ,p. 14 | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1965 |
| Young old-timers spin yarns of ancestors. | Blaine, Catherine P. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 5 | Month: 05 Day: 2 Year: 1962 |
| Pioneer Women Living on Puget Sound. | Blaine, Catherine P. (Mrs.) | Person | Steilacoom Historical Museum Quarterly | p. 9 | Month: Day: Year: 1984 |
| Death claims a pioneer, Rev. David E. Blaine, who built Seattle's first church. | Blaine, David E. (Rev.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 10, c.3-4 | Month: 11 Day: 27 Year: 1900 |
| 1st Methodist near century. | Blaine, David E. (Rev.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1953 | |
| Blaine letters record history, climate. | Blaine, David E. (Rev.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 4 | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1962 |
| Greeley aroused ire of Seattle's pioneers over criticle words. | Blaine, David E. (Rev.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 2 , Mag. Sec. | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1963 |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Blaine, David E. (Rev.) | Person | Washington Standard | p.1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Blaine, David E. (Rev.) | Blaine, David E. (Rev.) | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 721-722 | Year: 1893 |
| Blaine, David E. (Rev.) | Blaine, David E. (Rev.) | Person | History of Washington | v. V, p. 257-260 | Year: 1909 |
| Seattle's pioneer clergymen yet linger, an unbroken sextette... | Blaine, David E. (Rev.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 16 | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1899 |
| E. L. Blaine, President in 1951 | Blaine, E. L. | Person | Pioneer Assoc. of the State of Wash. Yearbook. | p. 36 | Year: 1960 |
| Blaine, Edward Linn | Blaine, Edward Linn | Person | History of Washington | v. V, pp. 260-261 | Year: 1909 |
| Blaine, Edward Linn | Blaine, Edward Linn | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 19 | Year: 1929 |
| E. L. Blaine, former council member dies. | Blaine, Edward Linn | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 57, c. 1 | Month: 09 Day: 30 Year: 1954 |
| Blaine, Elbert F. | Blaine, Elbert F. | Person | History of Washington | v. V, p. 360-364 | Year: 1909 |
| Blaine, Elbert F. | Blaine, Elbert F. | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| History and Biography of Commission: 1905--1972 | Blaine, Elbert F. | Person | Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission | ||
| Blaine, Elbert F. | Blaine, Elbert F. | Person | History of Seattle | v. II, p. 796-798 | Year: 1916 |
| Blaine, Elbert F. | Blaine, Elbert F. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 482-484 | Year: 1917 |
| Blaine, Herbert S. | Blaine, Herbert S. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 451-452 | Year: 1917 |
| Glimpses of pioneer life of Okanogan County, 1923 | Blaine, James P. | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 45, p. 246 | |
| Blaine, James P. | Blaine, James P. | Person | Glimpses of pioneer life | p. 31 | Year: 1924 |
| Art Commission gets new Director - Finally. | Blaine, John W. | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-18 | Month: 04 Day: 5 Year: 1972 |
| The Blairs celebrate arrival in valley. | Blair family | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 08 Day: 12 Year: 1983 | |
| County pioneer is honored | Blair family, | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1962 | |
| Tacoma Port Commissioner Blair Dies. | Blair, A. E. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 23 | Month: 11 Day: 12 Year: 1969 |
| Agnes Hovik Blair | Blair, Agnes Hovik | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 10 Day: 5 Year: 1967 | |
| Andrew Blair of Rug Firm. | Blair, Andrew J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 13 | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Blair, Anna | Person | Camas-Washougal Post-Record | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1975 | |
| Blair, Clara Oliver (Mrs.) | Blair, Clara Oliver (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 48 | Month: 06 Day: 3 Year: 1959 |
| Blair, Clara Oliver (Mrs.) | Blair, Clara Oliver (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 06 Day: 2 Year: 1959 |