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 | Ball, Cora M. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 18 Year: 1981 | |
| Obituary | Ball, David W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 40 | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1965 |
| Death takes Mrs. Ball. | Ball, Dollie | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary; Donald V. Ball, theater organist. | Ball, Donald B. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 02 Day: 28 Year: 1974 | |
| F. Carlton Ball -- a Painter who became a foremost potter... | Ball, F. Carlton | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Sunday Northwest, p. 6 | Month: 08 Day: 16 Year: 1981 |
| Ball, Frank | Ball, Frank | Person | South Whidbey and its people | p. 86 | Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Ball, Frank J. | Person | Morton Journal | Month: 12 Day: 30 Year: 1982 | |
| G. B. Ball, 81, retired printer, dies. | Ball, G. Bennett | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 29 Year: 1966 | |
| G. B. Ball, 81, retired printer, dies. | Ball, G. Bennett | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1966 | |
| Ball, G. W. | Ball, G. W. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 604 | Year: 1916 |
| Noted civic figure Howard T. Ball dies. | Ball, Howard T. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1978 | |
| Ex-legislator dies. | Ball, Howard T. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1978 |
| Obituary | Ball, Ira L. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1962 | |
| Ball, J. P. (Jr.) | Ball, J. P. (Jr.) | Person | Republican (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 7 Special New Year Issue | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1896 |
| Seattle Attorney is dead in Los Angeles. | Ball, James P. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 16 | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1923 |
| James P. Ball, Attorney, Dies. | Ball, James P. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 1 | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1923 |
| Ball, Jesse Beriah | Ball, Jesse Beriah | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 21, p. 15-17 | |
| Ball, John | Ball, John | Person | Pioneer teachers of Washington | p. 14-27 | Year: 1955 |
| John Ball of Ohio Skagit Vally Pioneer | Ball, John | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1974 | |
| History Makers. | Ball, John | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1968 | |
| Joseph Lightfoot Ball | Ball, Joseph Lightfoot | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 442 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Ball, Lena Jane | Person | Arlington Times | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Ball, Lena Jane | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 04 Day: 13 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Ball, Mary H. | Person | Arlington Times | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1974 | |
| Ball, May M. | Ball, May M. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1952 |
| Obituary | Ball, Minnie | Person | Tacoma Times | p. 3 | Month: 11 Day: 12 Year: 1948 |
| Puget E. Ball, 84, of Fredonia, dies. | Ball, Puget E. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 02 Day: 19 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Ball, Richard Grant | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-16 | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Ball, Rosa (Mrs.) | Person | Puyallup Valley News | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary | Ball, Ruth S. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-7 | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1979 |
| Samual Ball, 87, old time logger, dies. | Ball, Samuel C. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1960 | |
| Ball, Sarah | Ball, Sarah | Person | South Whidbey and its people | p. 86 | Year: 1983 |
| Ball, Theresa Cook Swan | Ball, Theresa Cook Swan | Person | Mss 247 | ||
| Mainly about people. | Ball, Thomas | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1960 | |
| Olympians to be feted. | Ball, Thomas S. (Mr.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 18 | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary | Ball, Thomas S. (Mr.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 7 | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1970 |
| Olympians to be feted. | Ball, Thomas S. (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 18 | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1964 |
| Ball, W. J. | Ball, W. J. | Person | History of King County | v. IV, p. 274-8 | Year: 1929 |
| Mrs. John E Ballaine, 93. | Ballaine, Anna E. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 19 | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1965 |
| Ballaine, John E. | Ballaine, John E. | Person | History of Washington | v. VI, p. 228-230 | Year: 1909 |
| Ballaine, John E. | Ballaine, John E. | Person | History of Seattle | v. III p. 835-36 | Year: 1916 |
| Ballaine, John E. | Ballaine, John E. | Person | Souvenir of the 5th Legislature of the State of Wash | p. 30 | Year: 1897 |
| Dr. Ballantine, Ex-Professor at U.W., Dies | Ballantine, John P. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-19 | Month: 03 Day: 12 Year: 1970 |
| Another Story | Ballard family | Person | Northern Kittitas County Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Ballard, Anna | Person | Auburn Sun | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Ballard, Anna | Person | Okanogan Independent | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Ballard, Anna | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1960 | |
| Death claims Arthur Ballard, son of prominent Auburn pioneer family | Ballard, Arthur | Person | Auburn Globe News | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1962 | |
| Ballard, Arthur C. | Ballard, Arthur C. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. P. 5 | Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1952 |
| Dart shooter addicted to his sport. | Ballard, Bob | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-4 | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1980 |