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
Obituary Boning, Charles F. Person Wenatchee World Month: 05 Day: 31 Year: 1979
Obituary Boning, Joe Person Waterville Empire-Press Month: 12 Day: 22 Year: 1977
Obituary Bonk, Lydia Elizabeth Person Sprague Advocate Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1972
Bonk-Kirchhoffer Family Bonk-Kirchhoffer family Person Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. p. 173-175 Year: 1982
Campaigns not new to Carolyn Bonker. Bonker, Carolyn Person Seattle Times p. B-3 Month: 12 Day: 24 Year: 1974
From royal dining to back-pack trip. Bonker, Carolyn Person Daily Olympian p. C-1 Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1977
Toasted more than roasted: Don Bonker heads for private sector. Bonker, Don Person Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) Month: 12 Day: 8 Year: 1988
Clark county gathers to thank, praise one of its own. Bonker, Don Person Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1988
Obituary Bonlie, Irene Person Snoqualmie Valley Record Month: 08 Day: 29 Year: 1991
Oldtime Blaine resident passed away Jun 6. Bonnaile, Dora Virginia (Mrs.) Person Friday Harbor Journal Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1964
Oldtime Blaine resident passed away Jun 6. Bonnaile, Dora Virginia (Mrs.) Person Blaine Journal Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1964
Mrs Hector Bonnar dies in Calfornia Bonnar, Julia U. Person Seattle Times p. 45 Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1969
Miss Nina Bonnell, 71. Bonnell, Nina Person Seattle Post-Intelligencer Month: 03 Day: 30 Year: 1967
Issaquah Family Album: The Bonner Family. Bonner family Person Issaquah Press Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1990
Obituary Bonner, Bertha Day Person Everett Herald Month: 03 Day: 18 Year: 1969
Obituary Bonner, Bertha Day Person Everett Herald Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1969
Obituary Bonner, Fern A. Person Olympian p. B-2 Month: 09 Day: 28 Year: 1987
William Bonner, N.K. settler dies at 97. Bonner, William L. Person Bremerton Sun Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1961
G.J. bonness, formerly of Seattle, dies Bonness, George J. Person Seattle Daily Times p. 69 Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1963
History isn't Scripture Bonneville, Benjamin Person Snake River Echoes v.4, no., 4, p. 71-72
Bonney family Bonney family Person Pioneer teachers of Washington p. 142 Year: 1955
Obituary Bonney, Elsie A. Herness Person Nisqually Valley News Month: 05 Day: 9 Year: 1991
Obituary:Ernest Hiram Bonney, Ernest Hiram Person Nisqually Valley News Month: 09 Day: 14 Year: 1974
Obituary Bonney, Ernest Hiram Person Daily Olympian p. 6 Month: 09 Day: 10 Year: 1967
Obituary Bonney, Ernest Hiram Person Daily Olympian p. 8 Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1967
Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll Bonney, Eunice E. Person Washington Standard p. 1 Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889
Early-day Olympia resident is taken by death in Tacoma. Bonney, Evaline B. Person Tacoma News Tribune Month: 12 Day: 3 Year: 1959
Early-day Olympia resident is taken by death in Tacoma. Bonney, Evaline B. Person Daily Olympian Month: 12 Day: 2 Year: 1959
Bonney, F. W. Bonney, F. W. Person Illustrated History of the State of Washington p. 849 Year: 1893
Obituary Bonney, Heber B. Person Seattle Daily Times p. 75 Month: 03 Day: 21 Year: 1965
Obituary Bonney, Leonard L. Person Daily Olympian Month: 09 Day: 2 Year: 1959
Alph Sigma State's centennial salute to Washington's pioneer women teachers. Bonney, Lydia Person Delta Kappa Gamma unpaged Year: 1953
Bonney, Lydia Ann (Mrs.) Bonney, Lydia Ann (Mrs.) Person Washington Territory Donation Land Claims p. 113 Year: 1980
Bonney, Lyman Walter Bonney, Lyman Walter Person History of Seattle v II, p. 816-818 Year: 1916
Bonney, Lyman Walter Bonney, Lyman Walter Person Illustrated History of the State of Washington p. 611-612 Year: 1893
Bonney, Lyman Walter Bonney, Lyman Walter Person Washington West of the Cascades v. III, p. 160-162 Year: 1917
Who can do anything? Norma! Bonney, Norma Person Seattle Times p. 18 Month: 08 Day: 2 Year: 1968
Bonney, Robert Earl Bonney, Robert Earl Person Washington State Men of Valor p. 41-42 Year: 1980
Robert E. Bonney, 84. Bonney, Robert Earl Person Seattle Times p. 9 Month: 11 Day: 24 Year: 1967
Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll Bonney, S. W. Person Washington Standard p. 1 Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889
Bonney, Sherwood Bonney, Sherwood Person Washington Territory Donation Land Claims p. 113 Year: 1980
1854 - First school organized. Bonney, Sherwood (Mrs.) Person Suburban Times (Tacoma, Wash.) Month: 10 Day: 15 Year: 1964
Bonney, William Pierce Bonney, William Pierce Person Tacoma, its history and its builders. p. 29 Year: 1916
W. P. Bonney Bonney, William Pierce Person Told by the Pioneers v. 2, p. 11-12 Year: 1938
Bonney, William Pierce Bonney, William Pierce Person Whos Who in Washington State p. 37 Year: 1927
Living Pioneers of Washington. William P. Bonney, Tacoma, Wash. Bonney, William Pierce Person Seattle Post-Intelligencer Month: 12 Day: 29 Year: 1915
Bonney, William Pierce Bonney, William Pierce Person Washington West of the Cascades v. III, p. 238-239 Year: 1917
Miss Bonney daughter of pioneer, dies. Bonney, Zaidee E. Person Tacoma News Tribune Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1960
Bonney, Zaidee E. Bonney, Zaidee E. Person 1841 Fourth of July Commemorative Celebration. v. 1, p. 65
Ms. Bonnifield enters race. Bonnifield, Patricia Gentry Person Daily Olympian p. A-9 Month: 07 Day: 16 Year: 1980