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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burke Barker, timber-firm founder, dies. | Barker, Burke G. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-21 | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1981 |
| Barker, Charles | Barker, Charles | Person | Pend Oreille Profiles | p. 19 | Year: 1977 |
| Barker, Claude | Barker, Claude | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 62-64 | Year: 1982 |
| Federal Way pioneer dies. | Barker, Claude S. | Person | Federal Way News-Advertiser | Month: 01 Day: 11 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Barker, Daniel J. | Person | Monroe Monitor | Month: 02 Day: 8 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Barker, Daniel J. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 01 Day: 30 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Barker, Dean | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-2 | Month: 07 Day: 18 Year: 1979 |
| Barker, E. F. | Barker, E. F. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | p. 258-9 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary: 'Grandma' Barker, long-time cook, dies. | Barker, Edith A. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 10 Day: 20 Year: 1974 | |
| Boom days of Anacortes recalled. | Barker, Edwin P. | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary | Barker, Eva Jordin | Person | Okanogan Independent | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Barker, Eva Jordin | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1973 | |
| Postcard kicked of 22-year courtroom career. | Barker, Gene | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 02 Day: 4 Year: 1982 |
| Barker, George A. (Dr.) | Barker, George A. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 17 | Year: 1929 |
| Mrs. Barker here for 62 years, dies. | Barker, Gertrude T. (Mrs.) | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 05 Day: 9 Year: 1964 | |
| Barker, H. | Barker, H. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 672 | Year: 1894 |
| Obituary: Pete Barker rites held Saturday. | Barker, Horace J. 'Pete' | Person | Omak Chronicle | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1974 | |
| Barker, J. E. | Barker, J. E. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 530 | Year: 1900 |
| Barker, Jesse | Barker, Jesse | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 629 | Year: 1900 |
| p. 3 | Barker, Joseph | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | Year: 1952 | |
| Laura Barker, 77, dies in Tacoma | Barker, Laura May | Person | Auburn Globe News | Month: 12 Day: 7 Year: 1960 | |
| 40 under 40 | Barker, Linda | Person | Pacific Northwest | p. 55 | Month: 01 Year: 1987 |
| The victims friend recieves a national Jefferson Award. | Barker, Linda | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 05 Day: 17 Year: 1985 |
| Barker, Nellie M. | Barker, Nellie M. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1958 | |
| Veteran of '98 Taken by Death | Barker, Nelson Orville | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1969 | |
| Barker, Nora | Barker, Nora | Person | Women of Washington | p. 11-12 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Barker, Nora | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1982 | |
| Elder gave history to Makahs. | Barker, Nora | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Barker, Ottilie L. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 11 Day: 4 Year: 1974 | |
| Stanley Barker of Lumber Fire Dies. | Barker, Stanley F. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 45 | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary | Barker, Stephen | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 08 Day: 14 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Barker, Susan E. | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Barker, Thomas H. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 12 Day: 23 Year: 1980 |
| Barker, Walter L. | Barker, Walter L. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 64-65 | Year: 1921 |
| The Episcopate of William Morris Barker 1894-1901 | Barker, William Morris | Person | Pioneering Gods Country, the history of the Diocese of Olympia | p. 37-39 | Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Barkes, Matilda V. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1973 | |
| Capt, Otto H. Barkhousen | Barkhousen, Otto H. (Capt.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 43 | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1965 |
| Barkhuff dies in Clarkston. | Barkhuff, George Phelba | Person | Pullman Herald | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1961 | |
| Barkhuff, W. D. | Barkhuff, W. D. | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 14 | Year: 1929 |
| Barkleys recall Lincoln in more ways than one. | Barkley family | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 12 Day: 28 Year: 1966 | |
| Bride was first to see Washington coast. | Barkley, Frances | Person | Daily Olympian | Totem Tidings, p. 3 | Month: 06 Day: 22 Year: 1975 |
| Captains Wives of the Sailing Ships. | Barkley, Frances | Person | Marine Digest | p. 25 | Month: 09 Year: 1986 |
| Captains Wives on Sailing Ships. | Barkley, Frances | Person | Sea Chest | p. 25-27 | Month: 09 Year: 1986 |
| First white women in Pacific N.W. Captain Barkley's young bride sailed with him on voyage of 1787 When Straight of Juan... | Barkley, Frances (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 2 | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1955 |
| Honymoon, 1976 Vintage, spent in wilds: First white woman tp see Northwest fresh from English parsonage. | Barkley, Frances Hornby | Person | Oregonian | Sunday P. 4 | Month: 08 Day: 16 Year: 1925 |
| Barkman, H. C. | Barkman, H. C. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | p. 58-59 | Year: 1917 |
| The Barks Brothers each contributed a bit of themselves to the Valley. | Barks brothers | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol. 4, p. 42-43 | Year: 1975 |
| Former music store owner dies. | Barks, Dick Ralph | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Barks, Ewald H. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | p. 2 | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1954 |
| The Barks Brothers each contributed a bit of themselves to the Valley. | Barks, John Edgar | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol 4, p. 42-43 | Year: 1975 |