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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Baumgartner: Portrait of the artist as a young woman. | Baumgartner, Chris | Person | Seattle Women News Magazine | p. 12 | Month: 11 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary: Harold A Baunton. | Baunton, Harold A. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 51 | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1967 |
| Bausman, Frederick | Bausman, Frederick | Person | Background and Selection Patterns Justices of the | p. 16 | |
| Bausman, Frederick | Bausman, Frederick | Person | History of the Supreme Court of the Territory and | p. 80-81 | Year: 1932 |
| Bausman, Frederick | Bausman, Frederick | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 28 | Year: 1927 |
| Bob Bavasi and his boys of summer:... | Bavasi, Bob | Person | Pacific Northwest | p. 53+ | Month: 06 Year: 1986 |
| Baxley, Benjamin | Baxley, Benjamin | Person | History of King County | v. IV, p. 7-9 | Year: 1929 |
| Baxter family | Baxter family | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 449 | Year: 1982 |
| Rites set today for Alice Baxter, Pioneer. | Baxter, Alice | Person | Seattle Times | p. H-3 | Month: 07 Day: 14 Year: 1971 |
| Rites set today for Alice Baxter, Pioneer. | Baxter, Alice | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 28 | Month: 07 Day: 13 Year: 1971 |
| Mrs. Charles Baxter, 88 | Baxter, Bertha (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 49 | Month: 11 Day: 4 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Baxter, Bessie I. | Person | Toppenish Review | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1979 | |
| College President Appointed | Baxter, Cecil (Dr. Jr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-18 | Month: 04 Day: 10 Year: 1970 |
| No 'Bag of Tricks' North Seattle College Chief Eager to Begin. | Baxter, Cecil (Dr. Jr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-5 | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1970 |
| Baxter, Daniel K. | Baxter, Daniel K. | Person | Olympia Transcript | 3:04 | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1878 |
| Baxter, David Nevins | Baxter, David Nevins | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 864-865 | Year: 1916 |
| New president of meatcutters says industry is changing. | Baxter, Esther | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 12 Day: 11 Year: 1984 |
| Obituary | Baxter, Fred H. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 18 | Month: 08 Day: 3 Year: 1957 |
| Obituary | Baxter, Hugh W. | Person | Issaquah Press | Month: 02 Day: 16 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Baxter, Ida A. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 31 Year: 1981 | |
| Obituary | Baxter, Inez | Person | Everett Daily Herald | p. 40 | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1955 |
| A Pioneer reports. Market ruined by electricity | Baxter, Joe | Person | Tri-City Herald | Month: 04 Day: 30 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Baxter, Josephine Mary | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 8 Year: 1976 | |
| Key man behind the concert scene. | Baxter, Ken | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 22 | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1963 |
| Baxter, Lola | Baxter, Lola | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 157-158 | Year: 1982 |
| Brazier, Dorothy Brant: 'The Giver' is foster mother to 24 children. | Baxter, Mary Ann | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 2 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Baxter, Masey W. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1975 | |
| Wife of College President has students at heart. | Baxter, Pat Ann (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-5 | Month: 04 Day: 26 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Baxter, Pearl (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 43 | Month: 02 Day: 11 Year: 1955 |
| Baxter, Portus | Baxter, Portus | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 158-61 | Year: 1916 |
| Baxter, Robert W. | Baxter, Robert W. | Person | History of Seattle | v.III, p. 1104-05 | Year: 1916 |
| Baxter, Roy | Baxter, Roy | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 157-8 | Year: 1982 |
| The Crucible: Lice in the old bunkhouse. | Baxter, Scotty | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 4 | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1965 |
| Scotty's dream is not dead. | Baxter, Scotty | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 6 | Month: 09 Day: 8 Year: 1965 |
| Baxter, Sutcliffe | Baxter, Sutcliffe | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 514-519 | Year: 1916 |
| At 90, Fresh memory of village Seattle. | Baxter, William H. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 6S | Month: 07 Day: 7 Year: 1968 |
| Baxter, William Henry | Baxter, William Henry | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 797 | Year: 1916 |
| Bay, Thomas John | Bay, Thomas John | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 110-111 | Year: 1921 |
| Bay, W. D. | Bay, W. D. | Person | 1909 Lewis County, Washington, as told in writing and pictures. | p. 58 | Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Baydo, George T. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 02 Day: 9 Year: 1973 | |
| Death takes Bayer, 60-year old area resident. | Bayer, Albert K. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1962 | |
| Bayes, Cecil | Bayes, Cecil | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 78-79 | Year: 1921 |
| Mrs. Loran C. Bayes | Bayes, Grace (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 6 | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1964 |
| Bayes, John Wallace | Bayes, John Wallace | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 148-149 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Bayes, Loran C. | Person | Bellingham Herald | p. 4 | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1954 |
| Funeral held for Mrs. Chap Bayes. | Bayes, Lydia Jane (Mrs.) | Person | Sumas News | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1966 | |
| Wilfred Bayh, tree farmer. | Bayh, Wilfred L. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 25 | Month: 10 Day: 8 Year: 1966 |
| Bayley, A. B. (M.D.) | Bayley, A. B. (M.D.) | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 711-712 | Year: 1900 |
| Bayley, A. C. Ralph (Dr.) | Bayley, A. C. Ralph (Dr.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 11 Day: 26 Year: 1958 | |
| Bayley won't seek third term as prosecutor. | Bayley, Christopher | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-1 | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1978 |