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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former resident, Bert Baker dies. | Baker, John Elbert "Bert" | Person | Selah Valley Optimist | Month: 10 Day: 17 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: John "Bert" Baker | Baker, John Elbert "Bert" | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1974 | |
| Baker, John Sherman | Baker, John Sherman | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 23 | Year: 1927 |
| Baker, John Sherman | Baker, John Sherman | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 50 | Year: 1916 |
| Baker, John Sherman | Baker, John Sherman | Person | History of Washington | v. V, p. 223-227 | Year: 1909 |
| History Maker, John S. Baker: held downtown Tacoma together. | Baker, John Sherman | Person | Anniversary Celebration | p. 24-25 | Year: 1969 |
| Baker, John Sherman | Baker, John Sherman | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 46-47 | Year: 1917 |
| Baker, John Sherman | Baker, John Sherman | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v. 1, p. 523-525 | Year: 1903 |
| Baker, John Wilhelm | Baker, John Wilhelm | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 4, p. 127 | Year: 1977 |
| Baker, Kate | Baker, Kate | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 5 | Year: 1951 |
| Baker, Kate | Baker, Kate | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 6 | Month: 08 Day: 13 Year: 1951 |
| Obituary | Baker, Katherine K. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 04 Day: 16 Year: 1986 | |
| Gonzaga Educator to bo President of Seattle U. | Baker, Kenneth W. (Rev.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 7 | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1970 |
| Laura Baker, 87, succumbs. | Baker, Laura B. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 09 Day: 5 Year: 1962 | |
| History of Flight: Drama, adventure mark man's hobby. | Baker, Leonard | Person | American Homemaker (Bellevue, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1966 | |
| Lewis H. Baker taken by death. | Baker, Lewis Harold | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Baker, Lillian | Person | Sun (Bremerton, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 16 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Baker, Linda (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 8 | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1954 |
| Mayview Native, Mrs. Baker, 78 taken by death. | Baker, Linda L. | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 10 Day: 2 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Baker, Lloyd O. | Person | Skagit Argus | Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Baker, Loren | Person | Herald (Everett, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 5 Year: 1987 | |
| Civic Activist Loren Baker dies at 90. | Baker, Loren | Person | Herald (Everett, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 5 Year: 1987 | |
| Rites set for Lt. Baker, State Trooper 33 years | Baker, Lorise (Lt.) | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1970 | |
| Pioneer of '98 will retell experiences. | Baker, Lyman D. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 20 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Baker, Martin | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1984 | |
| Martin Baker, Photographer | Baker, Martin | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1984 |
| Baker, Mary Andrews | Baker, Mary Andrews | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 03 Day: 12 Year: 1959 | |
| Miner Baker plans to stick around. | Baker, Miner | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-9 | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1979 |
| Baker, N. M. (M.D.) | Baker, N. M. (M.D.) | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 716-717 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Baker, Nellie E. | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 01 Day: 30 Year: 1979 | |
| Baker, Noel Irvin | Baker, Noel Irvin | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 139 | Year: 1920 |
| Obituary | Baker, Oscar E. | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 01 Day: 18 Year: 1878 | |
| Baker, R. H. | Baker, R. H. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 460 | |
| Obituary | Baker, Ralph H. | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1968 | |
| An American Study in Self-sufficiency | Baker, Ray | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 7 Northwest | Month: 10 Day: 24 Year: 1976 |
| Obituary | Baker, Richard W. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 07 Day: 22 Year: 1971 |
| Robert Baker, ex-railroad emploee, dies | Baker, Robert G. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 41 | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Baker, Roy | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 43 | Month: 06 Day: 5 Year: 1962 |
| Obituary | Baker, Ruth F. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Baker, Ruth F. | Person | Cashmere Valley Record | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1983 | |
| Baker, S. W. | Baker, S. W. | Person | Souvenir of the 5th Legislature of the State of Wash | p. 18 | Year: 1897 |
| Baker, Sarah L. (Mrs.) | Baker, Sarah L. (Mrs.) | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 814 | Year: 1893 |
| Obituary | Baker, Seina Cranney | Person | Whidbey News-Times | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Baker, Sidney Charles | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary | Baker, Taftt | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | P. F-5 | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1978 |
| Tacoma Girl Seeks to Raise Quality of Life in Doomed Town. | Baker, Tanya | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1968 | |
| Tacoma girl seeks to raise quality of life in doomed town. | Baker, Tanya | Person | Sunday Ledger | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1968 | |
| Mrs Sidney W. Baker | Baker, Thrina (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 22 | Month: 05 Day: 29 Year: 1963 |
| Another Story | Baker, Tom | Person | Northern Kittitas County Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1976 | |
| Virgil Baker, Alaska sales manager, dies. | Baker, Virgil | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 41, sec. 3. | Month: 04 Day: 16 Year: 1963 |