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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckley, William B. | Buckley, William B. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 490 | Year: 1916 |
| The night a spright gave quite a fright to rajah of the right. | Buckley, William F. | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-1 | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1985 |
| William Buckley, auctioneer, dies. | Buckley, William Louis | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Buckley, William S. "Bill" | Person | Tonasket Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1972 | |
| Reunion draws 4 generations: Bucklins gather for island farm centennial. | Bucklin family | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 06 Day: 29 Year: 1987 | |
| Bucklin, E. F. (Capt.) | Bucklin, E. F. (Capt.) | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 693 | Year: 1893 |
| Services set for pioneer Mrs. Bucklin. | Bucklin, Hattie E. | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 09 Day: 25 Year: 1968 | |
| Services set for pioneer Mrs. Bucklin. | Bucklin, Hattie E. | Person | Bainbridge Island Review | Month: 09 Day: 25 Year: 1968 | |
| The pioneer dead of 1915 | Bucklin, Nathan | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v.7, no. 1, p. 56 | Month: 01 Year: 1916 |
| Bucklin, Nathan | Bucklin, Nathan | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 6, p. 61 | Year: 1977 |
| Biographies of old time islanders. | Bucklin, Nathan | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | p. 151 | Year: 1977 |
| Buckman succumbs at age 75. | Buckman, Herbert S. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1971 | |
| Buckmaster Bible Records. | Buckmaster family | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | p. 156-157. | |
| Buckmaster, B. E. | Buckmaster, B. E. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 160 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Buckmaster, Civilion O. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Buckmaster, Robert George | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1968 | |
| Verne R. Buckmaster, banker, dies, | Buckmaster, Verne R. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 51, sec 2 | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1963 |
| Mr. and Mrs.Walter M. Celebrate 50th Wedding anniversary. | Buckmaster, Walter M. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 4 | Month: 08 Day: 4 Year: 1954 |
| Bucknell, Lynn Steven | Bucknell, Lynn Steven | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Bucknell, Sophia Marie | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 04 Day: 23 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Buckner, Charles W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 04 Year: 1953 | |
| Stehekin's weather man. | Buckner, Harry S. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Buckner, Minnie M. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1980 | |
| Doctor Barney Bucove. | Bucove, Barney (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 10 Day: 5 Year: 1973 | |
| Whatever happened to ... Barney Bucove | Bucove, Barney (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-2 | Month: 09 Day: 2 Year: 1976 |
| Budd, Barbara (Mrs.) | Budd, Barbara (Mrs.) | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 139-140 | Year: 1982 |
| Rites Monday for Charles Wayne Budd. | Budd, Charles Wayne | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 11 | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1964 |
| Budd, John H. | Budd, John H. | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 139-140 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Budd, Marie F. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 06 Day: 18 Year: 1980 | |
| Charles A. Budde, retired educator. | Budde, Charles Arthur | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 11 Day: 15 Year: 1970 | |
| Arthur Budde, 83, retired educatorr, dies. | Budde, Charles Arthur | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-2 | Month: 11 Day: 15 Year: 1970 |
| Budde, Julius | Budde, Julius | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1953 |
| Fred W. Buding. | Buding, Fred W. | Person | Told by the Pioneers | v.3, p. 127. | Year: 1938 |
| 2nd Budinich trial opens. | Budinich, Michael J. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-11 | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1975 |
| Sedro founder's grandson is surprised and delighted with tales of Mortimer Cook. | Budlong, Mortimer Cook | Person | Courier-Times (Sedro Woolley, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1958 | |
| Faculty portrait: Henry T. Buechel | Buechel, Henry T. | Person | Alumnus | p. 28-29 | Month: Day: Year: 1967 |
| Dr. Henry T. Buechel, U.W. professor, dies. | Buechel, Henry T. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-8 | Month: 05 Day: 26 Year: 1972 |
| Obituary | Buechel, Henry T. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-8 | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1972 |
| Dr. Henry Buechel, U.W. Professor, dies. | Buechel, Henry T. | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-19 | Month: 05 Day: 25 Year: 1972 |
| Obituary | Buechel, Henry T. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-12 | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1972 |
| Services Wednesday for Mrs. Rachel Buechley. | Buechley, Rachel C. | Person | Winlock News | Month: 01 Day: 14 Year: 1960 | |
| Olympia's Buehler takes 3rd in national racquetball event. | Buehler, Dan | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-3 | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1978 |
| Obituary | Buehler, Helen A. | Person | Adams County Journal (Ritzville, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 26 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary: Buehler rites are conducted in Phoenix. | Buehler, Oscar "Bump" | Person | Journal-Times | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Buehler, Peter K. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 11 Day: 8 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Buehler, Peter K. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 11 Day: 8 Year: 1984 | |
| B.N. Buell, equipment-co. owner, dies. | Buell, B. Norman | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 41 | Month: 08 Day: 2 Year: 1963 |
| B.N. Buell, equipment-co. owner, dies. | Buell, B. Norman | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 21 | Month: 08 Day: 3 Year: 1963 |
| Peripatetic Seattle banker keeps tabs on Alaska's growth. | Buell, Frank | Person | Seattle Times | p. 25 | Month: 06 Day: 2 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary: Huldamay Buell. | Buell, Huldamay Giesy | Person | Raymond Herald & Advertiser | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1974 |