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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living Pioneers of Washington. J.T.A. Bulfinch, Seattle. | Bulfinch, John T. A. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 11 Day: 22 Year: 1915 | |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll | Bulfinch, John T. A. | Person | Washington Standard | p.1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Amanda K. Bulger funeral Saturday. | Bulger, Amanda K. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1970 | |
| Dwight Bulkley's 37-hour cycle | Bulkley, Dwight | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 10-11 | Month: 02 Day: 27 Year: 1977 |
| Last rites for area residents. | Bull, Ballard | Person | Palouse Republic | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1962 | |
| WWC grad recognized as one of nation's top hematologists. | Bull, Brian | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Feature Ed. P. 28 | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1987 |
| Biography. | Bull, Grant | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 59 | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1957 |
| Harry Bull, 95, ex-printer. | Bull, Harry Elwood | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 39 | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1965 |
| 100th birthday for Ida Bull. | Bull, Ida Killmore | Person | Ellensburg Record | Month: 11 Day: 18 Year: 1974 | |
| Stories the tombstones do not tell. | Bull, John | Person | Skamania County Heritage | p. 7-9 | Month: 03 Year: 1976 |
| Will of John A. A. Bull. | Bull, John A. A. | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 32, p. 151 | |
| Mrs. Kate Bull called by death. | Bull, Kate Cooke (Mrs.) | Person | Ellensburg Record | Month: 02 Day: 15 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Bull, Leland Levitt (Dr.) | Person | Ellensburg Record | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary: Dr. Leland L. Bull, ophthalmologist. | Bull, Leland Levitt (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 07 Day: 23 Year: 1983 |
| Olof (sic) Bull, spirit of music in early Tacoma. | Bull, Olof (Prof.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1979 | |
| Bull, Olof (Prof.) | Bull, Olof (Prof.) | Person | Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound | p. 109 | Year: 1900 |
| The Horrible, slow death of Pete Bull. | Bull, Pete | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest Today, p. 8-9 | Month: 06 Day: 13 Year: 1971 |
| Dialysis is a mixed blessing for patients. | Bull, Ron | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-1 | Month: 05 Day: 10 Year: 1985 |
| Obituary | Bullack, Arthur Bryan | Person | Goldendale Sentinel | Month: 11 Day: 2 Year: 1967 | |
| The Bullard Family History. | Bullard family | Person | Sou'wester | p. 47-52 | Month: Day: Year: 1974 |
| Bullard, Della (Mrs.) | Bullard, Della (Mrs.) | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 5 | Year: 1952 |
| Obituary | Bullard, Gladys | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 20 Year: 1969 | |
| Bullard, Job | Bullard, Job | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 124 | Year: 1980 |
| Willapa's oldest pioneer is dead. Job Bullard, forty niner, was member of territory's first legislaures. Reached the age of 84. | Bullard, Job | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 3 | Month: 07 Day: 5 Year: 1911 |
| Bullard, Job | Bullard, Job | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 464 | Year: 1888 |
| 1851-1881 | Bullard, Mark W. | Person | Account books | NW Micro | |
| Bullard, Mark W. | Bullard, Mark W. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 109 | Year: 1980 |
| Heirs-at-law of Seth Bullard, deceased. | Bullard, Seth | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 110 | Year: 1980 |
| Chris Bullat, 93, Puyallup, dies. | Bullat, Chris | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1966 | |
| Bullene, George W. (Capt.) | Bullene, George W. (Capt.) | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 761-762 | Year: 1893 |
| A. problem of succession at the Seattle Art Museum. | Buller, Richard E. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Magazine | p. 66 | Month: 04 Year: 1967 |
| Obituary | Buller, Richard H. | Person | Mount Vernon Daily Herald | p. 1 | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1954 |
| Wade Buller of Marblem'nt dies. | Buller, Wade H. | Person | Concrete Herald | Month: 04 Day: 18 Year: 1963 | |
| Obituary | Buller, Wade H. | Person | Courier-Times (Sedro Woolley, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1963 | |
| Bill Bulley picked as DOT Secretary. | Bulley, William A. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-1 | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1978 |
| Bullis, Rex | Bullis, Rex | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 140 | Year: 1982 |
| Seattle publisher considers Leavenworth home. | Bullit, Harriet | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1986 | |
| Mrs. Bullitt enthusiastic over Inland Canal after long cruise | Bullitt, A. Scott (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Magazine sec., p. 4-C | Month: 02 Day: 19 Year: 1965 |
| Luck runs out for a 'risk-taker'. | Bullitt, Benjamin | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 11 Day: 26 Year: 1981 |
| Ben Bullitt murdered? Rumors insist he was. | Bullitt, Benjamin | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-c | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1982 |
| Bullitt son missing, presumed drowned after party aboard yacht. | Bullitt, Benjamin | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1981 |
| Missing man had borrowed $600,000. | Bullitt, Benjamin | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-11 | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1982 |
| Dorthy Bullitt's may lives. Meet king's marvelous matriarch, count the waysshe has changed this town for the better. | Bullitt, Dorothy | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 22-26, 32-33 | Month: 07 Day: 21 Year: 1982 |
| The once and future KING of Seattle | Bullitt, Dorothy | Person | Argus (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 23 Year: 1973 |
| The Washington 100: a centennial gallery of favorite sons and daughters... | Bullitt, Dorothy | Person | Washington Magazine | p. 118 | Month: 11 Year: 1988 |
| The Once and future King of Seattle. | Bullitt, Dorothy | Person | Argus | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 23 Year: 1973 |
| Bullitt cited for service to UW, community. | Bullitt, Dorothy | Person | Washington Alumnus | vol. 3, no. 2, p. 9 | Month: Day: Year: 1983 |
| Puget Sound Business Hall of Fame. Eight laureates selected for Honor Hall. | Bullitt, Dorothy Stimson | Person | Puget Sound Business Journal | p. 11A, 12A. | Month: 04 Day: 13 Year: 1987 |
| Dorothy Bullitt. | Bullitt, Dorothy Stimson | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 4 | Month: 11 Day: 5 Year: 1978 |
| This Bullit's target is preservation. | Bullitt, Katharine | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-2 | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1979 |