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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death of early Grays River resident brings back memories of the past. | Barr family, | Person | Wahkiakum County Eagle | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1969 | |
| Chloe E. Barr rites held. | Barr, Chloe E. | Person | Mount Vernon Argus | Month: 04 Day: 1 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary: Ellen C. Barr, widow of UW ROTC founder. | Barr, Ellen C. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 05 Day: 21 Year: 1983 |
| Historic friendship recalled. | Barr, Ernie | Person | Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 11 Day: 24 Year: 1986 |
| Mrs. Barr, 89. | Barr, Gertrude Griscom | Person | Seattle Times | p. 43 | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1968 |
| Obituary | Barr, Jacob H. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 12 | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary | Barr, Jacob H. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 14 | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1969 |
| Mrs. Jessie Barr celebrates 79th birthday. | Barr, Jessie (Mrs.) | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | p. 8 | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1954 |
| Mrs Barr born in Grays River. | Barr, Jessie Eliza (Mrs.) | Person | Ilwaco Tribune | Month: 04 Day: 15 Year: 1966 | |
| Barr, Joe | Barr, Joe | Person | Northport Pioneers: echoes of the past from the upper Columbia | p. 135 | Year: 1981 |
| Barr, John | Barr, John | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 100-101 | Year: 1921 |
| New chairman breathes energy into staid old banking agency. | Barr, Joseph W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 26 | Month: 03 Day: 26 Year: 1964 |
| Barr, Lawrence | Barr, Lawrence | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | p. 564-565 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Barr, Leon | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Barr, Louise Jane | Person | Chinook Observer | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Barr, Louise Jane | Person | Wahkiakum County Eagle | Month: 03 Day: 20 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Barr, Louise Jane | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 17 Year: 1986 | |
| The Pioneer Dead of 1916. | Barr, Margaret Jane (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 8, no. 1, p. 32-39 | Month: 01 Year: 1917 |
| Obituary: Martha A. Barr | Barr, Martha A. | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1914 | |
| Robert A. Barr: More than a name above news stories. | Barr, Robert A. | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-7 | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1979 |
| Mrs. Barr takes challenge of Franklin Post. | Barr, Roberta Byrd | Person | Seattle Times | p. 19 | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1968 |
| Mrs Barr named Principal of Franklin High. | Barr, Roberta Byrd | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-6 | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1972 |
| Barr, Roberta Byrd | Barr, Roberta Byrd | Person | Women of Washington | p. 8 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Barr, Samuel DeWitt | Person | Pacific Tribune (Ilwaco, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 6 Year: 1978 | |
| Death of early Grays River resident brings back memories of the past. | Barr, Samuel E. | Person | Wahkiakum County Eagle | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1969 | |
| Scott Barr Family | Barr, Scott | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 155-156 | Year: 1981 |
| Scott Barr selected as agricultural chairman. | Barr, Scott | Person | Chewelah Independent | Month: 12 Day: 13 Year: 1990 | |
| Barr, Solomon E. | Barr, Solomon E. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 108 | Year: 1916 |
| Dean of City Locksmiths Dies at 83. | Barr, Stevenson E. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 17 Year: 1965 | |
| Ted Barr is a leading Pacific Northwest backgammon professional... | Barr, Ted | Person | Seattle Times | p. 10 Magazine | Month: 11 Day: 26 Year: 1978 |
| Barr, Vint | Barr, Vint | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | p. 5 | Month: 04 Day: 18 Year: 1956 |
| Rosa is 18 spelled backward. | Barraugh, Rosa (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 4 | Month: 04 Day: 15 Year: 1966 |
| Peter Barr Family Records | Barre, Peter | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | v. 38, p. 26 | |
| Judge Roy H Barret rites tomorrow. | Barret, Roy Hamilton | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 67 | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Barrett, Angie | Person | Burlington Farm Journal | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Barrett, Charles Arthur | Person | Goldendale Sentinel | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Barrett, Charles Oliver | Person | Whidbey News-Times | Month: 01 Day: 29 Year: 1986 | |
| Mrs William Barrett Dies. | Barrett, Clara (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 3 Year: 1968 | |
| Barrett, Claude | Barrett, Claude | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 106-107 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Barrett, Daisy Adeline | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 14 | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1969 |
| Let's get aquainted. Eldon Barrett. | Barrett, Eldon | Person | Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society Newsletter | p. 7 | Month: 02 Year: 1966 |
| Efforts of Eliza Saunders helped growth of Chehalis. | Barrett, Eliza Saunders | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 09 Day: 21 Year: 1983 | |
| Barrett, Elizabeth Ann | Barrett, Elizabeth Ann | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1955 |
| Obituary | Barrett, Emma Hoffman | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 01 Day: 1 Year: 1975 | |
| George Barrett | Barrett, George | Person | Burlington Farm Journal | Month: 04 Day: 4 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Barrett, George | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 03 Day: 28 Year: 1968 | |
| Barrett, Gordon S. | Barrett, Gordon S. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 40-41 | Year: 1921 |
| Gordon S. Barrett funeral set. | Barrett, Gordon S. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 73 | Month: 12 Day: 12 Year: 1962 |
| Jacob Grant Barrett Family | Barrett, Jacob Grant | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 116 | Year: 1982 |
| Female comics - more than just another funny face. | Barrett, Jan | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-2 | Month: 08 Day: 28 Year: 1981 |