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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer matron called by death. | Blake, Louisa R. | Person | Clarkston Herald | Month: 04 Day: 13 Year: 1961 | |
| R. Bruce Blake, retired jurist, dies in Capital (Washington, D.C.). | Blake, R. Bruce | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 31, c. 2 | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1957 |
| Judge Blake and State Librarian licensed to wed. Supreme Court Jurist and Miss Mildred H. Pope guard marrage plans. | Blake, R. Bruce | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 1 | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1934 |
| Justice Blake and Librarian of State wed | Blake, R. Bruce | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1934 | |
| Bruce Blake, judge, dies. | Blake, R. Bruce | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 3, c. 2 | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1957 |
| Blake, R. Bruce | Blake, R. Bruce | Person | Background and Selection Patterns Justices of the | p. 19 | Year: 1974 |
| Obituary | Blake, Rachel A | Person | Seattle Times | p. 56 | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1967 |
| Dungeness Valley Pioneers | Blake, Richard | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | Vol. 39, p. 211-212 | |
| Blake, Richard B. | Blake, Richard B. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 448 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Blake, Roy V. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 02 Day: 24 Year: 1978 | |
| Passes in Tacoma | Blake, Samuel Clinton | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1964 | |
| Death of Walter Blake ends pioneer family story. | Blake, Walter | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 11 Day: 19 Year: 1987 | |
| Blake --- McDonnell: William Henry Blake family | Blake, William Henry | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vo, 39, p. 176-177 | |
| Obituary | Blake, Willis G. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 17 | Month: 08 Day: 19 Year: 1965 |
| Blakelin, S. J. | Blakelin, S. J. | Person | History of King County | v. IV, p. 247-8 | Year: 1929 |
| Logging was primary occupation of first So. Whidbey settlers. | Blakelin, Samuel | Person | Whidbey Record | Month: 03 Day: 20 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Blakely, Fred E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 40 | Month: 02 Day: 23 Year: 1955 |
| Jennie Sarah Blakely passes in Fairfield. | Blakely, Jennie Sarah | Person | Rockford Standard-Register | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1961 | |
| Katydids: Naming of Port Blakely by Capt. Charles Wilkes. | Blakely, Johnston | Person | Bainbridge Island Review | Month: 09 Day: 9 Year: 1964 | |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Blakely, Mary | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Obituary | Blakely, Olive May (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 35 | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1955 |
| National Cowgirl Hall of Fame -- Honoree: Reba Perry Blakely. | Blakely, Reba Perry | Person | Sidesaddle | p. 13 | Year: 1979 |
| William E. Blakely | Blakely, William E. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 965 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Blakemore, Bertha E. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 02 Day: 2 Year: 1981 | |
| Obituary | Blakemore, Cassa Illsley | Person | Chelan Valley Mirror | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1974 | |
| Blakeney, John W. | Blakeney, John W. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 244 | Year: 1980 |
| Blakeney, Nancy Phelps (Mrs.) | Blakeney, Nancy Phelps (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 244 | Year: 1980 |
| Pioneer passes. | Blakenly, Robert E. | Person | Tonasket Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary: Albert M. Blaker. | Blaker, Albert M. | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1974 | |
| Blaker, Albert M. | Blaker, Albert M. | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 35 | Year: 1927 |
| Blaker, Albert M. | Blaker, Albert M. | Person | Caytons Legislative Manual | p. 21-22 | Year: 1905 |
| Obituary: Mary L. Blaker | Blaker, Mary L. | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 28 Year: 1974 | |
| Mrs. Percy H. Blaker | Blaker, Maybelle C. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 25 | Month: 12 Day: 25 Year: 1965 |
| Percy Blakers to fete 60th Anniversary. | Blaker, Percy Herbert | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 26 | Month: 10 Day: 18 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Blaker, Percy Herbert | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-8 | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1978 |
| Obituary | Blaker, Percy Herbert | Person | Highline Times | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1978 | |
| Burien pioneer now 93. | Blaker, Percy Herbert | Person | Highline Times | Month: 01 Day: 28 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Blaker, Thomas W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 14 | Month: 03 Day: 30 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Blakeslee, Nellie Johnson | Person | Everett Daily Herald | p. 10 | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1954 |
| 1918 - ? | Blakesley (Mr.) | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| 1918 - ? | Blakesley (Mrs.) | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Blakistone, James Thomas | Blakistone, James Thomas | Person | History of Washington | v. VI, p. 159-163 | Year: 1909 |
| Blakley, John | Blakley, John | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 663-664 | Year: 1900 |
| Blalock, John B. | Blalock, John B. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 465-466 | Year: 1900 |
| Blalock, John B. | Blalock, John B. | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 302-303 | Year: 1893 |
| Blalock, N. G. | Blalock, N. G. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 461 | Year: 1888 |
| Subject..."The Open River" | Blalock, N. G. | Person | Spokesman-Review | p. 2 Mag. | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1957 |
| Blalock, Nelson Gales | Blalock, Nelson Gales | Person | History of Washington | v. V, p. 376-385 | Year: 1900 |
| Blalock, Nelson Gales | Blalock, Nelson Gales | Person | Memorial Addresses. 14th Legislature | p. 49-50 | Year: 1915 |
| Blalock, Shirl Hyde | Blalock, Shirl Hyde | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | v.1, p. 35 | Year: 1927 |