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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City founder's kin returns to Bothell. | Bothell, Bernice | Person | Northshore Citizen | Month: 02 Day: 15 Year: 1962 | |
| Bothell, George (Hon.) | Bothell, George (Hon.) | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 903-904 | Year: 1893 |
| Pool player: Grandson of Bothell's founder active at 90. | Bothell, Robert | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 61 | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1965 |
| Robert Bothell, 90. | Bothell, Robert | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 67 | Month: 12 Day: 19 Year: 1965 |
| R.E. Bothell Sr., Port Orchard, passes at 66. | Bothell, Robert Earl (Sr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary. | Bothun, Nellie | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Bothwell, Mildred M. | Person | Bellevue American | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Botsford, Addie | Person | Friday Harbor Journal | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1974 | |
| Mainly about people. | Botsford, Charlotte | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 4 | Month: 07 Day: 11 Year: 1965 |
| Mrs. Willard Botsford. | Botsford, Clara May | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 05 Day: 2 Year: 1963 | |
| Obituary | Botsford, Edward A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 23 | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1951 |
| Bott, John S. | Bott, John S. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 30 | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Bott, William H. | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | p. 1 | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1954 |
| Mrs. W.F. Cottcher: Old resident death calls. | Bottcher, Minnie Barbara (Mrs.) | Person | Rosalia Citizen Journal | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Botten, Elnar N. | Person | Herald (Everett, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1989 | |
| Services set for Ivar A. Botten. | Botten, Ivar A. | Person | Arlington Times | Month: 11 Day: 22 Year: 1962 | |
| Services set for Ivar A. Botten. | Botten, Ivar A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1962 | |
| Services set for Ivar A. Botten. | Botten, Ivar A. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 11 Day: 10 Year: 1962 | |
| Sen. Bottiger named to NW Power Council. | Bottiger, R. Ted | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1987 |
| Senate leaders -- Ted Bottiger, Democerat -- Majority chief is consummate politician. | Bottiger, R. Ted | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-24 | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Botting, Sadie J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. H-4 | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1976 |
| Obituary | Botting, Sadie J. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-12 | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1976 |
| Obituary | Bottjer, Anna Freda | Person | Pullman Daily News | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Bottle, Nina R. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1981 | |
| The Bottomleys arrived in Okanogan 79 years ago. | Bottomley family | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1963 | |
| Early pioneer C. Bottomley dies at Oroville. | Bottomley, Charles | Person | Tonasket Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 9 Year: 1969 | |
| Bottomley, Charles | Bottomley, Charles | Person | Oroville Gazette | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1958 | |
| Pioneers relate story of early arrival in county. | Bottomley, Charles | Person | Oroville Gazette | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1963 | |
| Early pioneer C. Bottomley dies at Oroville. | Bottomley, Charles | Person | Okanogan Independent | Month: 01 Day: 9 Year: 1969 | |
| Maggie and I moved potatoes to higher place -- The diary of a pioneer woman. | Bottomley, Jennie (Mrs.) | Person | Okanogan County Heritage | p. 21 | Month: Day: Year: 1980 |
| Bottomley, Jennie (Mrs.) | Bottomley, Jennie (Mrs.) | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 660-661 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Bottomley, Margaret J. | Person | Tonasket Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 6 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Bottomley, Margaret J. | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1968 | |
| Margaret & Charles Bottomley: The Bottomley story. | Bottomley, Robert C. | Person | Okanogan County Heritage | p. 3-18 | Month: Day: Year: 1975 |
| Back to school ... and for what?` | Bottomly, Forbes | Person | Seattle Flag | p. 4-9 | Month: 10 Day: 11 Year: 1972 |
| Bottomly asks early out as Superintendent. | Bottomly, Forbes | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1973 |
| Whatever happened to Forbes Bottomly? | Bottomly, Forbes | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 2 | Month: 12 Day: 24 Year: 1978 |
| Superintendent looking for new solutions for schools' old problems. | Bottomly, Forbes | Person | Seattle Times | p. 13 | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1966 |
| Bottomly asks board to name a successor. | Bottomly, Forbes | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1973 |
| Bottomly family continues search for new dimensions. | Bottomly, Forbes | Person | Seattle Times | p. S-4 | Month: 12 Day: 31 Year: 1967 |
| Nixon expected to congratulate Green, Bottomly. | Bottomly, Forbes | Person | Seattle Times | p. 12 | Month: 10 Day: 17 Year: 1969 |
| School Supt. Forbes Bottomly: Seven years in a 'glass house'. | Bottomly, Forbes | Person | Seattle Times | Sunday Mag., p. 8-9 | Month: 10 Day: 8 Year: 1972 |
| Editor's Note: The man who wants to remake our schools. | Bottomly, Forbes | Person | Seattle Magazine | p. 52 | Month: 09 Year: 1966 |
| Funeral today for Jeffco PUD leader. | Botts, C. E. Charlie | Person | Peninsula Daily News | Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1987 | |
| Obituary | Botts, Charles E. | Person | Pullman Herald | Month: 11 Day: 23 Year: 1972 | |
| H.L. Botts, Black Diamond doctor, dies. | Botts, H. L. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 16 | Month: 03 Day: 20 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Botts, Irene Steel | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 11 Day: 26 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Boub, Albert C. | Person | Standard-Register | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1975 | |
| New City Parks Director | Bouble, Jane | Person | Pacific Northwest Quarterly | p. 61 | Month: 10 Year: 1984 |
| Oliver Bouchard/Bourshard and wife. | Bouchard or Bourchard, Oliver | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 18 | Year: 1980 |