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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This, that, and what-have-you | Beaton, Etta | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1963 | |
| Obituary | Beattie, Clara E. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 06 Day: 29 Year: 1971 |
| Beattie, Elbert | Beattie, Elbert | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Special Section p. 99 | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1989 |
| Obituary | Beattie, Frank | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 22 | Month: 08 Day: 19 Year: 1954 |
| I just try to make things work. | Beattie, Kurt | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 3 206 section | Month: 02 Day: 8 Year: 1980 |
| Mrs. Vernon J. Beattiger. | Beattiger, Loretta L. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 02 Day: 23 Year: 1967 | |
| 1941-1980 | Beattiger, Loretta Miller | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| 1941-1980 | Beattiger, Vern | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Early Clark County people: Thomas J. Beatty. | Beatty family | Person | Trail Breakers | p.5 | Month: Day: Year: 1990 |
| Women to watch; eight successful Seattle women. | Beatty, Adrea | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-6 | Month: 06 Day: 2 Year: 1983 |
| Bellevue's Andrea Beatty: The woman who makes City Hall sizzle | Beatty, Adrea | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 25 | Month: 09 Day: 1 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Beatty, Blanch Mary | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1990 | |
| Obituary | Beatty, Blanch Mary | Person | Daily Sun News (Sunnyside, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1990 | |
| Legion of Mary Blanch Beatty make life bearable for many in Yakima hospitals. | Beatty, Blanch Mary | Person | Daily Olympian | p. E-1 | Month: 03 Day: 26 Year: 1978 |
| Beatty, David Crane | Beatty, David Crane | Person | Tillicum Tales | p. 81 | |
| Obituary: David Gene Beatty. | Beatty, David Gene | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 01 Day: 14 Year: 1918 | |
| Beatty, George | Beatty, George | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 222 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Beatty, Hazel Kennedy | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1970 | |
| Beatty, John Francis (M.D.) | Beatty, John Francis (M.D.) | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 342 - 343 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Beatty, Mary Pearl | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 03 Day: 12 Year: 1975 |
| Obituay | Beatty, Oliver Samuel | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 7 | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1968 |
| Beatty, Robert H. | Beatty, Robert H. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 98 | Year: 1980 |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Beatty, Robert H. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Early Clark County people: Thomas J. Beatty. | Beatty, Thomas J. | Person | Trail Breakers | p. 5 | Month: Day: Year: 1990 |
| Beatty, William Henry | Beatty, William Henry | Person | History of Seattle | v.III, p. 71-72 | Year: 1916 |
| Beaty, Clarence | Beaty, Clarence | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 40-41 | Year: 1921 |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Beaty, D. C. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Beaty, Daniel C. | Beaty, Daniel C. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 47 | Year: 1980 |
| Beaty, John Frank | Beaty, John Frank | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 174-175 | Year: 1921 |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll | Beaty, M. Z. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Thurston County Man of the Year | Beau, Percy | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 6 | Month: 10 Day: 8 Year: 1968 |
| Tough-minded forest boss leaves trees behind and heads for desert. | Beaubien, Richard | Person | Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1985 |
| Honoring our Centenarians | Beaubier, Alice Anderson | Person | Dept. of Retirement Systems Bulletin | Month: 12 Year: 1989 | |
| Water: Grandson of pioneer recalls early irrigation. | Beauchamp family | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 12 Day: 13 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituaries | Beauchamp, Clarence Elwocd | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1989 | |
| Female Comics - More than just another funny face. | Beaudry, Michelle | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-2 | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1981 |
| Beaughan, Ernest A. | Beaughan, Ernest A. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 175 | Year: 1920 |
| The Beaulaurier family left blizzards behind and came to Yakima Valley. | Beaulaurier family | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol 4., p. 14-15 | Year: 1975 |
| The Beaulaurier family left blizzards behind and came to Yakima Valley. | Beaulaurier family | Person | Yakima Sun | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1978 | |
| 70-year resident of area dies at 78 | Beaulieu, Josephine | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1970 | |
| Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Beamont. | Beaumont, Charles F. Cecil (Mr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 49 | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1967 |
| Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Beaumont. | Beaumont, Charles F. Cecil (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 49 | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1967 |
| Beaupre, Gladys A. (Mrs.) | Beaupre, Gladys A. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 59 | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1958 |
| Bearpre's election | Beaupre, Robert | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 8 | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1965 |
| Karsh of Ottawa photographs Beaupre of Seattle. | Beaupre, Robert | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest Today p. 14-15 | Month: 08 Day: 14 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Beauregard, Elizabeth Roth | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 25 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Beaver, Bernice M. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 15 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Beaver, Charles | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 1 Year: 1982 | |
| Faye Beaver's family history. | Beaver, Charles | Person | Sou'wester | p. 63 | Month: Day: Year: 1981 |
| The Ocean Beach | Beaver, Charles I. | Person | South Bend Journal | Pacific County Ed. P. 18 | Year: 1900 |