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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 | Barton, Flora | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 06 Day: 3 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Barton, George | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 02 Day: 16 Year: 1972 | |
| Barton, Grace Irby | Barton, Grace Irby | Person | Peoples History of Stevens County | p. 119 | Year: 1983 |
| Mrs. Glen D. Barton | Barton, Grace L. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 58 | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1964 |
| Grace Barton, 76, taken by death. | Barton, Grace R. (Mrs.) | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1964 | |
| J. Bert Barton, 86, ex-photographer. | Barton, J. Bert | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 08 Day: 20 Year: 1967 | |
| Barton, Jackson | Barton, Jackson | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 124 | Year: 1980 |
| Barton, James J. | Barton, James J. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 1 | Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Barton, Jesse Clyde | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1969 | |
| Barton, Lorna Durnford (Miss) | Barton, Lorna Durnford (Miss) | Person | Women of the West | p. 188 | Year: 1928 |
| Barton, Lynville E. | Barton, Lynville E. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 131 | Year: 1920 |
| She was writing a history of oldtime Olympia. | Barton, Margaret | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-12 | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1979 |
| She's a historian who was there! | Barton, Margaret | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 4 | Month: 03 Day: 13 Year: 1973 |
| 'Back when' in Olympia everyone knew everyone. | Barton, Margaret | Person | Daily Olympian | p. C-1 | Month: 04 Day: 29 Year: 1977 |
| Funeral Services held today for Margaret A. Barton. | Barton, Margaret A. | Person | Chelan Valley Mirror | Month: 05 Day: 26 Year: 1971 | |
| Obituary | Barton, Opal V. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 08 Day: 18 Year: 1984 | |
| Obituary | Barton, Rita I. | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 08 Day: 23 Year: 1983 | |
| For Clarence Bartow, a pole's a stage. | Bartow, Clarence | Person | Daily Olympian | p. C-2 | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1979 |
| Bartruff, John A. | Bartruff, John A. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 126-127 | Year: 1921 |
| Cartoon Career not lost on teacher. | Bartruff, Pearl | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-8 | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Bartrum, Kenneth G. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 10 Day: 5 Year: 1986 | |
| Mrs. Bartsell, 79, dies in Illinois. | Bartsell, Josephine | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary: Herman Barttels | Barttels, Herman Ernest | Person | Toppenish Review | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1974 | |
| She speaks up for the elderly. | Baruch, Margit | Person | Seattle Times | mag. P. 7 | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1975 |
| Services set for Thomas H Barwick. | Barwick, Thomas H. | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-10 | Month: 09 Day: 9 Year: 1970 |
| Behind the scenes -- Six indispensable people. A promotional pas de deux. | Barzso, Craig | Person | Openings: Argus Magazines 1978-79 Guide to the Performing and Visual Arts. | Vol. 85, no. 39, 2nd sec., p. 12 | Month: 09 Day: 29 Year: 1978 |
| Biographical Sketch | Baseel, S. J. | Person | South Bend Journal | Pacific Co. Ed. P. 11 | Year: 1900 |
| Arthur C. Basel, former Game Commissioner, dies | Basel, Arthur C. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 61 | Month: 02 Day: 2 Year: 1969 |
| Eugene & Bertha Basford | Basford, Bertha | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 117-118 | Year: 1982 |
| Basford, Charles Edmund | Basford, Charles Edmund | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 88-89 | Year: 1921 |
| Earl & Edna Basford Family | Basford, Earl | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 117 | Year: 1982 |
| Eugene & Bertha Basford | Basford, Eugene | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 117-118 | Year: 1982 |
| Cullan B. Bash and the Earlist Years. | Bash, Cullan B. | Person | Okanogan County Heritage | p. 19-36 | Month: Day: Year: 1983 |
| Cullen B. Bash and the earliest years | Bash, Cullan B. | Person | Okanogan County Heritage | p. 3-12 | Month: Day: Year: 1983 |
| Bash, Henry | Bash, Henry | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 827 | Year: 1893 |
| Obituary | Bash, Mary Iola (Miss) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 39 | Month: 12 Day: 1 Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Bashaw, Arthur C. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 05 Day: 24 Year: 1979 | |
| Bashford, Herbert | Bashford, Herbert | Person | Souvenir of the 5th Legislature of the State of Wash | p. 30 | Year: 1897 |
| Basi, Wilhelm | Basi, Wilhelm | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 118 | Year: 1982 |
| Fred Baske | Baske, Fred | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 972 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Baskerville, David R. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 01 Day: 9 Year: 1987 | |
| Worked on many projects. | Baslee, Vesta | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 08 Day: 29 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Baslington, Margaret | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 11 Day: 18 Year: 1989 | |
| Obituary | Basore, Mildred A. | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Bass, Alma M. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1990 | |
| Charles Bass funeral to be Thursday | Bass, Charles T. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Sec. 3, p. 41 | Month: 03 Day: 26 Year: 1963 |
| Bass, Daniel Waldo | Bass, Daniel Waldo | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III p. 259-260 | Year: 1917 |
| Bass, Daniel Waldo | Bass, Daniel Waldo | Person | History of Seattle | v. II, p. 841-42 | Year: 1916 |
| Biography: President of the Shingle Mills Bureau, of Seattle and a leading Manufacturer. | Bass, Daniel Waldo | Person | Successful American | p. 224 | Month: 11 Year: 1906 |
| Mrs Albert A. Bass | Bass, Emma Alice | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 42 | Month: 01 Day: 30 Year: 1964 |