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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 | Bryce, Gertrude L. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-15 | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1972 |
| Obituary | Bryce, Gertrude L. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-15 | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1972 |
| Obituary | Bryce, Gertrude L. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-4 | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1972 |
| 1921-1926? | Bryden, Bernice (Mrs.) | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| 1921-1926? | Bryden, Walter A | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Seattle man to take post with national gay group. | Brydon, Charles F. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-11 | Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1979 |
| Mrs. James Brydon. | Brydon, Maude Leftwitch | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 49 | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1965 |
| Brygger, Albert | Brygger, Albert | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 108 | Year: 1929 |
| Brygger, Johan | Brygger, Johan | Person | History of Seattle | v.III, p. 1010-1013 | Year: 1916 |
| Bryne, John S. | Bryne, John S. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 10 | Month: 02 Day: 8 Year: 1958 |
| Mail Convention... | Bryning, A. L. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 4 | Month: 07 Day: 11 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Bryning, Arthur Lebert | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 6 | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1968 |
| Dr. Ida B. Bryon notes 100th at center of party in Colfax. | Bryon, Ida B. (Dr.) | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1969 | |
| Funeral in Bellevue for Frank J. Brys. | Brys, Frank J. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 06 Day: 7 Year: 1971 | |
| J. J. Brys. | Brys, John Joseph | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 66, sec. 4 | Month: 06 Day: 12 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Bryson, Guy R. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 02 Day: 9 Year: 1966 | |
| Bryson, Harry Leonidus | Bryson, Harry Leonidus | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 85 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Bryson, Hilda Christine | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Bryson, Ida | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 07 Day: 6 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Buber, Jerry | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 02 Day: 2 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Bubke, Margaret Jane | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 12 Day: 9 Year: 1980 | |
| Pioneer resident passes Saturday. | Bublitz, Emily Eva Perry | Person | Everson News | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Bucey, Harold O. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 26 | Month: 02 Day: 4 Year: 1954 |
| Bucey, Henry | Bucey, Henry | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 930-932 | Year: 1893 |
| Faces of the City. Family preserves custom of Scottish Hogmanay bake. | Buchan family | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 13 | Month: 12 Day: 22 Year: 1963 |
| The clan Buchan: the saga of a Northwest sailing family. | Buchan family, | Person | Seattle Times | p. G-10 | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1979 |
| Buchans, father and son, each seek olympic gold. | Buchan family, | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-1 | Month: 07 Day: 22 Year: 1984 |
| Bill Buchan: Without frills, he sailed to win until he died. | Buchan, Bill | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-14 | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1972 |
| Bill Buchan on weather legs. | Buchan, Bill | Person | Northwest Sea | p. 24-26 | Month: 03 Year: 1976 |
| A World Title puts wind in Seattleites' sails. | Buchan, Carl | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-2 | Month: 06 Day: 23 Year: 1983 |
| George Buchan, 75, of bakery family, dies. | Buchan, George B. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 10 | Month: 08 Day: 7 Year: 1971 |
| Bakery Industry fetes George Buchan. | Buchan, George B. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A | Month: 05 Day: 7 Year: 1966 |
| George Buchan, 75, of bakery family, dies. | Buchan, George B. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-7 | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1971 |
| New York base gives Seattle pair more options. | Buchan, Mark | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1977 |
| Biography: The successful but hard road of travel experienced by a self-made man. | Buchanan, A. G. | Person | Successful American | p. 236 | Month: 11 Year: 1906 |
| Obituary: Alan Buchanan, Bothell educator. | Buchanan, Alan D. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1982 |
| Mrs. Julian Buchanan. | Buchanan, Alice (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 24 | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1965 |
| Mrs. Julian Buchanan. | Buchanan, Alice (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 03 Day: 12 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary | Buchanan, Angie J. | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1969 | |
| Whatever happened to Annette Buchanan? | Buchanan, Annette | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-2 | Month: 03 Day: 21 Year: 1976 |
| Whatever happened to Annette Evans? | Buchanan, Annette | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-2 | Month: 03 Day: 21 Year: 1976 |
| Girl Editor won't be subpoenaed. | Buchanan, Annette | Person | Seattle Times | p. 2 | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1966 |
| The Annette Buchanan case: A Seattle attorney gives his views. | Buchanan, Annette | Person | Seattle Times | p. 2, Mag. Sec. | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1966 |
| State publishers back Oregon co-ed. | Buchanan, Annette | Person | Seattle Times | p. 7 | Month: 09 Day: 24 Year: 1966 |
| Oregon Coed Editor guilty, fined $300.00. | Buchanan, Annette | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1, 3 | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1966 |
| Girl editor to file new trial; cash & sympathy pouring in. | Buchanan, Annette | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 9 | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1966 |
| Boone Family Historian, Bethesda Buchanan, dies. | Buchanan, Bethesda | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-15 | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1973 |
| Boone Family Historian, Bethesda Buchanan, dies. | Buchanan, Bethesda | Person | Seattle Genealogical Society Bulletin | p. 25 | Month: 09 Year: 1973 |
| Buchanan, Catherine (Mrs.) | Buchanan, Catherine (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 145 | Year: 1980 |
| Death of Mrs. Buchanan. | Buchanan, Catherine Hittle | Person | Chehalis Nugget | Month: 08 Day: 1 Year: 1885 |