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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 | Bourgeois, Charles I. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 05 Day: 15 Year: 1970 | |
| Lionel Bourke, Puget power aide, dies. | Bourke, Lionel J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 38 | Month: 08 Day: 26 Year: 1963 |
| Former Representative suffers fatal attack. | Bourke, Walter V. | Person | Ballard News (Seattle, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Bourn, Joseph L. | Person | Yakima Herald | p. 17 | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1954 |
| Bourne, Donald Sinclair | Bourne, Donald Sinclair | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 116-117 | Year: 1921 |
| Johnathan Bourne's China Wall. | Bourne, Jonathan (Jr.) | Person | Okanogan County Heritage | vol. 17, no. 4, p. 3-46 | Month: Day: Year: 1979 |
| Mining mystery in the Okanogan Woods: The China Wall | Bourne, Jonathan (Jr.) | Person | North West Living | p. 6 | Month: Day: Year: 1989 |
| Lloyd Bourne Family | Bourne, Lloyd | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 175-176 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Bourns, Thomas (Dr.) | Person | Bainbridge Island Review | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1986 | |
| Letter | Bourque, Mary | Person | MS 283 | 6 pages | Month: 09 Day: 15 Year: 1983 |
| Mrs. Emille L. Bourque. | Bourque, Melvina Cota (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 44, sec. 3 | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Bouse, Cora E. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1962 | |
| Joseph Bouska | Bouska, Joseph | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 683 | Year: 1904 |
| Addy pioneer came west in 1877; to state in 1882. | Bouska, Joseph W. | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | p. 1 | Month: 05 Day: 15 Year: 1953 |
| Boutelle (Adjutant General) | Boutelle (Adjutant General) | Person | Republican (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 16 | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1896 |
| Obituary | Bouy, Lawrence "Larry" J. | Person | Arlington Times | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1990 | |
| Charles Bovee, first mayor of Bellevue, dies. | Bovee, Charles W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1961 | |
| Bovendam, Albert | Bovendam, Albert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 132-133 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Bovik, Maud A. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-2 | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary: Mrs. William R. Bow. | Bow, Georgina | Person | Seattle Times | p. 818 | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1966 |
| Bow, James T. | Bow, James T. | Person | History of Washington | v. Vi, p. 172 | Year: 1909 |
| Bowden, Angie Burt | Bowden, Angie Burt | Person | Women of Washington | p. 14 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Bowden, Angie Burt | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 25 | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1952 |
| Obituary: Edmund R. Bowden, 82, succumbs. | Bowden, Edmund R. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 05 Day: 21 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: Edmund R. Bowden, 82, succumbs. | Bowden, Edmund R. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 05 Day: 22 Year: 1974 | |
| Bowden, Lawrence Gilbert | Bowden, Lawrence Gilbert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 42-43 | Year: 1921 |
| Death takes L. Bowden, 76, pioneer. | Bowden, Loren | Person | Yakima Daily Herald | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1963 | |
| Ward Bowden dies. | Bowden, Ward | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 9 | Month: 05 Day: 4 Year: 1969 |
| Ward Bowden dies. | Bowden, Ward | Person | Seattle Times | p. 98 | Month: 05 Day: 4 Year: 1969 |
| Ward Bowden dies. | Bowden, Ward | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 3 | Month: 05 Day: 3 Year: 1969 |
| WNPAer likes job as Senate Secretary - he's a publisher! | Bowden, Ward | Person | Washington Newspaper | p. 4 | Month: 01 Year: 1967 |
| Ward Bowden dies. | Bowden, Ward | Person | Washington Newspaper | p. 1, vol 54, no. 8 | Month: 05 Year: 1969 |
| Ward Bowden dies. | Bowden, Ward | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 05 Day: 2 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary | Bowden, William Burt | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 03 Day: 17 Year: 1987 | |
| Designer-economist new A.I.D. president. | Bowden, William D. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 35 | Month: 05 Day: 19 Year: 1966 |
| Bowdish Family Bible Records | Bowdish family | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 37, p. 279-282 | |
| Obituary | Bowe, William Edward | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 07 Day: 23 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Bowechop, Augustus C. | Person | Daily News (Port Angeles, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 13 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Bowechop, Hannah | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 18 Year: 1971 | |
| p. 463 | Bowen, Alf D. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | Year: 1888 | |
| Obituary | Bowen, Anna Dineen | Person | Montesano Vidette | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1973 | |
| Bowen, Belden William | Bowen, Belden William | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 50 | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1956 |
| Obituary | Bowen, Betty Cornelius | Person | Seattle Times | p. A_2 | Month: 02 Day: 17 Year: 1977 |
| Betty Bowen Memorial: a jewel of design. | Bowen, Betty Cornelius | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-2 | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1981 |
| Betty Bowen's Viewpoint is place to reflect. | Bowen, Betty Cornelius | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-1 | Month: 09 Day: 22 Year: 1982 |
| Betty Bowen dies at 58 | Bowen, Betty Cornelius | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-4 | Month: 02 Day: 17 Year: 1977 |
| Bowen, Betty Cornelius | Bowen, Betty Cornelius | Person | Digressions of a Native Son. | p. 155 + | Year: 1982 |
| The importance of being Betty. | Bowen, Betty Cornelius | Person | Seattle | p. 32-34, 47 | Month: 02 Year: 1970 |
| The Unsinkable Betty Bowen. | Bowen, Betty Cornelius | Person | Seattle Times Magazine | p. 4-5 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary | Bowen, Charles H. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 8 | Month: 11 Day: 18 Year: 1965 |