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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beam, George W. | Beam, George W. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 360-361 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Beam, J. Lyle | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Beam, Maude A. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1991 | |
| Obituary | Beam, Simeon | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | p. 15 | Month: 10 Day: 21 Year: 1954 |
| Claude Beaman--a young pioneer at 87. | Beaman, Claude | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 04 Day: 27 Year: 1977 | |
| Saga of the Inseparable George and Pansy. | Beaman, George | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-13 | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1974 |
| Horse racing is this family's passion. | Beamer family | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 01 Day: 31 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Beamer, Charles (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1968 | |
| C. L. Beamer, ex-Seatleite | Beamer, Charles L. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 21 | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1965 |
| Last rites held for Charles L. Beamer. | Beamer, Charles L. | Person | North Bend Record | Month: 11 Day: 18 Year: 1965 | |
| Anna Beamer, 81 dies at Brewster. | Beamer, Ida Anna | Person | Okanogan Independent | Month: 07 Day: 11 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituaries | Beamer, Ida Anna | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 07 Day: 5 Year: 1968 | |
| Death takes Lula Beamer. | Beamer, Lula D. (Mrs.) | Person | Snoqualmie Valley | Month: 07 Day: 11 Year: 1968 | |
| Pioneer Anna Bean was crack schoolmarm. | Bean, Anna | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-3 | Month: 12 Day: 13 Year: 1981 |
| Des Moines fieldhouse pioneer Arch Bean dies at 86. | Bean, Archie | Person | Des Moines News | Month: 01 Day: 18 Year: 1989 | |
| Obituary | Bean, Avness Rehm | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1980 | |
| Bean, Charles W. | Bean, Charles W. | Person | Territorial and state superintendents, 1861 to present. | p. 8 | Year: 1976 |
| Bean, Chester O. | Bean, Chester O. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, p. 360 | Year: 1917 |
| Bean, Clinton W. | Bean, Clinton W. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1959 | |
| Crystal Bean Passes | Bean, Crystal | Person | Sultan Valley News | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1968 | |
| Rock Concerts...With ear plugs | Bean, Dan | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 Totem Tidings | Month: 05 Day: 25 Year: 1975 |
| Bean, Dorothy | Bean, Dorothy | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 118 | Year: 1982 |
| Earl Bean...That was what I found in Olympia -- Great Trust | Bean, Earl | Person | Daily Olympian | Month Magazine p. 16 | Month: 08 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary | Bean, Earl | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1973 |
| Birthday Spectacular. | Bean, Edie | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-6 | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1971 |
| Obituary | Bean, Emma Alice | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 01 Day: 9 Year: 1978 | |
| Fred Bean Family | Bean, Fred | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 118 | Year: 1982 |
| Bean, George | Bean, George | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 118 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Bean, Glenn Leonard | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1983 | |
| Harold Bean, Seattle Native | Bean, Harold | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 08 Day: 17 Year: 1968 | |
| Great-Grandmother Keeps 'in the swim' | Bean, Inez (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 03 Day: 8 Year: 1966 | |
| Poolside party for Inez. | Bean, Inez (Mrs.) | Person | West Seattle Herald | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1966 | |
| J. N. Jasper Bean | Bean, J. N. Jasper | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 246 | Year: 1904 |
| Jasper Bean Family were early area pioneers. | Bean, Jasper | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 05 Day: 31 Year: 1990 | |
| Faces of the City -- M.L. Bean makes big impact on city's business life. | Bean, M. L. | Person | ? | ||
| Industry, hard work in Mormon way. | Bean, M. L. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-14 | Month: 10 Day: 29 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary: Critic Margaret Bean, 98, dies. | Bean, Margaret | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1986 | |
| Margaret Bean made inroads during Spokane's elegant days. | Bean, Margaret | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1986 | |
| Bean, Margaret | Bean, Margaret | Person | Women of the West | p. 188 | Year: 1928 |
| Living Pioneers of Washington. Mrs Mary Bean, Tacoma, Wash. | Bean, Mary F. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1915 | |
| Bean, Mattie Newby | Bean, Mattie Newby | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | Vol 1 | Year: 1927 |
| Obituary | Bean, Milton | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-7 | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1978 |
| Obituary | Bean, Milton W. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-13 | Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1975 |
| Obituary | Bean, Monte L. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-8 | Month: 10 Day: 17 Year: 1982 |
| Pay 'n Save gets bigger'n bigger. | Bean, Monte L. | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 7, 12 | Month: Day: Year: 1977 |
| Bean, Monte L. | Bean, Monte L. | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 81 | Year: 1960 |
| Percy Bean quitting business but not retiring. | Bean, Percy X. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 05 Day: 4 Year: 1981 |
| Teaching pays the way | Bean, Percy X. | Person | Olympian | p. b-1 | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1982 |
| Bridge King Bean elected President of Card Group. | Bean, Percy X. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 6 | Month: 11 Day: 22 Year: 1971 |
| Ray W. Bean taken by death. | Bean, Ray W. | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1965 |