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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Barks Brothers each contributed a bit of themselves to the Valley. | Barks, Ray | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol 4, p. 42-43 | Year: 1975 |
| Our maritime public defender | Barlin, Bert | Person | Seattle Times | p. 21-24, Pictoral | Month: 05 Day: 4 Year: 1975 |
| Mrs. J. C. Barline claimed by death. | Barline, Janet C. Hay | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 19 Year: 1962 | |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll | Barlow, Benjamin | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Olson, Mrs. Charles: Early Days. | Barlow, Benjamin | Person | Cowlitz County Historical Quarterly | p. 13-16 | Month: 11 Year: 1965 |
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll | Barlow, Byron | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| The pioneer dead of 1914. | Barlow, Byron | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 6, no. 1 p. 11-20 | Month: 01 Year: 1915 |
| Barlow, Calvin Sam | Barlow, Calvin Sam | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 628 | Year: 1916 |
| p. 22 | Barlow, Calvin Sam | Person | Souvenir of the 5th Legislature of the State of Wash | Year: 1897 | |
| Wash. Pioneer Roll | Barlow, Calvin Sam | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Barlow, Calvin Sam | Barlow, Calvin Sam | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 577 | Year: 1894 |
| Barlow, Calvin Sam | Barlow, Calvin Sam | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | p. 19-20 | Year: 1903 |
| Barlow, Calvin Sam | Barlow, Calvin Sam | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 20, p. 45-55 | |
| Barlow, Calvin Sam | Barlow, Calvin Sam | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 305-307 | Year: 1917 |
| Elbow Room: Two Couples have found it. | Barlow, Charles | Person | Seattle Times | Sunday Mag., | Month: 07 Day: 22 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary | Barlow, Clifford H. | Person | Bellingham Herald | p. 20 | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1954 |
| Barlow, Ed. S. | Barlow, Ed. S. | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 100 | Year: 1977 |
| Elbow Room: Two Couples have found it. | Barlow, Elizabeth | Person | Seattle Times | Sunday Mag. | Month: 07 Day: 22 Year: 1973 |
| Barlow, F. Glenn | Barlow, F. Glenn | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | p. 411 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Barlow, Floyd | Person | Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 02 Day: 27 Year: 1984 |
| Barlow, Frank J. | Barlow, Frank J. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, p. 313-314 | Year: 1917 |
| Barlow, George | Barlow, George | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 25, p. 95-97 | |
| Barlow, George | Barlow, George | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 243 | Year: 1980 |
| Crossing the plains in 1852. | Barlow, George | Person | ? | ||
| Barlow, George W. | Barlow, George W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 36 | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1936 |
| The Pioneer Dead of 1912 | Barlow, George W. | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v4, no. 1, p. 36-43 | Month: 01 Year: 1913 |
| Mrs. Barlow Succumbs | Barlow, Hannah Louise | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1963 | |
| Barlow marine elevator history highlighted. | Barlow, Harry | Person | Marine Digest | p. 11 | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1980 |
| Last installation of Barlow marine elevator was on Tustumena. | Barlow, Harry | Person | Marine Digest | p. 14 | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Barlow, Helen G. | Person | Oroville Gazette | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Barlow, Helen G. | Person | Chelan Valley Mirror | Month: 05 Day: 31 Year: 1972 | |
| Seattle woman has Mercer Girl heritage | Barlow, Ida M. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 19 | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1967 |
| Jessie C. Barlow, ex-teacher, dies. | Barlow, Jessie C. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary | Barlow, Lester Ray or Roy | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 8 Year: 1964 | |
| L.R. Barlow, state pioneer, ends career. | Barlow, Lester Ray or Roy | Person | Sunnyside Sun | Month: 10 Day: 15 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Barlow, Margaret Alice (Mrs.) | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1965 | |
| Barlow, Orin Watts | Barlow, Orin Watts | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 440 | Year: 1916 |
| Ferry Captains never die.... | Barlow, Sam (Capt.) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 03 Day: 22 Year: 1969 | |
| Barman's of Colville looks back...Store with a 75-year history. | Barman family | Person | Spokesman-Review | p. 11 | Month: 08 Day: 19 Year: 1962 |
| Barmans begins 73rd anniversary Tursday, July 14. | Barman, Dave | Person | Colville Statesman-Examiner | Month: 07 Day: 15 Year: 1960 | |
| Land deeds link family to history. | Barmard, Lewis J. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Barnard, Blanche Baum | Person | Pullman Herald | Month: 06 Day: 1 Year: 1983 | |
| Barnard, Floy Tolbert (Mrs.) | Barnard, Floy Tolbert (Mrs.) | Person | Women of the West | p. 188 | Year: 1928 |
| Barnard, Frank J. (Prof.) | Barnard, Frank J. (Prof.) | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | p. 483-84 | Year: 1903 |
| Barnard, Frank J. (Prof.) | Barnard, Frank J. (Prof.) | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 457-458 | Year: 1893 |
| Obituary | Barnard, Leon W. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-6 | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1972 |
| Barnard, Lewis Dexter | Barnard, Lewis Dexter | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 7 | Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Barnard, M. A. (Mrs.) | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1906 | |
| Trail plaque will honor woodsman. | Barnard, Walter Lee | Person | Seattle Times | p. 51 | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary: William Barnard succumbs at 75. | Barnard, William T. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1972 |