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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living Pioneers of Washington. Mr & Mrs. Frank T Balch, Sequim, Wash. | Balch, Frank T. Mrs | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1916 | |
| Balch, Henry C. | Balch, Henry C. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 252-253 | Year: 1921 |
| Balch, Henry H. | Balch, Henry H. | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 42, p. 348-350 | |
| Hiram Balch dies Saturday. | Balch, Hiram Augustus | Person | Northern Kittitas County Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 24 Year: 1961 | |
| Hiram Balch dies Saturday | Balch, Hiram Augustus | Person | Miner-Echo | Month: 08 Day: 24 Year: 1961 | |
| Balch, Lafayette (Capt.) | Balch, Lafayette (Capt.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 141 | Year: 1980 |
| Brush-off at Olympia led to founding of Steilacoom. | Balch, Lafayette (Capt.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 2 | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1950 |
| Young Old-Timers spin yarns of ancestors | Balch, Lafayette (Capt.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 5 | Month: 05 Day: 2 Year: 1962 |
| Lafayette Balch, father of Steilacoom. | Balch, Lafayette (Capt.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1979 | |
| Washington Names | Balch, Lafayette (Capt.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Sunday Ledger | Month: 05 Day: 29 Year: 1955 |
| Lafayette Balch, Founder of Steilacoom. | Balch, Lafayette (Capt.) | Person | Steilacoom Historical Museum Quarterly | p. 1+ | Month: Day: Year: 1985 |
| Balch, Lena M. Brown | Balch, Lena M. Brown | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 42 p. 348-350 | |
| Obituary | Balch, Tres Arthur | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 04 Day: 7 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Balch, True B. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Balcom, Edith Jensen | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 05 Day: 8 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary, Seattle Exec dies in crash | Balcom, Gail | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | P. D-1 | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1983 |
| Seattle Exec dies in crash. | Balcom, Gail | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-1 | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Balcom, John F. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1966 |
| Former counter-spy plans programs to aid elderly. | Balcom, Wayne E. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 37 | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1968 |
| Balcomb, Charles | Balcomb, Charles | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 40-41 | Year: 1921 |
| Balcomb, Lynn J. | Balcomb, Lynn J. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 40-41 | Year: 1921 |
| Frustration put woman into antique business | Balcoms, Betty | Person | Seattle Times | p. G-4 | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1971 |
| Obituary | Balda, Jennie (Mrs.) | Person | Whidbey News-Times | Month: 11 Day: 21 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Balding, Fairy "Francis" | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 04 Day: 23 Year: 1975 | |
| Baldridge, George Garfield | Baldridge, George Garfield | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | p. 17 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Baldridge, Henry Lee | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 22 | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1954 |
| Baldwin Family | Baldwin Family | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 149-155 | Year: 1982 |
| Washington Pioneer Association Roll | Baldwin, A. J. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Baldwin, Alexander | Baldwin, Alexander | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p.519 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Baldwin, Alvie | Person | Okanogan Independent | Month: 03 Day: 8 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Baldwin, Alvie | Person | Tonasket Tribune | Month: 03 Day: 8 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Baldwin, Alvie | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1973 | |
| Baldwin, Anna (Mrs.) | Baldwin, Anna (Mrs.) | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1958 | |
| Obituary: Anna C. Baldwin | Baldwin, Anna C. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1974 | |
| Pomeroy Patriarch can look back on 84 years in west. Balwin Family settled on Pataha Flat. | Baldwin, Augusta Sears | Person | Spokesman-Review | p. 8 | Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1952 |
| City resident for lifetime dies at 81. | Baldwin, Clara G. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Baldwin, Coil Ozro | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1978 | |
| Baldwin, Donald W. | Baldwin, Donald W. | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 114 | Year: 1982 |
| Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky" | Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky" | Person | Early History of Thurston County, Washington. | ||
| Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky" | Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky" | Person | Tillicum Tales | p. 290 | |
| Etta Baldwin, Whitman county pioneer, has 97th birthday | Baldwin, Etta (Mrs.) | Person | Colfax Gazette Commoner | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1963 | |
| Mrs. Etta F. Baldwin | Baldwin, Etta (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 07 Day: 14 Year: 1967 | |
| Colfax pioneer reaches 100th birthday in Spokane Tuesday. | Baldwin, Etta (Mrs.) | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 02 Day: 17 Year: 1966 | |
| Blankenship Relates Visit of Exploring Expedition in Oregon Territory. | Baldwin, Fannie Vernoa | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1922 | |
| Baldwin, Fannie Vernoa | Baldwin, Fannie Vernoa | Person | Lights and Shades of Pioneer Life on Puget Sound. | p. 25, 26 & 62 | |
| Blankenship Relates Visit of Exploring Expedition in Oregon Territory. | Baldwin, Fannie Vernoa | Person | McArdle Scrap Book | # 25, p. 127 | |
| Obituary: F.E. Baldwin | Baldwin, Fred E. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 09 Day: 10 Year: 1974 | |
| Funeral Set for George W. Baldwin. | Baldwin, George W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Baldwin, Harold L. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1986 | |
| Baldwin, Harold Leslie | Baldwin, Harold Leslie | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 146-147 | Year: 1921 |