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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backus, Manson Franklin | Backus, Manson Franklin | Person | History of Washington | v. V, p. 101-102 | Year: 1909 |
| Backus, Manson Franklin | Backus, Manson Franklin | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 807-809 | Year: 1916 |
| Backus, Manson Franklin | Backus, Manson Franklin | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 20 | Year: 1929 |
| Jewelry | Backus, Verona | Person | Past Remembered, The | p. 36 | |
| Making it big in Spokane -- Success stories. | Bacon, Bill | Person | Spokane Magazine | p. 38 | Month: 01 Year: 1979 |
| Chehalin Passes | Bacon, Carrie G. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 16 Year: 1966 | |
| Cyrene Bacon services held. | Bacon, Cyrene Adelia | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary: H.F. Bacon, retailing executive, dies. | Bacon, Harold F. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-46 | Month: 01 Day: 16 Year: 1983 |
| Sure, Bacon's retired, but not from life. | Bacon, Henry C. | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-6 | Month: 06 Day: 6 Year: 1974 |
| Obituary | Bacon, Jone | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 10 Day: 25 Year: 1906 | |
| Leslie Bacon Seeks $3 Million for Bugging by U.S. | Bacon, Leslie | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-7 | Month: 06 Day: 23 Year: 1974 |
| Bacon, Mable Donovan (Mrs.) | Bacon, Mable Donovan (Mrs.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1958 | |
| Obituary | Bacon, Ruth | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1982 | |
| Bacon, William T. | Bacon, William T. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 353 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Bacus, Winifred | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1979 | |
| Herman Bade, College Place, is dead at 100. | Bade, Herman C. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Baden, Fred | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 5 | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Baden, Lorena A. | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 06 Day: 3 Year: 1976 | |
| Baden, W. P. | Baden, W. P. | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 06 Day: 5 Year: 1958 | |
| Bader, Frank Leslie | Bader, Frank Leslie | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 127 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary: Ex-Tacoman, Noted Poet, Succumbs | Bader, Gertrude H. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 24 Year: 1973 | |
| Bader, Will | Bader, Will | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 115 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Badger, Ida May Sorensen | Person | Wahkiakum County Eagle | Month: 11 Day: 15 Year: 1979 | |
| Mrs. Ida Badger cuts ribbon oening new Hull Creek Span. | Badger, Ida May Sorensen | Person | Wahkiakum County Eagle | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1973 | |
| Badger, J. S. | Badger, J. S. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 728 | Year: 1894 |
| Obituary | Badger, Ray | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Badgley, Gilbert L. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 09 Day: 17 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Badgley, Nora | Person | Ilwaco Tribune | Month: 03 Day: 21 Year: 1973 | |
| New Frederick's man a "shopkeeper". | Badovinus, Wayne L. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. E-1 | Month: 11 Day: 15 Year: 1981 |
| Ex-Nordstrom executive to take over as Frederick's head. | Badovinus, Wayne L. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-12 | Month: 10 Day: 10 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Baehr, Minnie S. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Baehr, Minnie S. | Person | Edmonds Tribune Review | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1973 | |
| Caroline (L. Baer) Jensen, County's Oldest Native-Born, Dies | Baer family | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1969 | |
| Spokane '89 revisited: Jake's heart was soft and his humor hearty. | Baer family, | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Baer, August (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 25 | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Baer, Chester | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1981 | |
| Baer, Harry F. | Baer, Harry F. | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 336 | Year: 1893 |
| Baer, Jacob C. | Baer, Jacob C. | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 100 | Year: 1977 |
| The Baer Homestead. | Baer, John | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Baer, John L. "Jack" | Person | Bellingham Herald | p. 13 | Month: 05 Day: 4 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Baer, Rudy | Person | Ferndale Record | Month: 04 Day: 23 Year: 1969 | |
| The Baer Homestead | Baer, William F. "Billy" (Jr.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1967 | |
| The Baer Homestead | Baer, William F. (Mrs. Sr.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1967 | |
| The Baer Homestead | Baer, William F. (Sr.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1967 | |
| Tacoma's First Family of Ballet. | Baespflug Family | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 10 | Month: 09 Day: 28 Year: 1969 |
| Burial Monday for Paul Baeten | Baeten, Paul | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1971 | |
| Baeten, Peter J. | Baeten, Peter J. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 64-65 | Year: 1921 |
| Bafus, Eva E | Bafus, Eva E | Person | Daily Bulletin (Colfax, Wash) | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1981 | |
| Obituary | Bafus, Eva E. | Person | Daily Bulletin (Colfax, Wash) | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1981 | |
| Bafus, Lena (Mrs.) | Bafus, Lena (Mrs.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 5 | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1956 |