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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, Earl Leonard | Butler, Earl Leonard | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 242 | Year: 1921 |
| Butler, Edward Everett (M.D.) | Butler, Edward Everett (M.D.) | Person | Memorial Addresses. 14th Legislature | p. 55-58 | Year: 1915 |
| Butler, Edward Everett (M.D.) | Butler, Edward Everett (M.D.) | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 478-479. | Year: 1903 |
| Elta Butler, 82, Graveside held. | Butler, Elta | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1967 | |
| F. M. Butler... | Butler, F. M. | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1964 | |
| Francis M. Butler pioneer resident called by death. | Butler, Francis M. "Fred" | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 04 Day: 22 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary | Butler, Fred D. | Person | Standard-Register | Month: 10 Day: 27 Year: 1977 | |
| George E. Butler | Butler, George E. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 456 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Butler, George Thomas | Person | Seattle Times | p. 66 | Month: 10 Day: 27 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Butler, Gertrude L. | Person | Newport Miner | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1980 | |
| Butler, Herman Taggert | Butler, Herman Taggert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 202-203 | Year: 1921 |
| Wash. Hist. Assn. Roll. | Butler, Hillory | Person | Washington Standard | p.1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Butler, Hillory | Butler, Hillory | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 717-718 | Year: 1893 |
| Butler, J. C. | Butler, J. C. | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 40, p. 150 | |
| Butler, J. W. | Butler, J. W. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 589 | Year: 1900 |
| Butler, James | Butler, James | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 356-57? | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary: Mrs. Jeanette F. Butler. | Butler, Jeanette F. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 03 Day: 22 Year: 1974 | |
| Butler, John L. | Butler, John L. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 2 | Year: 1980 |
| Butler, John N. | Butler, John N. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 578 | Year: 1900 |
| The bird clinic is where love takes wing. | Butler, Joni | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | NW. People. P. 2-3 | Month: 06 Day: 20 Year: 1982 |
| Joseph O. Butler. | Butler, Joseph O. | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1963 | |
| Butler, Julian | Butler, Julian | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 560 | Year: 1900 |
| Mrs. Butler, her daughter, 'Darling of FBI'. | Butler, L. D. (Mrs.) | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 08 Day: 31 Year: 1961 | |
| Butler, Lillian | Butler, Lillian | Person | Women of Washington | p. 14 | Year: 1977 |
| Mrs. Lily Butler, Chelan pioneer, died Thursday. | Butler, Lily D. (Mrs.) | Person | Chelan Valley Mirror | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Butler, Lorena B. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 21 Year: 1972 | |
| Butler, Lorenzo | Butler, Lorenzo | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | p. 9 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Butler, Lucy | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1974 | |
| Children get credit. State Mother of year, 80, has eye on future. | Butler, Maude Kimball | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1961 | |
| Mother of the Year: State honor accorded congress-women's Mother. | Butler, Maude Kimball | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1961 | |
| Mother of Julia Butler Hansen dies. | Butler, Maude Kimball | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | p. 6 | Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1963 |
| Mrs. Walter Butler. | Butler, Nanette (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1964 | |
| Butler, Pearl L | Butler, Pearl L | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1958 | |
| Butler, R. E. | Butler, R. E. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 463 | Year: 1888 |
| Deferred sentence for lawyer who stole. | Butler, Robert L. | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-3 | Month: 08 Day: 26 Year: 1981 |
| Butler, Roy | Butler, Roy | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 121 | Year: 1920 |
| Ted Butler dead at 84. | Butler, Theodore 'Ted' | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 12 Day: 26 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Butler, Titus J. | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1980 | |
| Butler, W. H. | Butler, W. H. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 460 | Year: 1888 |
| Death claims Walter Butler, 75, pioneer in Wenas Valley. | Butler, Walter | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1962 | |
| Last rites held for Warren E. Butler. | Butler, Warren E. | Person | Orting Oracle | Month: 08 Day: 3 Year: 1961 | |
| William Butler of Rainier dies. | Butler, William | Person | ? | ||
| Butler, William | Butler, William | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1957 |
| The banker and his Packards | Butler, William C. | Person | Everett News Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 12 Year: 1989 | |
| The banker and his Packards. | Butler, William C. | Person | Everett News Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 12 Year: 1989 | |
| Butler, William H. | Butler, William H. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 550 | Year: 1900 |
| Bill Butler: The living legend of Mt. Rainier. | Butler, William J. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 2-3 Mag. Sec. | Month: 03 Day: 22 Year: 1964 |
| Butorac Family | Butorac family | Person | Northport Pioneers: echoes of the past from the upper Columbia | p. 141 | Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Butsch, Ray Edward | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1966 |
| Butterfield, Celia (Mrs.) | Butterfield, Celia (Mrs.) | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 427 | Year: 1982 |