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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest College head resigns post. | Butterfield, Charles E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 51 | Month: 02 Day: 17 Year: 1966 |
| Butterfield, Deborah | Butterfield, Deborah | Person | 50 Northwest Artists | p. 28 | Year: 1983 |
| Mrs. O. D. Butterfield, former teacher, passes. | Butterfield, Ethel | Person | Peninsula Gateway | Month: 01 Day: 5 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Butterfield, Henry Gustavus | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1975 | |
| Butterfield, Jarvis | Butterfield, Jarvis | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 207-208 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Butterfield, Joseph J. | Person | Daily Chronicle | p. 8 | Month: 06 Day: 18 Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Butterfield, LaForrest L. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1975 | |
| Butterfield, Russ | Butterfield, Russ | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 427 | Year: 1982 |
| Three adjusting to life after the Legislature | Butterfield, Stan | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1989 | |
| Mr. & Mrs. Butterwek 1928? - ? | Butterwek, Mr. | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Butterworth, Edgar R. | Butterworth, Edgar R. | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 123 | |
| Butterworth, Edgar R. | Butterworth, Edgar R. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 514 | Year: 1893 |
| Butterworth, Gilbert M. | Butterworth, Gilbert M. | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 48 | Year: 1927 |
| Butterworth, Harold | Butterworth, Harold | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | p. 18 | Year: 1921 |
| Democrats leave the campaign stone age with computer data. | Butterworth, J. Blair | Person | Argus | p. 1-2 | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1982 |
| Ex-Ray aide's contract to help city's poor. | Butterworth, J. Blair | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-18 | Month: 04 Day: 7 Year: 1979 |
| 'Miracle man' of politics --He got Dixy in --and he got her out again. | Butterworth, J. Blair | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-4 | Month: 09 Day: 18 Year: 1980 |
| Ex-legislators at work with the Legislature. | Butterworth, J. Blair | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-6 | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1983 |
| Ray's 1976 campaign manager now boosts rival. | Butterworth, J. Blair | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-1 | Month: 04 Day: 30 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Butterworth, M. Virginia | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1982 | |
| Gorton appoints office director. | Butterworth, Ritajean | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-7 | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1980 |
| Butterworth, Walter | Butterworth, Walter | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 252-253 | Year: 1921 |
| Arthur Buttke, M'ville pioneer passes away Sunday, age 84. | Buttke, Arthur | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 12 Day: 8 Year: 1966 | |
| Mrs. Harry C. Buttles | Buttles, Bertha A. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 30 | Month: 06 Day: 3 Year: 1966 |
| Buttles, Charles E. | Buttles, Charles E. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 755 | Year: 1904 |
| Button, C. A. (Mrs.) | Button, C. A. (Mrs.) | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 205 | Year: 1920 |
| Button, Charles A. | Button, Charles A. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 209 | Year: 1920 |
| Guest Speaker. | Button, Dorothy | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1965 | |
| Button, Dorothy | Button, Dorothy | Person | Women of Washington | 907-8 | Year: 1977 |
| Button, Earl Gilbert | Button, Earl Gilbert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 230-231 | Year: 1921 |
| Software for the Common Man: Jim Button and the Software Revolution. | Button, Jim | Person | Pacific Northwest | p. 38+ | Month: 09 Year: 1987 |
| Button, John Horace | Button, John Horace | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 230-231 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Button, Ray | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1988 | |
| Robert Cleveland Button | Button, Robert Cleveland | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 6, p. 67 | Year: 1977 |
| The shadow of scandal: former prison official Roger Button denies sex with inmates charge. | Button, Roger | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-17 | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1985 |
| Buttorff, Herbert Rex | Buttorff, Herbert Rex | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 198-199 | Year: 1921 |
| Butts, Edith A. | Butts, Edith A. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p, 1 | Year: 1951 |
| Mrs. Roy E. Butts. | Butts, Edyth Nora (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Butts, Inez M. Danner (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 07 Day: 10 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Butts, Sarah W. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 05 Day: 13 Year: 1976 |
| Obituary | Butts, Sarah W. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1976 | |
| Butts, Stephen and wife. | Butts, Stephen | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 210 | Year: 1980 |
| Biographical Sketch. | Butts, Stephen | Person | South Bend Journal | Pacific Co. Ed., p. 15 | Year: 1900 |
| Butts, Stephen Sr, deceased, heirs of, and Adosha Butts, widow | Butts, Stephen (Sr.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 241 | Year: 1980 |
| Buty, Louis F. | Buty, Louis F. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 43 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Butz, Anna Nell | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1973 | |
| Child analyst bows out from active teaching role. | Buxbaum, Edith (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-1 | Month: 10 Day: 15 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary: Edith Buxbaum, top psychoanalyst. | Buxbaum, Edith (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1982 |
| Buxbaum: Analyist...and much more. | Buxbaum, Edith (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1975 |
| Buxbaum, Edith (Dr.) | Buxbaum, Edith (Dr.) | Person | Women of Washington | p. 10 | Year: 1977 |