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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Robert Bushell, 83. | Bushell, Helen (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 58 | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1965 |
| Rites set for R. G. Bushell, ex-autioneer. | Bushell, Richard G. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 10 Year: 1960 | |
| Death takes R.T. Bushell, ex-publisher. | Bushell, Richard Thomas | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 09 Day: 15 Year: 1960 | |
| Bushell, Robert | Bushell, Robert | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 41 | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Bushell, William F. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1961 | |
| Bushey, John | Bushey, John | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 160-161 | Year: 1921 |
| Mrs. Joseph Bushey. | Bushey, Minnie A. (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 2 Year: 1964 | |
| The 'Bushman' frogs | Bushman family | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 09 Day: 3 Year: 1972 |
| Bushnell, Alonza "Lon" | Bushnell, Alonza "Lon" | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 358 | Year: 1982 |
| Bushnell, Harace L. | Bushnell, Harace L. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 259-260 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Bushnell, Lucy M. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 10 Day: 30 Year: 1961 | |
| "Those were the days", as reclled by Sherman Bushnell of Queen Anne vintage. | Bushnell, Sherman | Person | Seattle Today, Ballard | Month: 04 Day: 22 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary: Sherman W. Bushnell, Sr., 88, dies. | Bushnell, Sherman W. (Sr.) | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1983 | |
| Bushom, L. A. | Bushom, L. A. | Person | Republican (Seattle, Wash.) | Special New Year Issue., v. II, no. 34, p. 7 | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1896 |
| Bushong not a gay candidate. | Bushong, Emery | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-7 | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Buskala, Anna Josephine | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 31 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Buskala, Anna Josephine | Person | Wahkiakum County Eagle | Month: 09 Day: 2 Year: 1982 | |
| Time running out for slayer of Bill Buske, shot at home.p. B-14 | Buske, Bill | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1970 | |
| Pioneer of county Abbie Buslach dies. | Buslach, Abbie M. (Mrs.) | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1963 | |
| Obituary | Buslach, Arthur J. | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 17 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Buss, John E. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1968 | |
| Bussard, John | Bussard, John | Person | Skqee Mus | p. 181-182 | |
| Bussell, Charles B. | Bussell, Charles B. | Person | History of Washington | v. VI, p. 191-193 | Year: 1909 |
| Bussell, Charles B. | Bussell, Charles B. | Person | History of Washington | V. VI, p. 191-193 | Year: 1909 |
| Bussell, Charles B. | Bussell, Charles B. | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| Bussell, Charles B. | Bussell, Charles B. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 206-209 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Bussell, Emma (Mrs.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 5 | Month: 08 Day: 3 Year: 1954 |
| Bussing, John A. | Bussing, John A. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 42-43 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Bussing, Ruth N. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1991 | |
| Obituary | Bussler, Grace N. | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1975 | |
| Top veterinarian will be 'a tough act to follow' at WSU. | Bustad, Leo (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-27 | Month: 11 Day: 7 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Bustad, Thora | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 07 Day: 28 Year: 1969 | |
| Letters to the Editor: Local history project terminated by death. | Buswell, Howard E. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1965 | |
| Consuming legends recall forest fire tales. | Buswell, Ray | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1991 | |
| Mrs. John A. Butchcoe dies in Tacoma. | Butchcoe, Maud O'Conner (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 20 | Month: 05 Day: 2 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Butcher, Ellie "Lamie" Rabene | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1983 | |
| 1913 - ? | Butcher, G. M. (Mrs.) | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Capt. H. J. Butcher, 83. | Butcher, Harry J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 40 | Month: 01 Day: 19 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Butcher, Karl Marx | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 02 Day: 9 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Butcher, Lilas | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 12 Day: 8 Year: 1972 | |
| Maymebelle Butcher, long-time librarian, to note 100th birthday. | Butcher, Maymebelle | Person | Seattle Times | p. G-1 | Month: 11 Day: 5 Year: 1980 |
| Mrs. Harry J. Butcher. | Butcher, Nina Ellen (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1963 |
| Butcher, Robert M. | Butcher, Robert M. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 61 | Year: 1920 |
| Mrs. Gazelle Gingrich Butigan. | Butigan, Gazelle Gingrich | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 07 Day: 23 Year: 1963 |
| Butler Family | Butler family | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 207 | Year: 1982 |
| Butler, Ada E. | Butler, Ada E. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 5 | Year: 1952 |
| p. 2 | Butler, Adele A. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | Year: 1951 | |
| Mrs. Alfred Butler. | Butler, Belle (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Record (Ellensburg, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1966 | |
| Butler, Beulah M. (Mrs.) | Butler, Beulah M. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1958 | |
| Patriarch of the Neo-Nazis | Butler, Dick | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-4 | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1985 |