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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two pals made it to the top of the ladder of success. | Bass, Gordon | Person | Seattle Times | p. G-10 | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1971 |
| Rear Adm. Bass retires after 32-years in Navy. | Bass, Thomas E. (III) | Person | Marine Digest | p. 14 | Month: 07 Day: 13 Year: 1974 |
| Maude Burr Basse (Mrs. Thomas F. Basse) | Basse, Maude Burr | Person | Told by the Pioneers | vol 2, p. 46-54 | Year: 1938 |
| I don't know Renton any more pleas (sic) grad of 1904 | Bassen, Mary | Person | Record-Chronicle (Renton, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 21 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Bassett, Alice Jane | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1978 | |
| Brad's first tent passed the test. | Bassett, Brad | Person | Daily Olympian | Totem Tidings, p. 4 | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1978 |
| Bassett, Chandler | Bassett, Chandler | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 663-664 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary: David L. Bassett, M.D. famed U.W. anatomist. | Bassett, David L. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 11 Day: 18 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Bassett, Edith Pauling | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1981 |
| Bassett, Emma | Bassett, Emma | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 32 | Month: 11 Day: 2 Year: 1951 |
| Bassett, Emma Langhorne | Bassett, Emma Langhorne | Person | Women of Grays Harbor County | n. d. 34 p. | |
| Hon. George W. Bassett | Bassett, George W. (Hon.) | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 888 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Bassett, Gladys Holman | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1975 |
| News career helps in new HUD job. | Bassett, Grace | Person | Seattle Times | p. G-2 | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1976 |
| The Sagebrush Bard. | Bassett, H. S. | Person | Washington Newspaper | p. 42+ | Month: 09 Year: 1962 |
| Harvey Bassett, local pioneer passes away. | Bassett, Harvey C. | Person | Federal Way News-Advertiser | Month: 07 Day: 22 Year: 1964 | |
| Bassett was first settler in Four Lakes area: Memoirs tell the tale of adventure, opportunity. | Bassett, Herman | Person | Cheney Free Press | Month: 08 Day: 31 Year: 1989 | |
| Death comes for pioneer editor Herman Bassett. | Bassett, Herman S. | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1965 | |
| Krupp Newspaper ' the Signal' had its part in Herdey of Marlin. | Bassett, Herman S. | Person | Odessa Record | Month: 04 Day: 15 Year: 1965 | |
| Death comes for pioneer editor Herman Bassett. | Bassett, Herman S. | Person | Spokane Weekly Chronicle | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1965 | |
| Death comes for pioneer editor Herman Bassett. | Bassett, Herman S. | Person | Washington Newspaper | p. 10 | Month: 04 Year: 1965 |
| Death comes for pioneer editor Herman Bassett. | Bassett, Herman S. | Person | Davenport Times | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1965 | |
| Biography | Bassett, J. D. | Person | Caytons Legislative Manual | p. 22-23 | Year: 1905 |
| Mrs. J.E. Bassett Dies in Spokane. | Bassett, Jane (Mrs.) | Person | Okanogan Independent | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1968 | |
| Mrs. J.E. Bassett Dies in Spokane. | Bassett, Jane (Mrs.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 10 Day: 30 Year: 1968 | |
| Jennie D. Bassett dies here at 105. | Bassett, Jennie D. (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1964 | |
| Biography | Bassett, John B. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-20 | Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1970 |
| Hon. John D. Bassett | Bassett, John D. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 807 | Year: 1904 |
| Joins visitation to Four Lakes. | Bassett, Minnie M. | Person | Harrington Citizen | Month: 05 Day: 10 Year: 1962 | |
| Samuel B. Bassett, labor lawyer, dies. | Bassett, Samuel B. | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-16 | Month: 01 Day: 18 Year: 1971 |
| H. S. Bassett, Spokane's earliest, tells his own story. | Bassett, W. S. | Person | SR. Mag. | p. 3 | Month: 08 Day: 2 Year: 1953 |
| Fred Bassetti, publisher, dies at 73. | Bassetti, Fred M. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 12 Day: 26 Year: 1960 | |
| Bast, Casper E. | Bast, Casper E. | Person | Everett Daily Herald | p. 20 | |
| Bast, Engelbert | Bast, Engelbert | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 529 | Year: 1894 |
| Bast, John H. | Bast, John H. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | p. 262-266 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Basteyns, Katherine Marie | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1974 | |
| Mrs Arthur Basthiem succumbs. | Bastheim, Sara (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 26 | Month: 10 Day: 2 Year: 1963 |
| Bastian, Isaac | Bastian, Isaac | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 123 | Year: 1980 |
| Bastian, Rose (Mrs.) | Bastian, Rose (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 123 | Year: 1980 |
| To work...to dream...to never finish. | Bastow, Reginald | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-8 | Month: 02 Day: 23 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Bastrom, Jacob J. | Person | Daily Globe News (Auburn, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 2 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Bastron, Joseph | Person | Ritzville Journal-Times | Month: 02 Day: 8 Year: 1973 | |
| Sue Batali 'I'm doing it with them...'. | Batali, Sue | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | A-10 | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1982 |
| Batayola, Teresita I. | Batayola, Teresita I. | Person | Washington Women | p. 3 | Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Batcheldor, William R. | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Batcheldor, William R. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 02 Day: 4 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Batcheldor, William R. | Person | Monroe Monitor | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Batcheller, Willard Dix | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1968 | |
| Pioneer Olympia Breweryman Dies | Batcheller, Willard Dix | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 03 Day: 11 Year: 1968 | |
| Batcheller, Willis T. | Batcheller, Willis T. | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 88 | Year: 1960 |