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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obituary | Blankenship, George | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 08 Day: 15 Year: 1973 | |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Blankenship, George C. | Person | Washington Standard | p.1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Blankenship, George C. | Blankenship, George C. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 146 | Year: 1980 |
| George E. Blankenship. | Blankenship, George C. | Person | Told by the Pioneers | v. 3, p. 14-19 | Year: 1938 |
| Glorious 4th, 1856 was hot and lonely. | Blankenship, George C. | Person | Olympia News | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1978 | |
| Blankenship, George Edward | Blankenship, George Edward | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 35 | Year: 1927 |
| Blankenship, George Edward | Blankenship, George Edward | Person | Tillicum Tales | p. 289 | |
| Blankenship, Georgiana M. (Mrs.) | Blankenship, Georgiana M. (Mrs.) | Person | Women of the West | p. 189 | Year: 1928 |
| Local burial set for pioneer resident. | Blankenship, Leonard | Person | Rosalia Citizen Journal | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1960 | |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Blankenship, Sarah (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Obituary | Blankenship, William | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 05 Day: 22 Year: 1972 | |
| Blankenship -- Lake Wenatchee pioneer. | Blankenship, William E. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1977 | |
| Mrs. Blankers dies Monday. | Blankers, Helena Maria | Person | Lynden Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1971 | |
| Helena Blankers of Lynden dies | Blankers, Helena Maria | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 06 Day: 22 Year: 1971 | |
| East County pioneer succumbs at 90 years. | Blankinship, Ada A. (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 21 Year: 1965 | |
| East County pioneer succumbs at 90 years. | Blankinship, Ada A. (Mrs.) | Person | Morton Journal | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary: Blankinship final rites held in Randle. | Blankinship, Birdetta Stephenson | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 11 Day: 10 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Blankinship, Evan S. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 22 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Blankinship, Mollie Borde | Person | Goldendale Sentinel | Month: 02 Day: 26 Year: 1981 | |
| Ornery makes herself right at home. | Blanks, George | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 08 Day: 9 Year: 1980 |
| Blatt, Charles A. | Blatt, Charles A. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 603-604 | Year: 1904 |
| Blatt, Mae Judy | Blatt, Mae Judy | Person | Peoples History of Stevens County | p. 118 | Year: 1983 |
| Rose Blatt, 84, pioneer are resident, dies. | Blatt, Rose | Person | Transcript (Seattle Wash) | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1971 | |
| Teen Driver survives 40 minutes in water. | Blatter, Joanne | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-16 | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1983 |
| Blattner, Frank S. | Blattner, Frank S. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 2, p. 101-102 | Year: 1903 |
| Blattner, Frank S. | Blattner, Frank S. | Person | History of Washington | v. VI, p. 62-63 | Year: 1909 |
| Blattner, Frank S. | Blattner, Frank S. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 500 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Blau, Edwin A. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1979 | |
| Pioneer resident claimed by death. | Blauert, Paul (Sr.) | Person | Cheney Free Press | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Blauser, Raymond | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 05 Day: 10 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Blayden, Fred A. | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 08 Day: 9 Year: 1973 | |
| 'Ike's old sarge' is life story of Tom Blazina. | Blazina, Tom | Person | Northern Kittitas County Tribune | Month: 12 Day: 3 Year: 1964 | |
| Cherl Bleakney: School Board job is like dying. | Bleakney, Cheryl | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | G-3 | Month: 04 Day: 16 Year: 1972 |
| Obituary | Blechschmidt, Jessie | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1973 | |
| Albert Bledsoe, 85, retired Admiral, dies. | Bledsoe, Albert M. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-19 | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1981 |
| Former lawmaker Bledsoe dead at 65. | Bledsoe, Stewart | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1988 | |
| Mrs Blefgen, 74, pioneer, dies. | Blefgen, Ellen | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 01 Day: 16 Year: 1933 | |
| Bleford, William T. | Bleford, William T. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, p. 578-9 | Year: 1917 |
| Bleiler, Oscar D. B. | Bleiler, Oscar D. B. | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 127 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Blekkink, Hazel | Person | Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1990 | |
| Willis J. Blekkink, Vashon Island | Blekkink, Willis J. | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 08 Day: 9 Year: 1968 | |
| U.W. Climber "lost on Matterhorn" | Bleser, Warren | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary: Claude Blessing | Blessing, Claude G. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 22 Year: 1974 | |
| UW Prof. Blessing, a poet, dies. | Blessing, Richard Allen | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 03 Day: 30 Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Blessinger, Blanche | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Blessinger, Blanche | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Blessinger, Ethel | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Blessinger, Fred L. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 06 Day: 2 Year: 1977 | |
| G.L. Blessinger dies Wednesday, Rites Saturday. | Blessinger, George Leo | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1967 | |
| Blessinger, John | Blessinger, John | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 464 | Year: 1888 |