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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born in 1867 | Beach, George (Dr.) | Person | Port Townsend Leader | ||
| President congratulates Dr. Beach. | Beach, George (Dr.) | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Month: 04 Day: 21 Year: 1969 | |
| Mrs Walter Beach | Beach, Lola E. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 9 | Month: 09 Day: 25 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary: Minnie Beach, longtime Seattle teacher, dies at 95. | Beach, Minnie | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-14 | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1982 |
| Beach, William Morton | Beach, William Morton | Person | Notable Men in Washington | p. 46 | |
| Obituary | Beache, Minnie Pennington | Person | Tenino Independent | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1972 | |
| The Art of Dressage. Horse and rider must flow together. | Beaesalwy, Kim | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-1 | Month: 06 Day: 6 Year: 1983 |
| Beagle, Charles D. | Beagle, Charles D. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v.III, p. 64-65 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Beagle, Eustace | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 06 Day: 6 Year: 1966 | |
| Beahan, N. | Beahan, N. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 596 | Year: 1894 |
| Beal, Harvey | Beal, Harvey | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 565-566 | Year: 1917 |
| Beal, John R. | Beal, John R. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 175 | Year: 1920 |
| Mrs. Beal dies: Taught at U.W. | Beal, Maud | Person | Seattle Times | p. 50 | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1969 |
| Cheney artist develops soft sculpture. | Beal, Ruth | Person | Cheney Free Press | Month: 09 Day: 30 Year: 1971 | |
| Alice Beale, 70 retired teacher taken by death. | Beale, Alice | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 12 Day: 24 Year: 1970 | |
| Beale, Carl | Beale, Carl | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 02 Day: 19 Year: 1959 | |
| Tales of a frontier physician: the story of Dr. Frank Sidney Beale, 1866-1952 | Beale, Frank Sidney (Dr.) | Person | Okanogan County Heritage | p. 8+ | Month: Day: |
| Pomeroy -- Maverick town hisrtorian in rancher's boots is a virtual encyclopedia of town's early tales. | Beale, Robert 'Bob' | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-6 | Month: 10 Day: 20 Year: 1980 |
| Bob Beale winner of state volunteer award. | Beale, Robert 'Bob' | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 05 Day: 8 Year: 1985 | |
| Beale, William J. | Beale, William J. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 158-159 | Year: 1921 |
| Harrington - Beall - Swain history pivots on logs. | Beall family | Person | Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber | Month: 08 Day: 25 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary | Beall, Grace (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 46 | Month: 02 Day: 16 Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Beall, Helen C. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 12 Day: 21 Year: 1978 | |
| Beall, John | Beall, John | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 607-608 | Year: 1904 |
| L. C. Beall, Jr., Poultyman, dies. | Beall, Lewis C. (Jr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 24 | Month: 11 Day: 21 Year: 1966 |
| Lewis C. Beall Jr., poultryman, dies | Beall, Lewis C. (Jr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 11 Day: 22 Year: 1966 | |
| Beall, Lloyd | Beall, Lloyd | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 654-655 | Year: 1904 |
| Publisher, physician named First Citizens. | Beall, Sam | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 12 Year: 1990 | |
| Rites set for Wallace M. Beall, Vashon. | Beall, Wallace M. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 43 | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1964 |
| Wellwood Beall joins Douglas. | Beall, Wellwood E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p.1 | Month: 07 Day: 16 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary: Former senior vice president & a director for the Boeing Co. | Beall, Wellwood E. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-16 | Month: 01 Day: 31 Year: 1978 |
| Beall, Wellwood E. | Beall, Wellwood E. | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 81 | Year: 1960 |
| Past Remembered | Bealle family | Person | Acres of Orchids and Roses | p. 110 | Year: 1978 |
| Beals, Orthilia G. Carroll (Mrs.) | Beals, Orthilia G. Carroll (Mrs.) | Person | Women of the West | p. 188 | Year: 1928 |
| Obituary: Rosary to be said for Mrs. Walter Beals, 94. | Beals, Orthilia G. Carroll (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 10 | Month: 05 Day: 26 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary: Rosary to be said for Mrs. Walter Beals, 94. | Beals, Orthilia G. Carroll (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-20 | Month: 05 Day: 26 Year: 1970 |
| Judge Beals dies at 83 in Olympia. | Beals, Walter Burges (Judge) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1960 | |
| Judge Walter B. Beals, Alumnus summalaude dignatus. | Beals, Walter Burges (Judge) | Person | Washington Alumnus | vol. 42 | Month: Day: Year: 1952 |
| Beals, Walter Burges (Judge) | Beals, Walter Burges (Judge) | Person | History of the Supreme Court of the Territory and | p. 81 | Year: 1932 |
| Beals, Walter Burges (Judge) | Beals, Walter Burges (Judge) | Person | Background and Selection Patterns Justices of the | p. 17 | Year: 1974 |
| Judge Beals to end long Supreme Court career soon. | Beals, Walter Burges (Judge) | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 08 Day: 8 Year: 1951 | |
| Judge Beals will be Honored | Beals, Walter Burges (Judge) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 23 | Month: 06 Day: 12 Year: 1952 |
| Obituary | Beals, Walter Burges (Judge) | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1960 | |
| University alumni honor Judge Beals | Beals, Walter Burges (Judge) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1952 | |
| Beals, Walter Burges (Judge) | Beals, Walter Burges (Judge) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1952 | |
| Fleming-Harkness-Beam Family Records. | Beam family | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 37, p. 181-198 | |
| Albert Beam was a Camden pioneer. | Beam, Albert | Person | Newport Miner | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Beam, Charles Edwin | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 12 Day: 9 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Beam, Charles R | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Beam, Clara Alice (Mrs.) | Person | Columbia Basin News (Pasco, Wash.) | p. 12 | Month: 12 Day: 7 Year: 1953 |