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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd, J. W. | Boyd, J. W. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 319 | Year: 1900 |
| Boyd, James | Boyd, James | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 731 | Year: 1893 |
| Obituary | Boyd, James G. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 38 | Month: 04 Day: 28 Year: 1954 |
| James Boyd, 95, dies in Puyallup. | Boyd, James Stillman | Person | Globe-News (Auburn Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary: Pioneer of Clallam County. | Boyd, James William | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 38, p. 207 | |
| No plain Jane -- T.A. Wilson, Boeing Chief executive, sometimes has to remind Jane Boyd.... | Boyd, Jane | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 4 | Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1979 |
| Boyd leaves Seattle. | Boyd, John | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-8 | Month: 08 Day: 9 Year: 1983 |
| John H. Boyd, dies in Spokane. | Boyd, John H. | Person | Chewelah Independent | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1960 | |
| Boyd, Joseph H. | Boyd, Joseph H. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 314-315 | Year: 1900 |
| Boyd, Joseph W. | Boyd, Joseph W. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 125 | Year: 1920 |
| City Council is microcosm of the real world. | Boyd, Kay | Person | Olympia News 52 | p. 5 | Month: 04 Day: 12 Year: 1983 |
| Kay Boyd wants full term in Lacey. | Boyd, Kay | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1981 |
| Boyd, L. Frank | Boyd, L. Frank | Person | Memorial Addresses. 16th Legislature | p. 49-52 | Year: 1919 |
| New Director. | Boyd, Landis L. | Person | Washington Farmer-Stockman | p. 17 | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1978 |
| Obituary | Boyd, Leonard L. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 04 Day: 16 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Boyd, Leonard L. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 04 Day: 16 Year: 1973 | |
| The Pioneer dead of 1913. | Boyd, Levi | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 5, no. 1, p. 23 | Month: 01 Year: 1914 |
| Boyd, Lewis Alexander | Boyd, Lewis Alexander | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 21, p. 18-23 | |
| Boyd, Lillian F. Bigelow | Boyd, Lillian F. Bigelow | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 39 | Year: 1927 |
| Northwest diary / Dial T for trivia. | Boyd, Lou M. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 2 | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1978 |
| Boyd, Louis F. | Boyd, Louis F. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 420-421 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Boyd, Mary W. | Person | Daily Journal-American (Bellevue, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 23 Year: 1980 | |
| Ceramic tiles catch art lovers' fancy. | Boyd, Michael | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-1 | Month: 09 Day: 30 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Boyd, Minnie May | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Boyd, Minnie May | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 01 Day: 10 Year: 1990 | |
| Bishop Boyd S.P.C. 'Alum of the Year'. | Boyd, Myron F. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 28 | Month: 01 Day: 28 Year: 1966 |
| Mrs. W. M. Boyd taken by death, lived here 47 years. | Boyd, Myrtle (Mrs.) | Person | Pullman Herald | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1964 | |
| Boyd signs on with Bonker. | Boyd, Paul | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 4 | Month: Day: Year: 1979 |
| Magnuson's press aide. | Boyd, Paul M. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 10 Day: 28 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Boyd, Ralph S. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 12 Day: 4 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Boyd, Ralph S. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1972 | |
| Governor names lottery director. | Boyd, Robert | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1982 |
| Mrs. Ryan, formerly of Sumner, dies | Boyd, Robert | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 31 | Month: 12 Day: 22 Year: 1963 |
| Boyd, Russell James | Boyd, Russell James | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 42-43 | Year: 1921 |
| Boyd, Russell R. | Boyd, Russell R. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 115 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Boyd, Sadie | Person | Deer Park Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1986 | |
| Boyd, Spencer | Boyd, Spencer | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 792 | Year: 1904 |
| Peace-council head wins fellowship -- Boyd youngest person ever chosen for Harvard program. | Boyd, Stephen | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-7 | Month: 12 Day: 24 Year: 1981 |
| Killed by his wife. Thomas Henderson Boyd, of the "Olympian", murdered. | Boyd, Thomas Henderson | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 1-2 | Month: 12 Day: 3 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Boyd, Violetta | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 11 Day: 24 Year: 1972 | |
| Boyd, William | Boyd, William | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 399-400 | Year: 1904 |
| Boyd, William F. | Boyd, William F. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 917-918 | Year: 1893 |
| Boyd, William L. | Boyd, William L. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 451-452 | Year: 1900 |
| Boyd, William P. | Boyd, William P. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 624-625 | Year: 1893 |
| Researcher, 88 carves another notch on his legend. | Boyden, Edward A. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-12 | Month: 11 Day: 8 Year: 1974 |
| U. W.'s Dr. Boyden is a living legend. | Boyden, Edward A. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | Sunday Magazine, p. 8-9 | Month: 05 Day: 9 Year: 1971 |
| Boyden, Ralph W. (Dr. Jr.) | Boyden, Ralph W. (Dr. Jr.) | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 129 | Year: 1982 |
| Mrs. Perry Boyer. | Boyer, Alma K. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 29 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Boyer, Basil | Person | Kalama Bulletin | Month: 06 Day: 22 Year: 1972 | |
| Famous fingers go to court. | Boyer, Charles | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 03 Day: 8 Year: 1981 |