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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. M. Ballard, ex-insurance manager, dies | Ballard, Carl McNeilan | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 78 | Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1963 |
| History of Chelan Methdist Churchis compiled for 75th anniversary. | Ballard, Charles | Person | Valley Mirror | p. 1, 8 | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Ballard, Charles | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1977 | |
| 1964 is diamond anniversary of Chelan townsite dedication. | Ballard, Charles H. | Person | Valley Mirror | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Ballard, Charles R. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1970 | |
| Lifetime Yakima residenet, Mrs. Clara Ballard dies. | Ballard, Clara W. | Person | Yakima Daily Republic | Month: 08 Day: 18 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Ballard, Clifford L. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-3 | Month: 12 Day: 2 Year: 1980 |
| The house Ballard built. | Ballard, Clyde | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1989 | |
| Whatever happened to Dave Ballard? | Ballard, Dave | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-2 | Month: 02 Day: 15 Year: 1976 |
| Whatever happened to...Dave Ballard? | Ballard, Dave | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p.2 Northwest | Month: 11 Day: 12 Year: 1978 |
| Dave Ballard of radio fame dies. | Ballard, Dave | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-15 | Month: 02 Day: 5 Year: 1982 |
| Driftwood Diary | Ballard, Dave | Person | Seattle Times | p. 4 Mag. | Month: 08 Day: 20 Year: 1967 |
| Dave Ballard, actor, radio broadcaster, dies | Ballard, Dave | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-8 | Month: 02 Day: 5 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Ballard, Dewey E. | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Month: 04 Day: 5 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Ballard, Dewey E. | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1972 | |
| Forks fouth pioneers like their end of the world. | Ballard, Goldie | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1985 | |
| Howard Ballard dies at age 77 | Ballard, Howard F. | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 10 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Ballard, Ivy Pearl | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 05 Day: 25 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Ballard, Lola C. | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1977 | |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll | Ballard, Lucinda M. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Unsung heroines of the early Northwest; courageous women shared in hardships. | Ballard, Mary E. Condict | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 5 Mag. | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1962 |
| Another Story: M.C. Ballard, Cle Elum | Ballard, Miles C. | Person | Northern Kittitas County Tribune | Month: 12 Day: 8 Year: 1988 | |
| Memorial rites held for Mrs. Page H. Ballard. | Ballard, Page H (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 45 | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary: Phyllis P. Ballard | Ballard, Phyllis P. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: Phyllis P. Ballard | Ballard, Phyllis P. | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1974 | |
| Ballard, Roy Page | Ballard, Roy Page | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 24 | Year: 1927 |
| Russell Ballard might put down his roots this time. | Ballard, Russell | Person | Olympian | Totem, p. 4-5 | Month: 08 Day: 15 Year: 1982 |
| Mrs. Ballard dies at home. | Ballard, Ruth Gilmore (Mrs.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1964 | |
| Forks forth pioneers like their end of the world. | Ballard, Virgil | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1985 | |
| William G. Ballard | Ballard, William G. | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 6, p. 107 | Year: 1977 |
| Ballard, William Rankin (Capt.) | Ballard, William Rankin (Capt.) | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 453-454 | Year: 1893 |
| Ballard, William Rankin (Capt.) | Ballard, William Rankin (Capt.) | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 692-94 | Year: 1916 |
| Few remember history of Ballard's colorful founder. | Ballard, William Rankin (Capt.) | Person | Ballard News (Seattle, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1963 | |
| Introductions can be 'fine art'. | Baller, Grace | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 22 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary: Rosary to be said tonight for Grace Greene Baller | Baller, Grace Greene | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-15 | Month: 06 Day: 30 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary: Broadcasting pioneer dies | Baller, Grace Greene | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1982 | |
| Death takes Centralian. | Balletti, Clifford Bernard | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1963 | |
| Obituary | Balletti, Paul | Person | Tenino Independent | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary | Ballew, Edward J. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-4 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1975 |
| Obituary: Alma Ballinger, Seattle Pioneer, Civic Leader. | Ballinger, Alma | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-8 | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1976 |
| E.B. Ballinger of Bellingham | Ballinger, Edward B. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 53 | Month: 05 Day: 13 Year: 1966 |
| Mrs. Richard Ballinger, 56. | Ballinger, Francesca M. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 13 | Month: 07 Day: 11 Year: 1965 |
| Ballinger, Gertrude Louise Owen | Ballinger, Gertrude Louise Owen | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 24, p. 119-120 | |
| 91-year-old lawyer looks back on 7 decades of Seattle development. | Ballinger, Harry | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. P. 4-5 | Month: 08 Day: 7 Year: 1960 |
| 92-year-old flies to 1-man class Reunion. | Ballinger, Harry | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1961 | |
| Harry Ballinger, 96. | Ballinger, Harry | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 70 | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1965 |
| An interview with..... | Ballinger, Harry | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. Sec. p. 9 | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1966 |
| Port Townsend Elks to fete oldest living member, 90. | Ballinger, Harry | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 3 Year: 1960 | |
| A brief history of Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. | Ballinger, Isaac | Person | Pacific Northwest Forum | 2nd Series, Vol. IV, no. 2, p. 23 | Month: Day: Year: 1991 |
| Ballinger, Isaac J. | Ballinger, Isaac J. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 334-335 | Year: 1900 |