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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Jeff Barrett | Barrett, Jessie A. (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 13 Year: 1966 | |
| A Trail, tough to blaze, comes to an end. | Barrett, Laurence O. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-1 | Month: 07 Day: 26 Year: 1970 |
| Snoqualmie Forest boss retires today. | Barrett, Laurence O. | Person | Seattle Times | p. C-3 | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary: Larry Barrett. | Barrett, Lawrence 'Larry' | Person | Whidbey News-Times | Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Barrett, Lester L. | Person | Waitsburg Times | Month: 05 Day: 5 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary: Civic leader Lucille Barrett Smith dies at 87 | Barrett, Lucille | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 09 Day: 5 Year: 1987 | |
| A success story of a welfair mother. | Barrett, Melanie | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-1 | Month: 03 Day: 9 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Barrett, Minnie E. | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Barrett, Minnie E. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 25 Year: 1973 | |
| Muriel Barrett will be missed. | Barrett, Muriel | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 7 | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1971 |
| Northwest Diary: No ace up her sleeve. | Barrett, Pam | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 2 | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1979 |
| Death takes P. Barrett, civic leader. | Barrett, Parker | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 11 Day: 7 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Barrett, Paul E. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 04 Day: 10 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Barrett, Paul R. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 18 Year: 1971 | |
| Barrett, Samuel E. | Barrett, Samuel E. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | p. 320-322 | Year: 1917 |
| Barrett, Thomas F. | Barrett, Thomas F. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 474 - 475 | Year: 1904 |
| Barrett, Thomas Wallace | Barrett, Thomas Wallace | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 78-79 | Year: 1921 |
| Health Director Quits. | Barrett, Tony | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-3 | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Barrett, Vida Diola | Person | Nisqually Valley News | Month: 08 Year: 1977 | |
| Obituary | Barrick, Raleigh Frederick | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Barrie, Benjamin R. | Person | Sammamish Valley News | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Barrie, Christine D. | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 12 Day: 10 Year: 1981 | |
| Muralist Don Barrie's work-in-progress will give viewers the big picture -- Painting is a spectacular sport. | Barrie, Don | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-1 | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Barrie, George | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 05 Day: 2 Year: 1962 |
| Pioneer resident moved to Kirkland in 1894; was first woman to vote | Barrie, Lucy Griswold | Person | East Side Journal (Kirkland, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 17 Year: 1960 | |
| Captains Sid and Hill are oldest native sons. | Barrington family | Person | Whidbey Press | Progress Edition | Month: 06 Year: 1961 |
| The Barringtons of Oak Harbor. | Barrington family, | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Mag. Sec., p. 2 | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1964 |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Barrington, E. (Mrs. Capt.) | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Chinese use leasing to help them modernize. | Barrington, Jack | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-10 | Month: 04 Day: 22 Year: 1985 |
| Mrs. Arthur Barrington dies; funeral held. | Barrington, Leah (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 6 | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Barrington, Mildred | Person | Whidbey News-Times | Month: 09 Day: 22 Year: 1977 | |
| Barrington, Minerva Jane | Barrington, Minerva Jane | Person | Women of the West | p. 188 | Year: 1928 |
| Sid Barrington, pioneer and river captain, dies | Barrington, Sydney C. | Person | Whidbey News-Times | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1963 | |
| Captain born here in 1877. | Barrington, W. Hill (Capt.) | Person | Whidbey News-Times | Month: 12 Day: 29 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Barrington, W. Hill (Capt.) | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1972 | |
| Hill Barrington remembers searching for fortuneon the Yukon River. | Barrington, W. Hill (Capt.) | Person | |||
| Obituary | Barrington, W. Hill (Capt.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-7 | Month: 11 Day: 12 Year: 1972 |
| Obituary | Barrom, Hiram E. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1955 | |
| Near Harts Pass. Long search leads to riches in Glory Hole. | Barron, Alec or Alex | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 07 Day: 6 Year: 1961 | |
| Pictoral Past: Old Barron. | Barron, Alec or Alex | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 05 Day: 29 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Barron, June Elwell | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1975 | |
| Margaret Barron, pioneer of county, dies at her home. | Barron, Margaret | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1962 | |
| Mrs. Ralph W. Barron | Barron, Marta (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 61 | Month: 02 Day: 24 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Barron, Milford Warren | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1978 | |
| Barron, Stephen E. (Hon.) | Barron, Stephen E. (Hon.) | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 575-576 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Barron, William R. | Person | Stanwood-Camano News (Stanwood, Wash) | Month: 03 Day: 2 Year: 1983 | |
| Barrow, John James | Barrow, John James | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 57 | Year: 1980 |
| Rites held for Machias pioneer. | Barrow, Nellie E. (Mrs.) | Person | Snohomish County Tribune | Month: 09 Day: 10 Year: 1964 | |
| Barrow, P. B. | Barrow, P. B. | Person | Republican (Seattle, Wash.) | Special New Year Ed. V. II, no. 34, p. 7 | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1896 |
| Black Pioneer sought a living. | Barrow, Peter | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 02 Day: 19 Year: 1979 |