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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogle Family | Bogle family | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 171-172 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Bogle, Claire Gifford (Mrs.) | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1977 | |
| Bogle, Lawrence | Bogle, Lawrence | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 54 | Year: 1960 |
| Obituary | Bogle, Leroy S. | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1977 | |
| Early barber faired well in young city. | Bogle, Richard | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1980 | |
| Bogle, Richard | Bogle, Richard | Person | Republican (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 6, Special New Year Issue | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1896 |
| Bogoiavlensky, Nicolas | Bogoiavlensky, Nicolas | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 1019 | Year: 1916 |
| Mrs. Virgil N. Bogue, Seattle pioneer, dies. | Bogue, Elizabeth Frye | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1961 | |
| James Bohle ends career. | Bohle, James | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1, 14 | Month: 06 Day: 7 Year: 1964 |
| Bohler, Roy | Bohler, Roy | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 127 | Year: 1920 |
| Harry O. Bohlke rites Friday. | Bohlke, Harrie O. | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-15 | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1971 |
| Obituary | Bohm, Charlie | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1962 | |
| My friend Doc Bohm. | Bohm, Wilber H. S. (Dr.) | Person | Washington State Review | p. 12-16 | Month: Day: Year: 1968 |
| Obituary | Bohrnsen, William F. | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1991 | |
| Obituary | Boitano, Frank | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1978 | |
| Mrs. Pete Boivin, pioneer, dies at age 87. | Boivin, Pamalla Anna | Person | Arlington Times | Month: 06 Day: 30 Year: 1960 | |
| Bolan, Helen Mills | Bolan, Helen Mills | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 4 | Year: 1952 |
| Obituary | Bolan, John M. | Person | Olympian | p. B-3 | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1985 |
| Obituary | Boland, Anna | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 24 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Boland, Anna | Person | Raymond Herald & Advertiser | Month: 08 Day: 26 Year: 1976 | |
| Mrs. Daniel Boland dies. | Boland, Ethel Marion (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 13 Year: 1968 | |
| Boland's Tacoma. | Boland, M. D. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1976 | |
| Rites set for H. Marfield Bolcom, 73 | Bolcom, H. Marfield | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-16 | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1971 |
| Obituary | Bolcom, William M. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1948 | |
| Seattleite, 15, to be soloist in Bremerton. | Bold, Barbara | Person | Seattle Times | p. 22 | Month: 03 Day: 17 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Bold, Eleanore M. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-19 | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1979 |
| County sells man's home of 40 years | Boldman, Chester L. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-5 | Month: 10 Day: 22 Year: 1977 |
| County sells man's home of 40 years. | Boldman, Lawrence | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-5 | Month: 10 Day: 22 Year: 1977 |
| Boldman, Mona May | Boldman, Mona May | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 05 Day: 1 Year: 1958 | |
| Obituary: Fishing-Rules Judge, Boldt, dead at 80. | Boldt, George | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1984 |
| Boldt, Jame R. | Boldt, Jame R. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 142 | Year: 1936 |
| James Boldt, Former Caterer and Sportsman. | Boldt, James | Person | Seattle Times | p. 8 | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1966 |
| Death ends career of Hank Bolender, county leader here. | Bolender, Henry W. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: Day: Year: 1958 | |
| The Crucible -- Portrait of an oldtime school board director. | Bolender, Henry W. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-10 | Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Boles, Dollie E. (Mrs.) | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Bolf, Josephine | Person | Olympian | p. D-2 | Month: 11 Day: 18 Year: 1987 |
| Zane Barnes to head N.W. Bell. | Bolger, T. E. | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-8 | Month: 02 Day: 27 Year: 1970 |
| A good citizen departs. | Bolger, Thomas E. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-12 | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Bolich, Mary K. | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Bolick, E. D. | Person | Clarkston Herald | Month: 08 Day: 3 Year: 1972 | |
| Bolick, Nicoholas | Bolick, Nicoholas | Person | Northport Pioneers: echoes of the past from the upper Columbia | p. 139 | Year: 1981 |
| Obituary: Rosary set for Frank Bolima, editor, unionist. | Bolima, Frank | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-15 | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1976 |
| Obituary | Bolin, Della Mae | Person | Omak Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 2 Year: 1978 | |
| Young Schoolmaster | Bolin, Herald | Person | Okanogan County Heritage | p. 12-13 | Month: Day: Year: 1971 |
| Bolin, Herald E. | Bolin, Herald E. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 139 | Year: 1920 |
| Mid Valley pioneer Homer Bolin, Dies. | Bolin, Homer | Person | Omak Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1971 | |
| James Bolin, Fisheries Official, Dies. | Bolin, James E. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-3 | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1971 |
| Obituary | Bolin, Vernon E. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1981 | |
| Bolin, W. C. | Bolin, W. C. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 698 | Year: 1894 |
| Alice Boling, a collector of Indian artifacts. | Boling, Alice | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1974 |