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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 | Bos, John M. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 06 Day: 7 Year: 1973 | |
| Nicholas W. Bos, 78, dies in auto accident. | Bos, Nicholas W. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary: Peter Bos. | Bos, Peter | Person | Whidbey News-Times | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1967 | |
| Silver lining -- job layoff starts snowball that leads to first book. | Bosanko, Ivan | Person | Kent News-Journal | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1981 | |
| Memorial services for Mrs. Bosch. | Bosch, Sue Hutchison | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-15 | Month: 09 Day: 29 Year: 1971 |
| Brave girl | Bosch, Sue Hutchison | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-9 | Month: 09 Day: 29 Year: 1971 |
| Boschert, Carl H. | Boschert, Carl H. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 101 | Year: 1920 |
| Alex Bosley, 101 passes July 31. | Bosley, Alexander Cove | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 08 Day: 8 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Bosley, Jessie L. | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 02 Day: 28 Year: 1980 | |
| Death claims Joseph Bosley, area pioneer.. | Bosley, Joseph | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1963 | |
| Obituary | Bosley, Joseph A. "Bob" | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1971 | |
| R.F. Bosley passes away. | Bosley, Richard | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 14 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Bosley, Vaughn Oliver | Person | North Shore Citizen (Bothell, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 11 Year: 1987 | |
| Obituary | Bosman, Alice Hendricks | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 09 Day: 12 Year: 1973 | |
| John Bosman blows out 95 candles on birthday cake. | Bosman, John | Person | Lynden Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 17 Year: 1968 | |
| Bosomworth, Frank R. | Bosomworth, Frank R. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 189 | Year: 1920 |
| Bosomworth, Ralph J. | Bosomworth, Ralph J. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 83 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Boss, Alberta | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1976 | |
| Boss, Chester S. | Boss, Chester S. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 215-216 | Year: 1904 |
| Boss, Ferdinand | Boss, Ferdinand | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 463 | Year: 1888 |
| Boat lover's 'ocean' is his modeling table. | Boss, Richard | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 2 | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Bost, Martha Douglas | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1981 | |
| Bostian, Harry T. | Bostian, Harry T. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 1132-1134 | Year: 1916 |
| Tom Bostic, broadcasters' leader, dies. | Bostic, Tom | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-15 | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1981 |
| At 53, She's still dean of Seattle's fashion models. | Bostick, Betty | Person | Seattle Times | p. J-4 | Month: 03 Day: 18 Year: 1979 |
| Boston, Henry | Boston, Henry | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 569 | Year: 1900 |
| Mrs. Boston, born in city in 1873, dies. | Boston, Mary M. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 05 Day: 8 Year: 1962 | |
| Boston, Warren E. | Boston, Warren E. | Person | Leavenworth Echo | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Bostrom, Charles Anton | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 13 Year: 1979 | |
| Bostrom, Patricia "Trish" | Bostrom, Patricia "Trish" | Person | Washington Women | p. 7 | Year: 1983 |
| Trish Bostrom: From court to court. | Bostrom, Patricia "Trish" | Person | Puget Soundings | p. 30 | Month: 02 Year: 1986 |
| Seatle to Wimbleton: a fdairwell to Trish Bostrom. | Bostrom, Patricia "Trish" | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | Seattle Sport Section, p. 2 | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1980 |
| Doing a man's job in a woman's way. | Bostrom, Sally | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. P. 4 | Month: 10 Day: 15 Year: 1950 |
| Bostwick, A. C. (M.D.) | Bostwick, A. C. (M.D.) | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 369-370 | Year: 1893 |
| Bostwick, Irving | Bostwick, Irving | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 151 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary: Mrs. James Boswell. | Boswell, Faye Adams | Person | Seattle Times | p. 43 | Month: 05 Day: 30 Year: 1967 |
| Obituary: Mrs Fay Adams Boswell. | Boswell, Faye Adams | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 05 Day: 30 Year: 1967 | |
| Boswell, Jessie (Mrs.) | Boswell, Jessie (Mrs.) | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | p. 6 | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Boswell, Maude Grace | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1982 | |
| Mrs. C. Bosworth | Bosworth, Charlotte (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1965 | |
| Letter to a son: UW creative-writing professor's novel tells a troubled father's life in fragments of letters. | Bosworth, David | Person | Seattle Times | p. L-7 | Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1986 |
| Obituary | Bosworth, Maude W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 9 | Month: 04 Day: 28 Year: 1962 |
| Bosworth, Noah | Bosworth, Noah | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 516 | Year: 1893 |
| Obituary: Philip Botch engineer, dies at 73. | Botch, Philip | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-8 | Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1986 |
| Obituary | Botch, Philip | Person | Daily Journal of Commerce | Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1986 | |
| Botello, Refugia S. | Botello, Refugia S. | Person | Washington Women | p. 8 | Year: 1983 |
| Hacky-sack hurrah. | Botes, Rick | Person | Pacific Northwest | p. 24 | Month: 04 Year: 1985 |
| Botham, Thomas | Botham, Thomas | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 554 | Year: 1900 |
| Will G. Beardslee, Seattle Attorney. | Bothell family | Person | Seattle Times | p. 24 | Month: 08 Day: 1 Year: 1966 |
| Mrs. Eva Dwelley dies in Anacortes hospital. | Bothell family, | Person | Concrete Herald | Month: 12 Day: 31 Year: 1964 |