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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 | Bonnin, Maude R. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-11 | Month: 01 Day: 31 Year: 1981 |
| Blue doorknob turns at midnight | Bonobo, Jobbo | Person | ? | Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: Carrie M. Bonsel. | Bonsel, Carrie M. | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1923 | |
| Obituary: H.E. Bonser | Bonser, Harold E. (Capt.) | Person | Lewis River News | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1974 | |
| Bonser, Hilton | Bonser, Hilton | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 251 | Year: 1980 |
| Bonser, James H. | Bonser, James H. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 263 | Year: 1980 |
| John Bonus Family | Bonus, John | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 128 | Year: 1982 |
| Anna Bonwell...Malott's extra special mother. | Bonwell, Anna | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 07 Day: 7 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Bonwell, Guy L. (Jr.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 7 | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Boody, Anna | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 31 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Boody, Mary A. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1972 | |
| Boog Family Records | Boog family | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 38, p. 169-172 | |
| Booker named Senior Citizen for 1969 at pioneer picnic. | Booker, Leon C. | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 5 Year: 1969 | |
| Booker, Dayton Benefactor, dies. | Booker, Leon C. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 09 Day: 18 Year: 1970 | |
| Arts Interview. | Booker, Margaret "Meg" | Person | Puget Soundings | p. 10-11 | Month: 10 Year: 1976 |
| Is there life after Booker. | Booker, Margaret "Meg" | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 19 | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1985 |
| Megs Booker: Her creative electricity sparks Intiman. | Booker, Margaret "Meg" | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. G-1 | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1980 |
| Intiman's Booker gets things done. | Booker, Margaret "Meg" | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. E-5 | Month: 01 Day: 23 Year: 1983 |
| Woman of the Year selected at B.P.W. clubs' banquet. | Booker, Murray (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 282 | Month: 03 Day: 11 Year: 1964 |
| June's Journal: teacher is inspiration to pupils and parents. | Booker, Patrycya | Person | Seattle Times | p. 7-8 | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1966 |
| The Silver Fox keeps on rollin'. | Booker, Quentin "Sonny" | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-10 | Month: 09 Day: 13 Year: 1977 |
| Silver Fox rides high -- Limousine service to Seattle nightspots and restaurants is a big hit. | Booker, Quentin "Sonny" | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-10 | Month: 07 Day: 5 Year: 1978 |
| Hire me for the time of your life. | Booker, Quentin "Sonny" | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-4 | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1979 |
| Pioneer pilot still flying in Alaska at 78. | Bookwalter, Vern | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-20 | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1971 |
| Booman, Franc Albert | Booman, Franc Albert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 110-111 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary: Death of Skagit chief recalls tribal history. | Boome, Charles (Rev.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: Reverand Charles Boome. | Boome, Charles (Rev.) | Person | Burlington Farm Journal | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: Death of Skagit chief recalls tribal history. | Boome, Charles (Rev.) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Boome, Regina | Person | Burlington Farm Journal | Month: 10 Day: 17 Year: 1973 | |
| Boomhower, Charles Emerson | Boomhower, Charles Emerson | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 200-201 | Year: 1921 |
| Boomhower, Harold Jennings | Boomhower, Harold Jennings | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 202-203 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Boon, Lela | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Boon, Lela | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1973 | |
| Boone Family elects officers. | Boone family | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 07 Day: 29 Year: 1962 | |
| Untruths about Daniel Boone descendant seeks to refute. | Boone family | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 4 | Month: 07 Day: 18 Year: 1965 |
| Boone Family Association to meet Tuesday. | Boone family | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 64 | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1962 |
| Boone families to picnic in Steilacoom Hall. | Boone family | Person | Seattle Times | p. 15 | Month: 07 Day: 23 Year: 1967 |
| Boone Family Historian, Bethesda Buchanan, dies. | Boone family | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-15 | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1973 |
| The Boone Population Explosion. | Boone family | Person | Seattle Times | Magazine. | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1962 |
| A Palouse Profile: Boone history recounted by homesteader's off-spring. | Boone family | Person | Pullman Herald | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1969 | |
| Early life of Ellensburg woman facinating story. | Boone family | Person | Ellensburg Record | p. 2 | Month: 05 Day: 1 Year: 1962 |
| Boone Family Association of Washington. | Boone family | Person | Boone Scout | Month: 11 Year: 1977 | |
| Boone Family Historian, Bethesda Buchanan, dies. | Boone family | Person | Seattle Genealogical Society Bulletin | p. 25 | Month: 09 Year: 1973 |
| Boone family plans meeting. | Boone family | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 11 Day: 8 Year: 1965 | |
| Boone, A. | Boone, A. | Person | Olympia Transcript | v. 3, p. 3 | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1867 |
| Boone, Charles Wesley | Boone, Charles Wesley | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Boone, Clarence C. "Digger" | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary: Clarence V. Boone. | Boone, Clarence V. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 22 | Month: 11 Day: 20 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Boone, Cloyd D. | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1983 | |
| Boone, Cloyd D. | Boone, Cloyd D. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 107 | Year: 1920 |