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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Boys of Whatcom County | Bond, Charles Albert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | p. 21 | Year: 1921 |
| Bond, Chester A. | Bond, Chester A. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 190-191 | Year: 1921 |
| She turned on the power at Northwest's first hydro plant. | Bond, Dorothy Baker | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-3 | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Bond, Fannie Ellen | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary | Bond, Florence M. | Person | Olympian | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1986 | |
| Bond, Fred M. | Bond, Fred M. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, p. 514-515 | Year: 1917 |
| Fred M Bond marks 80th birthday anniv. with family dinner | Bond, Fred M. | Person | South Bend Journal | p. 3 | Month: 01 Day: 23 Year: 1958 |
| The Boys of Whatcom County | Bond, Fred Watson | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 21 | Year: 1921 |
| James Bond, former solon. | Bond, James Joseph | Person | Seattle Times | p. 42 | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1966 |
| Area pioneer is dead. | Bond, Margaret Ellen | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1960 | |
| At 85, man's house is home to many liens: Guardian dictates fate of his estate. | Bond, Robert | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-2 | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1987 |
| Rowena Bond, Ex-teacher, dies at 80. | Bond, Rowena | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-10 | Month: 05 Day: 15 Year: 1970 |
| Aberdeen golfer advances. | Bond, Tim | Person | Seattle Times | p. G-9 | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1977 |
| Bonds, Frank M. | Bonds, Frank M. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 104-105 | Year: 1921 |
| Bonds, Fred McGee | Bonds, Fred McGee | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 100-101 | Year: 1921 |
| Constance Bone dies in hospital. | Bone, Constance J, | Person | Bellingham Herald | Year: 1968 | |
| Bone, Homer T. | Bone, Homer T. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 112 | Year: 1936 |
| Homer T. Bone, dies; former solon, judge | Bone, Homer T. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-19 | Month: 03 Day: 12 Year: 1970 |
| Homer T. Bone's marks on history. | Bone, Homer T. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-12 | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1970 |
| Hugh Bone brings the classroom to real-world politics. | Bone, Hugh | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. F-4 | Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1986 |
| Bone, John | Bone, John | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 38, p. 148 | |
| Bone, Scott C. | Bone, Scott C. | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| Bone, Scott C. | Bone, Scott C. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 42-43 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Bone, Sylvia | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 5 Year: 1972 | |
| Bonebrake, Allen (M.D.) | Bonebrake, Allen (M.D.) | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 127 | Year: 1982 |
| Bonebrake, Charles L. | Bonebrake, Charles L. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1954 |
| Bonebrake`, Allen Crede | Bonebrake`, Allen Crede | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 127-128 | Year: 1982 |
| Boner, William Henry | Boner, William Henry | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 199-200 | Year: 1917 |
| Boner, William Henry | Boner, William Henry | Person | History of Washington | V. VI, p. 151-153 | Year: 1909 |
| Boner, William Henry | Boner, William Henry | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 287-288 | Year: 1903 |
| Obituary | Bonett, Lillian M. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Bonett, Lillian M. (Mrs.) | Person | Friday Harbor Journal | Month: 09 Day: 26 Year: 1968 | |
| Bonetto new commissioner. | Bonetto, Bruno | Person | Kittitas County Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 18 Year: 1990 | |
| Boney, Mentor M. | Boney, Mentor M. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 124 | Year: 1936 |
| Elias Bong, ex-fisherman, dies at 94. | Bong, Elias A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 12 Day: 26 Year: 1961 | |
| Bong, Harold J. | Bong, Harold J. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 78-79 | Year: 1921 |
| Mrs. Edith May Bonge, pioneer, dies. | Bonge, Edith May | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Bonge, Lillian O. | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1980 | |
| Services set for Dr. Clyde Bonham, 89. | Bonham, Clyde L. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 37 | Month: 01 Day: 28 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary: George Robert Bonham. | Bonham, George Robert | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 11 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: George Bonham. | Bonham, George Robert | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1974 | |
| H. Ollie Boni & Zelda | Boni, H. Ollie | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 172 - 173 | Year: 1982 |
| Leslie M. Boni funeral Friday | Boni, Leslie Merle | Person | Mount Adams Sun | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1968 | |
| Leslie M. Boni services held in White Salmon. | Boni, Leslie Merle | Person | Enterprise (White Salmon, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1968 | |
| The Washington 100: A centennial gallery of favorite sons & daughters who have changed.... | Bonica, John J. | Person | Washington Magazine | p. 115 | Month: 11 Year: 1988 |
| U.W. Prof. to resign to spend more time in work on pain. | Bonica, John J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-12 | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1977 |
| UW prof's top honor | Bonica, John J. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 09 Day: 25 Year: 1980 |
| Bonifas, Grace Young | Bonifas, Grace Young | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Special Section, p. 118 | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1989 |
| Paul Bonifas, U.W. Professor | Bonifas, Paul | Person | Seattle Times | p. 53 | Month: 09 Day: 12 Year: 1967 |
| Bonifas, Paul A. | Bonifas, Paul A. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Counterpoint` | p. 28 | Month: 05 Year: 1950 |