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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batchelor, Chester A. | Batchelor, Chester A. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 127 | Year: 1936 |
| Barber and Rancher. Shop in the brick Hotel | Batchelor, E. E. | Person | Port Orchard Independent | Supp | Month: 04 Year: 1971 |
| Obituary | Batchelor, Raymond M. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 29 Year: 1977 | |
| Alice Bateman Funeral Held. | Bateman, Alice Clyde | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 05 Day: 9 Year: 1968 | |
| Mrs Bateman dies Saturday. | Bateman, Alice Clyde | Person | Waitsburg Times | Month: 05 Day: 2 Year: 1968 | |
| Elmer Bateman, Dayton area native, dies. | Bateman, Elmer C. | Person | Waitsburg Times | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1962 | |
| Elmer Bateman, Dayton area native, dies. | Bateman, Elmer C. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 10 Day: 30 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Bateman, Fern W. | Person | Waitsburg Times | Month: 05 Day: 26 Year: 1983 | |
| Katherine Bateman, Flag's Seamstress. | Bateman, Katherine | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-8 | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1976 |
| Bateman, Margaret Elizabeth | Bateman, Margaret Elizabeth | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1 | Year: 1956 |
| Bateman, P. B.` | Bateman, P. B.` | Person | Columbia | 0.208333333 | |
| Bateman, P. B.` | Bateman, P. B.` | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 460 | |
| Fighting Back | Bateman, Py | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1984 | |
| Bateman rites held Friday. | Bateman, Wilbur E. | Person | Waitsburg Times | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1966 | |
| Pioneer family spanned years from covered wagons to superhighways` | Bates, B. W. J. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag., p. 3 | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1962 |
| Obituary | Bates, Beverly P. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 22 | Month: 02 Day: 24 Year: 1954 |
| Bates, Charles O. (Maj.) | Bates, Charles O. (Maj.) | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 450 | Year: 1916 |
| Bates, Charles O. (Maj.) | Bates, Charles O. (Maj.) | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | p. 118-120 | Year: 1917 |
| Bates, Chester D. | Bates, Chester D. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 232-233 | Year: 1921 |
| Four hailed as outstanding citizens. | Bates, Dale | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1988 | |
| Mrs. Herrman Bates, pioneer, passes. | Bates, Emma C. (Mrs.) | Person | Skamania County Pioneer | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Bates, Ernest O. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1953 | |
| Obituary | Bates, Etta | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 07 Day: 6 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Bates, Etta Sparks | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1972 | |
| Did it really happen in Tacoma? The ghost of J.M. Bates still roams Steilacoom. | Bates, J. M. | Person | Review (Tacoma, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 21 Year: 1978 | |
| Distinguished | Bates, Jack B. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 4 | Month: 06 Day: 12 Year: 1966 |
| Bates, Kate Stevens | Bates, Kate Stevens | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 21, p. 212-215 | |
| Biography | Bates, Kate Stevens | Person | Kate Stevens Bates | Typescript, 4 pages | |
| Bates, Kate Stevens | Bates, Kate Stevens | Person | Papers | Mss 175 | |
| Bates, Kate Stevens | Bates, Kate Stevens | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p.27 | Year: 1927 |
| Olympia, State lose Mrs. Bates, Pioneer | Bates, Kate Stevens | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1941 |
| Bates, L. H. | Bates, L. H. | Person | Biographical Sketch | Typescript. | |
| A woman moves a man's world 'by truck' | Bates, Lois | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 2 | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1949 |
| Mrs. Bates, long time resident, dies. | Bates, Lorena V. | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 04 Day: 20 Year: 1967 | |
| Bates, Loring L. | Bates, Loring L. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 107 | Year: 1929 |
| Obituary | Bates, Margaret W. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 10 Day: 12 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary: Ray A. Bates, 80. | Bates, Ray A. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 09 Day: 1 Year: 1967 | |
| Hacky-sack Hurrah: Our footbag champ heads for the Nationals | Bates, Rick | Person | Pacific Northwest | p. 24 | Month: 04 Year: 1985 |
| Obituary: Sarah C. Bates, 98. | Bates, Sarah C. | Person | Herald-Reporter (Brewster, Wash) | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Bates, Theresa 'Tess' | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 18 Year: 1979 | |
| Bates, U. C. (M.D.) | Bates, U. C. (M.D.) | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 162 | Year: 1916 |
| William Bates, Alaska Banker, dies; rites set. | Bates, William A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 22 | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Bates, William Charles | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | ||
| Obituary | Bates, William L. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 05 Day: 27 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Bates-Seydell, Josephine T. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 01 Day: 16 Year: 1986 | |
| Minnie has a birthday. | Batey, Minnie | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1971 | |
| Hans Nilsen Bathen and Marta Molland. | Bathen, Hans Nilsen | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 6, p. 98. | Year: 1977 |
| Bathrick, Floyd E. | Bathrick, Floyd E. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 139 | Year: 1936 |
| 1917 - 1950s | Bathurst, Frank X. | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| 1917-1950s | Bathurst, Gladys H. | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 |