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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obituary | Buxbaum, John H. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 10 | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1951 |
| Buxbaum, John Henry | Buxbaum, John Henry | Person | Marine Digest | p. 2 | Month: 08 Day: 25 Year: 1951 |
| Buxbaum, John Henry | Buxbaum, John Henry | Person | Marine Digest | ||
| He had no reservations about a career in reserves. | Buxton, Bob | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-13 | Month: 02 Day: 24 Year: 1980 |
| Buxton, Georgia | Buxton, Georgia | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1955 |
| Buxton, J. P. | Buxton, J. P. | Person | Annual Proceedings of the Washington Press Assoc. for 1887-90 | p. 124 | |
| Buxton, J. R. | Buxton, J. R. | Person | 1909 Lewis County, Washington, as told in writing and pictures. | p. 18 | Year: 1983 |
| Shilshole Bay marina to get a new skipper. | Buxton, W. H. 'Buck' | Person | Marine Digest Magazine | p. 38 | Month: 01 Day: 22 Year: 1966 |
| Buyken, George H. | Buyken, George H. | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 83 | Year: 1980 |
| Living Pioneers of Washington. Isaac Wilson Buzby, Ellensburg, Wash. | Buzby, Isaac Wilaon | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1916 | |
| Buzby, James and wife Margarett | Buzby, James | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 56 | Year: 1980 |
| The work was for real | Buzzard, Fiona | Person | Daily Olympian | p. D-3 | Month: 03 Day: 28 Year: 1976 |
| Morris W. Buzzard. | Buzzard, Morris W. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 625 | Year: 1904 |
| Buzzard, Robert | Buzzard, Robert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 25 | Year: 1921 |
| Byars, Irijah | Byars, Irijah | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 11 | Year: 1980 |
| Byars, Minnie L. (Mrs.) | Byars, Minnie L. (Mrs.) | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 143-144 | Year: 1982 |
| Byars, William Nesbitt | Byars, William Nesbitt | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 143-144 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Byars, William Nesbitt | Person | Goldendale Sentinel | Month: 01 Day: 28 Year: 1982 | |
| Byars-Nesbitt Clan | Byars-Nesbitt family | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 143 | Year: 1982 |
| James Bybee | Bybee, James | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 391 | Year: 1885 |
| Bybee, May Agnes (Mrs.) | Bybee, May Agnes (Mrs.) | Person | Columbian & Sun | Month: 01 Day: 19 Year: 1959 | |
| Bye, Katherine (Mrs.) | Bye, Katherine (Mrs.) | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 144 | Year: 1982 |
| Bye, Stewart | Bye, Stewart | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 144 | Year: 1982 |
| Byer, Allison Frederick | Byer, Allison Frederick | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 23, p. 47-48 | |
| Byer, John H. | Byer, John H. | Person | History of Seattle | v.III p. 954-957 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Byerly, Dicy Hall (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 12 | Month: 05 Day: 3 Year: 1964 |
| Death claims Mrs. Oliver L. Byerly. | Byerly, Emma F. (Mrs.) | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1963 | |
| Byerly, Oliver L. | Byerly, Oliver L. | Person | Memorial Addresses. 21st Legislature | p. 71 | Year: 1929 |
| Byers, Alpheus | Byers, Alpheus | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| Obituary: Betsy Byers | Byers, Betsy M. | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Byers, Eva V. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 03 Day: 17 Year: 1978 | |
| Couple linked to history. | Byers, Joe | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1971 | |
| John C. Byers | Byers, John C. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 377 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary: John H. Byers. | Byers, John Harris | Person | Ferndale Record | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1974 | |
| L.D. Byers, Seattleite 69 years, dies. | Byers, Lorenzo Dow | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 11 | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Byers, Nellie D. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1982 | |
| Byers, Ovid A. | Byers, Ovid A. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 144 | Year: 1916 |
| Byers, Ovid A. | Byers, Ovid A. | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| Thomas J. Byers retired rancher taken by death. | Byers, Thomas J. | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 11 Day: 20 Year: 1969 | |
| Capitol Hill's 'Country Doc'. | Byers, Tom | Person | Seattle Times | p. 12-13 Sunday Mag. | Month: 01 Day: 28 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary | Byers, Wilbur Ray | Person | Ferndale Record | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Byers, William H. | Person | Standard-Register | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1977 | |
| Byham, William A. | Byham, William A. | Person | Winlock News | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1958 | |
| Famous cons no heros to ex-warden. | Byington, Don | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-7 | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1981 |
| J. A. Byington seeks Port Commissioner post. | Byington, J. A. "Joe" | Person | Marine Digest | p. 23 | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1971 |
| Byington, W. W. | Byington, W. W. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 480-481 | Year: 1900 |
| Annie Baker passes at 86. | Byles family | Person | Montesano Vidette | Month: 09 Day: 10 Year: 1964 | |
| Naomi Hall, pioneer kin, dies at 83. | Byles family, | Person | Montesano Vidette | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1966 | |
| Naomi Hall, pioneer kin, dies at 83. | Byles family, | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1966 | |
| Vidette Flashback. | Byles, Charles N. | Person | Montesano Vidette | Month: 02 Day: 4 Year: 1971 |