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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Blessinger Succumbs Mon., Fueral pending. | Blessinger, Myrtle L. | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 02 Day: 16 Year: 1967 | |
| Fond Memories of the Times' flashy founders. | Blethen family | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-24 | Month: 05 Day: 29 Year: 1983 |
| Blethen, A. J. (Jr.) | Blethen, A. J. (Jr.) | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| Blethen, Alden J. (Col.) | Blethen, Alden J. (Col.) | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| Biography: Editor of Seattle Times and Newspaper Magnate of the Northwest. | Blethen, Alden J. (Col.) | Person | Successful American | p. 183-184 | Month: 11 Year: 1906 |
| Blethen, Alden J. (Col.) | Blethen, Alden J. (Col.) | Person | History of Seattle | V.III, p. 8-12 | Year: 1916 |
| Bicentennial Biographies. | Blethen, Alden J. (Col.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-1 | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1976 |
| Blethen, Clarence B. | Blethen, Clarence B. | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| Blethen, Clarence B. | Blethen, Clarence B. | Person | Washingtonian | p. 12ff | Month: 02 Year: 1929 |
| Frank Blethen of The Times dies at age 63. | Blethen, Frank A. | Person | Daily Olympian | p.3 | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1967 |
| Frank Blethen, the new man at the top of "The Times" | Blethen, Frank A. | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 19-20 | Month: 01 Day: 23 Year: 1985 |
| Frank Blethen, Times publisher; Sizemore is President. | Blethen, Frank A. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1985 |
| The Times corporate character. | Blethen, Frank A. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-14 | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1987 |
| Frank A. Blethen, Times President. | Blethen, Frank A. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 46 | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1967 |
| The Media: Walla Walla, Whitman helped boost several journalists to prominence. | Blethen, Frank A. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 31 Feature Ed. | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1987 |
| J.A.Blethen elected publisher of the Times. | Blethen, John A. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 11 | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1967 |
| Obituary | Blethen, L. J. | Person | Bremerton Sun | p. 1 | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1954 |
| Blethen dies; Seattle Times Chief was 53. | Blethen, William Kingsley | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 02 Day: 23 Year: 1967 |
| William Kingsley Blethen | Blethen, William Kingsley | Person | Seattle Times | p. 10 | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1967 |
| Blethen, William Kingsley | Blethen, William Kingsley | Person | Seattle Times | ||
| Two U,W. men join examining board. | Blevine, Charles E. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 4, sec.1 | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1963 |
| Blevins, Bill | Blevins, Bill | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 262 | Year: 1982 |
| Blevins, E. M. | Blevins, E. M. | Person | History of King County | v. IV, p. 231-233 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Blevins, Emery Marvin | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 22 Year: 1972 | |
| Town Benefactor dies. | Bleyhl, Alex | Person | Yakima Daily Herald | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1963 | |
| Alex Bleyhl, Ex-Seattle resident, dies. | Bleyhl, Alex | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 48 | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1963 |
| Spokane, Farmington Residents Win Titles | Blickenderfer, Charles | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Blickenderfer, Charles S. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 10 Day: 26 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Blickenderfer, Charles S. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 10 Day: 27 Year: 1983 | |
| Former Toledo resident passes away at home in Yakima. | Blickle, Frances Dora (Mrs.) | Person | Winlock News | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary | Blickle, Lawrence George | Person | North Beach Beacon | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1981 | |
| Bliesner, Auguste | Bliesner, Auguste | Person | Tekoa Sentinal | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Bliesner, Frieda Marie | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 3 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Bliesner, Otto Chris | Person | Cheney Free Press | Month: 05 Day: 1 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary | Blind, Julia Sparrow | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1990 | |
| Blindheim, O. R. | Blindheim, O. R. | Person | History of King County | vol IV, p. 128-130 | Year: 1929 |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Blinn, Julia E. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Blinn, Marshall | Blinn, Marshall | Person | History of Thurston Co., | p. 57, 65, 66, 81 | Year: 1895 |
| Blinn, Marshall | Blinn, Marshall | Person | Pioneer Days in Puget Sound | p. 60 | Year: 1908 |
| Blinn, Marshall | Blinn, Marshall | Person | Historical Narratives of Puget Sound. | Year: 1911 | |
| Blinn, Marshall | Blinn, Marshall | Person | Town where time stood still: the story of Seabeck. | Year: 1958 | |
| Blinn, Marshall | Blinn, Marshall | Person | Sources for research in Forest History. | Year: 1961 | |
| Blinn Marshall, Superintendent of Indian Affairs (Acting). Washington Territory. | Blinn, Marshall | Person | MS 023 | ||
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Blinn, Marshall | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Timber tycoon once owned seminary land. | Blinn, Marshall | Person | Daily Journal-American (Bellevue, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 31 Year: 1977 | |
| Sources for Pacific Northwest History: The Washington Mill Co. Papers. | Blinn, Marshall | Person | Pacific Northwest Quarterly | p. 136-138 | Month: 07 Year: 1960 |
| Research Suggestions. | Blinn, Marshall | Person | Pacific Northwest Quarterly | p. 35 | Month: 01 Year: 1946 |
| Bliss Records | Bliss family | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 34, p. 245 | |
| Obituary | Bliss, Glenn L. | Person | Federal Way News-Advertiser | Month: 08 Day: 15 Year: 1973 | |
| Bliss, Harold James | Bliss, Harold James | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 40-41 | Year: 1921 |