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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burntrager, Winifred D. | Burntrager, Winifred D. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1953 |
| Buroker, Chester A. | Buroker, Chester A. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 12 Day: 6 Year: 1958 | |
| Buroker, David | Buroker, David | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 414-415 | Year: 1893 |
| School holds memories for Forrest Buroker. | Buroker, Forrest | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Buroker, Forrest | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 02 Day: 7 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Buroker, Minnie B. | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1977 | |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll | Burr, A. J. | Person | Washington Standard | p.1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Obituary | Burr, Aaron | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | p. 7 | Month: 02 Day: 3 Year: 1954 |
| Dr. Alice M. Burr, 85, rites held. | Burr, Alice M. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1962 | |
| Burr, Andrew J. | Burr, Andrew J. | Person | Tillicum Tales | p. 269 | |
| Anna Burr dies at 84. | Burr, Anna K. | Person | Columbia Basin Daily Herald | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Burr, Charles A. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 12 | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1951 |
| Burr, Charles A. | Burr, Charles A. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 4-5 | Year: 1951 |
| Obituary: Donald Burr, architect. | Burr, Donald | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1982 |
| Burr, Harry | Burr, Harry | Person | Olympia Transcript | 3:3 ( Vol 3, p. 3) | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1868 |
| Obituary | Burr, Jennie Florence | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 12 Day: 4 Year: 1984 | |
| Mable Burr laid to rest. | Burr, Mable | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 01 Day: 17 Year: 1963 | |
| Burr, Martha Ruby | Burr, Martha Ruby | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | Mss 134 | |
| The pioneer dead of 1914. | Burr, Martha Ruby | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | p. 18 | Month: 01 Year: 1915 |
| Family History of Maude Burr Basse. | Burr, Maude | Person | Told by the Pioneers | Vol 2, p. 46-54 | Year: 1938 |
| Burr, Samuel F. | Burr, Samuel F. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 696-697 | Year: 1893 |
| As a driver, he rode with the changes. | Burr, Walt | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-7 | Month: 01 Day: 20 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Burr, Wilber Gladwin | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-12 | Month: 05 Day: 23 Year: 1978 |
| Dr. Frank Burell, Dentist. | Burrell, Frank (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 47 | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Burrell, Phoebe A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 12 Day: 18 Year: 1962 | |
| William A. Burrell, 87. | Burrell, Willam A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 60 | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1965 |
| Sally Burress, 78, city pioneer, dies. | Burress, Sally Ann Hailey | Person | Columbia Basin Daily Herald | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1962 | |
| WVC instructor found dead. | Burrier, Ralph H. | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1966 | |
| WVC instructor found dead. | Burrier, Ralph H. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 12 Day: 9 Year: 1966 | |
| Tom Burrier, Oak Harbor writer, dies. | Burrier, Tom | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1971 | |
| Valley pioneer dies. | Burrill, Robert I. | Person | Prosser Record Bulletin | Month: 03 Day: 12 Year: 1970 | |
| Abams Park caretaker retires from his "second childhood". | Burris, Frank | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 2 Year: 1991 | |
| Burris, Leonard | Burris, Leonard | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 69 | Year: 1982 |
| Mrs Rhoda Burris observes her 99th birthday. | Burris, Rhoda Lea or Lee (Mrs.) | Person | Chronicle Dispatch (Dayton, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 18 Year: 1958 | |
| Death calls oldest resident; Rhoda L. Burriss dies Monday. | Burris, Rhoda Lea or Lee (Mrs.) | Person | Chronicle Dispatch (Dayton, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 13 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Burris, Robert Burns | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 10 Day: 27 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Burroughs, Benjamin L. | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 04 Day: 22 Year: 1968 | |
| Country Doctor's home becomes small museum. | Burroughs, Frank R. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. Sec., p. 4-5 | Month: 11 Day: 8 Year: 1964 |
| Death takes local pioneer. | Burroughs, Herbert S. | Person | Sunnyside Sun | Month: 09 Day: 19 Year: 1963 | |
| Mrs. Lewis Buckman Burroughs rites Saturday | Burroughs, Laura Angileen (Mrs.) | Person | Waitsburg Times | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Burroughs, Riley A. | Person | Beacon Hill News | Month: 12 Day: 9 Year: 1981 | |
| Burrous funeral is held today. | Burrous, Sam "Dru" | Person | Ferndale Record | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1967 | |
| Burrow, Floyd D. | Burrow, Floyd D. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 187 | Year: 1920 |
| Leading Seattle banker resigns. | Burrow, Fred H. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-11 | Month: 12 Day: 19 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Burrow, George | Person | Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) | p. 2 | Month: 02 Day: 17 Year: 1954 |
| Burrow, Hannah and heirsof George W. Burrow, deceased. | Burrow, Hannah | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 183 | Year: 1980 |
| John Burrow | Burrow, John | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 347 | Year: 1885 |
| Obituary | Burrow, John R. | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 01 Day: 10 Year: 1962 | |
| Dave Burrows selected Grand Pioneer. | Burrowes, Dave | Person | Sequim Press | Month: 04 Day: 5 Year: 1967 | |
| Dungeness Valley Pioneers. | Burrowes, Dave | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 143-144 |