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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obituary | Bailey, Olive (Mrs.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 5 | Month: 10 Day: 20 Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Bailey, Osa Brouillet | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1979 | |
| Service held for Pearl Bailey, 87, Saturday Oct 14. | Bailey, Pearl | Person | St. John Advocate | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1967 | |
| Pearl Bailey dies at St John home. | Bailey, Pearl | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 10 Day: 12 Year: 1967 | |
| The University Club and All That. | Bailey, Phillip | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 2 | Month: Day: Year: 1977 |
| Phillip Bailey, publisher of Argus, dies. | Bailey, Phillip W. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-7 | Month: 07 Day: 29 Year: 1977 |
| Phillip Bailey's death ends an era in northwest journalism. | Bailey, Phillip W. | Person | Argus (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 1 | Month: 08 Day: 5 Year: 1977 |
| Bailey, Ransom W. | Bailey, Ransom W. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 74-75 | Year: 1921 |
| Reba D. Bailey dies; lifetime resident. | Bailey, Reba D. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 12 Day: 24 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Bailey, Reba D. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 12 Day: 24 Year: 1961 | |
| Bailey, Robert | Bailey, Robert | Person | South Whidbey and its people | p. 57 | Year: 1983 |
| Ray names senator to state post. | Bailey, Robert C. | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-4 | Month: 02 Day: 24 Year: 1977 |
| Bailey Appointed Head of State Utilities Board. | Bailey, Robert C. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-7 | Month: 02 Day: 24 Year: 1977 |
| Bailey, Robert S. | Bailey, Robert S. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 137 | Year: 1900 |
| An Interview with Ron Bailey. | Bailey, Ron | Person | Liquor Reporter | p. C-3 | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1987 |
| Rupert (Bill) Bailey, pioneer oysterman, dies. | Bailey, Rupert "Bill" | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-7 | Month: 05 Day: 5 Year: 1976 |
| Ruth Bailey, ex-teacher, succumbs. | Bailey, Ruth | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 12 Day: 30 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Bailey, Sarah E. (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 08 Day: 22 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary | Bailey, Susan E. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1968 | |
| Spokane's fencing champ | Bailey, Vera | Person | Spokesman-Review | Mag. P. 6 | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1948 |
| Bailey, Viviana V. | Bailey, Viviana V. | Person | Washington Women | p. 2 | Year: 1983 |
| W. C. Bailey, 83, plywood executive | Bailey, W. C. 'Bill' | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1970 | |
| Bailey, Walter | Bailey, Walter | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | 1927-1937 | Year: 1983 |
| Bailey, Ward G. | Bailey, Ward G. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 140-141 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Bailey, William | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 58 | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1964 |
| Bailey, William A. | Bailey, William A. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 89 | Year: 1920 |
| Bailey, William B. | Bailey, William B. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 9 | Year: 1951 |
| Bailey, William E. | Bailey, William E. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 901-902 | Year: 1893 |
| Homes Around Stanwood. | Bailey, William L. | Person | Stanwood News | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1971 | |
| Seattleite Signed off radio to show others how it's done. | Bailie, Ron | Person | Seattle Times | p. 14 | Month: 10 Day: 25 Year: 1966 |
| Velvet voice gave him velvet life of success. The driving force behind the Ron Bailie Schools of broadcasting..... | Bailie, Ron | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-1 | Month: 06 Day: 7 Year: 1982 |
| Washington farmer blames Hanford for health problems. | Bailie, Tom | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-6 | Month: 10 Day: 11 Year: 1987 |
| Cebert Baillargeon, Seattle Banker, dies | Baillargeon, Cebert | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 8, 30 | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1964 |
| Baillargeon, Cebert | Baillargeon, Cebert | Person | History of King County | v. IV, p. 420-421 | Year: 1929 |
| Baillargeon, Cebert | Baillargeon, Cebert | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 83 | Year: 1960 |
| Baillargeon, J. A. | Baillargeon, J. A. | Person | History of King County | v. IV, p. 114-119 | Year: 1929 |
| Baillargeon, J. A. | Baillargeon, J. A. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 590-591 | Year: 1893 |
| Baillie, Alexander | Baillie, Alexander | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | v. 1 p. 22 | Year: 1927 |
| Baillie, Alexander | Baillie, Alexander | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 593 | Year: 1916 |
| Bailor, Elgin | Bailor, Elgin | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 103 | Year: 1920 |
| W. F. Bailor Succumbs | Bailor, Wallace F. | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 01 Day: 10 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Bailor, Wallace M. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 9 | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1967 |
| A peopled past lures her back. | Bain, Billee (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-3 | Month: 11 Day: 6 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Bain, John Ingle | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Bain, Verdy V. Nelson (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 4 | Month: 03 Day: 28 Year: 1953 |
| William J. Bain is construction man of the year. | Bain, Willaim J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 50 | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1966 |
| William Bain, Architect of City Skyline, Dies. | Bain, Willaim J. | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-3 | Month: 01 Day: 23 Year: 1985 |
| Bain is honored by Salvation Army. | Bain, William J (Sr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-1 | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1981 |
| Bainbridge, Oliver (Mrs.) | Bainbridge, Oliver (Mrs.) | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 11 Day: 10 Year: 1958 | |
| Infiltrating a Satanic cult. | Bainbridge, William | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest p. 13 | Month: 05 Day: 13 Year: 1979 |