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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Buckley teacher dies | Bagnall, Edith | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 16 Year: 1970 | |
| Mrs Edna Bagnariol Appointed. | Bagnariol, Edna | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-1 | Month: 08 Day: 27 Year: 1982 |
| Bagnariol and Walgren talk of appealing '80 convictions. | Bagnariol, John | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-5 | Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1987 |
| Bagnariol May Run for Mayor of Renton. | Bagnariol, John | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-1 | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1987 |
| Bagnariol withdraws from mayoral race, wants no court fight. | Bagnariol, John | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-4 | Month: 08 Day: 7 Year: 1987 |
| Obituary | Bagwell, Ethel | Person | Herald (Everett, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 12 Year: 1984 | |
| G. Bagwell Succumbs | Bagwell, George | Person | Columbia Basin Daily Herald | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary: George Bagwell Dies at 89 in Carnation | Bagwell, George Edward | Person | Snoqualmie Valley Record | Month: 10 Day: 3 Year: 1974 | |
| Millie Bagwell -- she wouldn't trade her life for any other. | Bagwell, Millie | Person | Methow Valley News | Month: 06 Day: 2 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary | Bahr, Kathryn M. | Person | Ritzville Journal-Times | Month: 12 Day: 2 Year: 1971 | |
| Robert E. Bahr, longtime resident. | Bahr, Robert E. | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1961 | |
| Peter Bahr Native 1889 Pioneer Passes | Bahrt, Peter | Person | Lind Leader | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1969 | |
| Colville loved H.O. Bair | Bail, Hayward O. | Person | Pacific Northwesterner (Spokane, Wash.) | v. 16 no.1 p. 12-13` | Month: Day: Year: 1972 |
| Bail, Van Albert | Bail, Van Albert | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 40-41 | Year: 1921 |
| Mrs. Baila has a Birthday. | Baila, Amalia (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 17 | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1965 |
| Born in Italy. Came to Aberdeen in 1891... | Baila, Amalia (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 20 | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1966 |
| Matriarch now 104 | Baila, Amalia (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 25 | Month: 06 Day: 29 Year: 1969 |
| Amalia Baila Completes 105th Year` | Baila, Amalia (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-4 | Month: 07 Day: 5 Year: 1970 |
| 106 | Baila, Amalia (Mrs.) | Person | Lacey Leader | Month: 07 Day: 7 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Baila, Amalia (Mrs.) | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 13 Year: 1971 | |
| Street name honors early Aberdonian | Baila, John | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 04 Day: 28 Year: 1961 | |
| Services held Monday for Henry B. Bailer | Bailer, Henry B. | Person | Friday Harbor Journal | Month: 03 Day: 16 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Bailes, Willis K. | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Month: 04 Day: 20 Year: 1972 | |
| Bailey decendants set Sunday for reunion | Bailey family | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1961 | |
| Bailey's Enterprises gave burg a good start | Bailey family, | Person | Dayton Chronicle | Special Ed p. 4 | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1989 |
| Mrs. B. W. Johnson, 94. | Bailey, A. J. (Rev.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 49 | Month: 11 Day: 4 Year: 1965 |
| New Moorings | Bailey, Alfred | Person | Puget Sound Mail | Month: 08 Day: 5 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Bailey, Anna L. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 07 Day: 7 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Bailey, Anna L. | Person | Snoqualmie Valley Record | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1973 | |
| Friends counted with each census: Bailey was a man of many talents | Bailey, Arthur Buckner | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 34 | Month: 10 Day: 29 Year: 1964 |
| Bailey funeral set for Monday in Spokane. | Bailey, Arthur Buckner | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 30 | Month: 10 Day: 30 Year: 1964 |
| Bailey, Arthur E. (Jr.) | Bailey, Arthur E. (Jr.) | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 128 | Year: 1936 |
| Arthur Bailey, 67, native son, dies | Bailey, Arthur L | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1962 | |
| Ben Bailey dies at age of 93. -- Obituary. | Bailey, Ben A. L. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 05 Day: 24 Year: 1967 | |
| Mrs Robert Henderson, 1880-1965 | Bailey, Benjamin (Mr.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 24 | Month: 12 Day: 18 Year: 1965 |
| Mres Robert Henderson, 1880-1965 | Bailey, Benjamin (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 24 | Month: 12 Day: 18 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Bailey, Bessie M. | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 9 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Bailey, Charles E. "Ed" | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1980 | |
| Funeral Notices | Bailey, Charles H. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 05 Day: 27 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Bailey, Clara | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | p. 10 | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1955 |
| Generosity of Spirit. | Bailey, Dennis | Person | Seattle Times | Magazine p. 8 | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary: Earle Albert Bailey | Bailey, Earle Albert | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1974 | |
| Bailey, Edmund | Bailey, Edmund | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 682 | Year: 1983 |
| Bailey, Edna Miller | Bailey, Edna Miller | Person | Women of Washington | p. 14 | Year: 1977 |
| Bailey, Edward William | Bailey, Edward William | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 72-73 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Bailey, Edwin Neil | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 8 Year: 1988 | |
| Obituary | Bailey, Elizabeth | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1986 | |
| Bailey, Ellen (Mrs.) | Bailey, Ellen (Mrs.) | Person | Snohomish County Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1958 | |
| Barbecued oxen not cooked on inside | Bailey, Elsie (Mrs.) | Person | Ferndale Record | Month: 07 Day: 29 Year: 1964 | |
| Bailey, Ernest | Bailey, Ernest | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 147-148 | Year: 1982 |