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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huldamay Giesy Buell -- Born May 6, 1900, Died Oct. 17, 1974. | Buell, Huldamay Giesy | Person | Sou'wester | p. 59 | Month: Day: Year: 1974 |
| Obituary: Huldamay Buell. | Buell, Huldamay Giesy | Person | Raymond Herald & Advertiser | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1974 | |
| Orting pioneer John Buell dies. | Buell, John | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Buell, John E. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 05 Day: 8 Year: 1979 | |
| It's a man's world, says Woman 'Mayor' | Buell, Kaye (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-16 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1970 |
| Buell, Sylvester G. | Buell, Sylvester G. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 301-302 | Year: 1917 |
| C. F. Buelow, food broker. | Buelow, Carol Frederick | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 65 | Month: 02 Day: 3 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Buelow, Charles H. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1961 | |
| 2 months' jail for construction site protester. | Bueno, Pilar | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-4 | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1975 |
| A. A. Buerstatte, long time resident dies. | Buerstatte, Albert A. (Sr.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 06 Day: 20 Year: 1968 | |
| Bues, Ida F. (Mrs.) | Bues, Ida F. (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Chronicle | p. 8 | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1955 |
| Carl Buesser services to be tomorrow. | Buesser, Carl T. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 33 | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1965 |
| Buetikofer, Robert | Buetikofer, Robert | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 195 | |
| Obituary | Buettgen, Edity E. | Person | Sammamish Valley News | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1969 | |
| Dr. Konrad Buettner of U.W. dies in east. | Buettner, Konrad J. K. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-16 | Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1970 |
| Local man on 'Donahue' show. | Buff, Nathan C. | Person | Daily Olympian | B-1 | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1981 |
| Bad luck down Tacoman's Pacific flights -- John Buffelen sank small fortune into failed attempts. | Buffelen, John | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Sunday Northwest, p. 11 | Month: 09 Day: 6 Year: 1981 |
| Buffelen, John | Buffelen, John | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 134 | Year: 1936 |
| Dixy's in good company. | Buffington, Nancy | Person | View Northwest | p. 38 | Month: 01 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Buffington, Philip | Person | Gazette Commoner (Colfax, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 6 Year: 1962 | |
| Early Settlers | Buffington, T. O. | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 101 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Buffon, William | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 12 Day: 24 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary | Buffum, Edith K. | Person | Daily Journal-American (Bellevue, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1986 | |
| Bufmyer has his own brand of 'Old Bunkhouse Malarkey. | Bufmyer, Edward D. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 4 | Month: 08 Day: 8 Year: 1965 |
| Bugbee, Albert H. | Bugbee, Albert H. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 350-351 | Year: 1900 |
| His cannery Property in sold, but Seqim clammer digs work. | Bugge, Anton | Person | Seattle Times | p. 28 | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1966 |
| Dungeness Valley Pioneers. | Bugge, Jens S. (Sr.) | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v.39, p. 208 | |
| Obituary | Bugge, Karmen A. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 05 Day: 8 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Bugge, Karmen A. | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 05 Day: 11 Year: 1972 | |
| Bill Bugge's job is a big bore. | Bugge, William | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 10 Day: 12 Year: 1969 |
| Bugge will be honoed at banquet. | Bugge, William A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 26 | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Bugher, James C. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Bugher, James C. | Person | Montesano Grays Harbor County Vidette | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1976 | |
| Oldest man in County dies. | Buhakka, Severi | Person | Cathlamet Eagle | Month: 05 Day: 24 Year: 1961 | |
| Lina A Buhl, area pioneer, services held on March 27. | Buhl, Lina A. | Person | Adams County Journal (Ritzville, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 30 Year: 1989 | |
| Buhman, Frances | Buhman, Frances | Person | Post Record (Camas, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1959 | |
| Buhman, Frances (Mrs.) | Buhman, Frances (Mrs.) | Person | Columbian & Sun | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Buhr, Nellie Ellen | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1971 | |
| Early Settlers | Buhrman, Fred | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 101 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Buhrmester, Vesta E. | Person | Prosser Record Bulletin | Month: 10 Day: 18 Year: 1979 | |
| Buhtz, Albert J. | Buhtz, Albert J. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 934-935 | Year: 1916 |
| The Pioneers | Buker, Charles | Person | Cowlitz County Historical Quarterly | p. 30 | Month: 09 Year: 1965 |
| Attack is fatal for Floyd Buker. | Buker, Floyd C. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 19 Year: 1960 | |
| Attack is fatal for Floyd Buker. | Buker, Floyd C. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1960 | |
| Attack is fatal to Floyd Buker. | Buker, Floyd C. | Person | Cowlitz County Advocate | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Buker, Ray Warren | Person | Cowlitz County Advocate | Month: 01 Day: 10 Year: 1980 | |
| Bulduc, Joe | Bulduc, Joe | Person | Bremerton Sun | p. 2 | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1953 |
| Early Settlers. | Bulette, O. A. | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 101 | Year: 1977 |
| Early Settlers. | Bulette, Wilson Oscar | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 101 | Year: 1977 |
| Bulette, Wilson Oscar | Bulette, Wilson Oscar | Person | Bremerton Sun | p. 1 | Month: 12 Day: 29 Year: 1953 |