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
Death of early Grays River resident brings back memories of the past. Barr family, Person Wahkiakum County Eagle Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1969
Chloe E. Barr rites held. Barr, Chloe E. Person Mount Vernon Argus Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1976
Obituary: Ellen C. Barr, widow of UW ROTC founder. Barr, Ellen C. Person Seattle Post-Intelligencer p. C-2 Month: 05 Day: 21 Year: 1983
Historic friendship recalled. Barr, Ernie Person Olympian p. B-2 Month: 11 Day: 24 Year: 1986
Mrs. Barr, 89. Barr, Gertrude Griscom Person Seattle Times p. 43 Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1968
Obituary Barr, Jacob H. Person Daily Olympian p. 12 Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1969
Obituary Barr, Jacob H. Person Daily Olympian p. 14 Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1969
Mrs. Jessie Barr celebrates 79th birthday. Barr, Jessie (Mrs.) Person Daily News (Longview, Wash.) p. 8 Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1954
Mrs Barr born in Grays River. Barr, Jessie Eliza (Mrs.) Person Ilwaco Tribune Month: 04 Day: 15 Year: 1966
Barr, Joe Barr, Joe Person Northport Pioneers: echoes of the past from the upper Columbia p. 135 Year: 1981
Barr, John Barr, John Person With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan book 1, p. 100-101 Year: 1921
New chairman breathes energy into staid old banking agency. Barr, Joseph W. Person Seattle Daily Times p. 26 Month: 03 Day: 26 Year: 1964
Barr, Lawrence Barr, Lawrence Person Washington West of the Cascades p. 564-565 Year: 1917
Obituary Barr, Leon Person Daily News (Longview, Wash.) Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1972
Obituary Barr, Louise Jane Person Daily News (Longview, Wash.) Month: 03 Day: 17 Year: 1986
Obituary Barr, Louise Jane Person Chinook Observer Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1986
Obituary Barr, Louise Jane Person Wahkiakum County Eagle Month: 03 Day: 20 Year: 1986
The Pioneer Dead of 1916. Barr, Margaret Jane (Mrs.) Person Washington Historical Quarterly v. 8, no. 1, p. 32-39 Month: 01 Year: 1917
Obituary: Martha A. Barr Barr, Martha A. Person Morning Olympian Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1914
Robert A. Barr: More than a name above news stories. Barr, Robert A. Person Seattle Times p. A-7 Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1979
Mrs. Barr takes challenge of Franklin Post. Barr, Roberta Byrd Person Seattle Times p. 19 Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1968
Mrs Barr named Principal of Franklin High. Barr, Roberta Byrd Person Seattle Post-Intelligencer p. A-6 Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1972
Barr, Roberta Byrd Barr, Roberta Byrd Person Women of Washington p. 8 Year: 1977
Obituary Barr, Samuel DeWitt Person Pacific Tribune (Ilwaco, Wash.) Month: 09 Day: 6 Year: 1978
Death of early Grays River resident brings back memories of the past. Barr, Samuel E. Person Wahkiakum County Eagle Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1969
Scott Barr selected as agricultural chairman. Barr, Scott Person Chewelah Independent Month: 12 Day: 13 Year: 1990
Scott Barr Family Barr, Scott Person Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. p. 155-156 Year: 1981
Barr, Solomon E. Barr, Solomon E. Person Tacoma, its history and its builders. p. 108 Year: 1916
Dean of City Locksmiths Dies at 83. Barr, Stevenson E. Person Tacoma News Tribune Month: 06 Day: 17 Year: 1965
Ted Barr is a leading Pacific Northwest backgammon professional... Barr, Ted Person Seattle Times p. 10 Magazine Month: 11 Day: 26 Year: 1978
Barr, Vint Barr, Vint Person Walla Walla Union Bulletin p. 5 Month: 04 Day: 18 Year: 1956
Rosa is 18 spelled backward. Barraugh, Rosa (Mrs.) Person Seattle Times p. 4 Month: 04 Day: 15 Year: 1966
Peter Barr Family Records Barre, Peter Person Family Records of Washington Pioneers v. 38, p. 26
Judge Roy H Barret rites tomorrow. Barret, Roy Hamilton Person Seattle Daily Times p. 67 Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1963
Obituary Barrett, Angie Person Burlington Farm Journal Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1975
Obituary Barrett, Charles Arthur Person Goldendale Sentinel Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1969
Obituary Barrett, Charles Oliver Person Whidbey News-Times Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1986
Mrs William Barrett Dies. Barrett, Clara (Mrs.) Person Spokane Daily Chronicle Month: 08 Day: 3 Year: 1968
Barrett, Claude Barrett, Claude Person With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan book 1, p. 106-107 Year: 1921
Obituary Barrett, Daisy Adeline Person Daily Olympian p. 14 Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1969
Let's get aquainted. Eldon Barrett. Barrett, Eldon Person Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society Newsletter p. 7 Month: 02 Year: 1966
Efforts of Eliza Saunders helped growth of Chehalis. Barrett, Eliza Saunders Person Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1983
Barrett, Elizabeth Ann Barrett, Elizabeth Ann Person Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic p. 2 Year: 1955
Obituary Barrett, Emma Hoffman Person Anacortes American Month: 01 Day: 1 Year: 1975
Obituary Barrett, George Person Skagit Valley Herald Month: 03 Day: 28 Year: 1968
George Barrett Barrett, George Person Burlington Farm Journal Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1968
Barrett, Gordon S. Barrett, Gordon S. Person With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan book 1, p. 40-41 Year: 1921
Gordon S. Barrett funeral set. Barrett, Gordon S. Person Seattle Daily Times p. 73 Month: 12 Day: 12 Year: 1962
Jacob Grant Barrett Family Barrett, Jacob Grant Person History of Klickitat County p. 116 Year: 1982
Female comics - more than just another funny face. Barrett, Jan Person Seattle Times p. C-2 Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1981