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 | Barclay, Mae | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1971 | |
| Pioneer Sketches | Barclay, Mary Pambrun | Person | Souvenir of Western Women | p. 201 | Year: 1905 |
| Capitol's Keeper to turn in his keys after 24 years. | Barclift, Oscar | Person | Seattle Times | p. 8 | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1969 |
| Tumwater Mayor resigns over retirement rule. | Barclift, Wes | Person | Olympian | p. A-1 | Month: 05 Day: 27 Year: 1982 |
| Story of a life | Bard, Mary | Person | Seattle Daily Times | mag. P. 8 | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1949 |
| Seattle's Norse import still going strong at 80. | Bardahl, Ole | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-1 | Month: 09 Day: 14 Year: 1982 |
| American Dream? Ole Bardahl makes millions from secret formula and slick promotion of lubricants. | Bardahl, Ole | Person | Argus (Seattle, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1966 | |
| The Ole Bardahl story | Bardahl, Ole | Person | Northwesterner | p. 6 | Month: Day: Year: 1958 |
| Longtime Ballardite Ole Bardahl is Dead. | Bardahl, Ole | Person | Ballard News Tribune (Seattle, Wash.) | Month: 08 Day: 16 Year: 1989 | |
| Obituary | Barden, Harrison L. | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1962 | |
| The re-birth of Councilman Barden. | Barden, Paul | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. F-4 | Month: 03 Day: 17 Year: 1985 |
| Why do intellegent Conservatives behave like such petty schemers? | Barden, Paul | Person | Argus (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 11 | Month: 12 Day: 6 Year: 1974 |
| Gold-panner and game-hunter -- but just for two weeks at a time. | Barden, Robert (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 6-S | Month: 09 Day: 25 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary: Edith Bardesono | Bardesono, Edith | Person | Greater Renton News | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1974 | |
| Mrs. Peter J. Bardon dies at 95. | Bardon, Bertha E. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 10 Day: 16 Year: 1962 | |
| Bardsley, Myrtle Cook (Mrs.) | Bardsley, Myrtle Cook (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 48 | Month: 06 Day: 3 Year: 1959 |
| State Pioneer Succumbs | Bardsley, Myrtle Cook (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 06 Day: 3 Year: 1959 | |
| Bardsley, Myrtle Cook (Mrs.) | Bardsley, Myrtle Cook (Mrs.) | Person | Burlington Journal | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1959 | |
| Happy 90... | Bardwell, Emma L. (Mrs.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 01 Day: 19 Year: 1966 | |
| Ernest J. Bardwell | Bardwell, Ernest J. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 875 | Year: 1904 |
| Bardwell, Forrest Erwin | Bardwell, Forrest Erwin | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 78-79 | Year: 1921 |
| Scenes from the past | Bardwell, Walter | Person | Othello Outlook | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1976 | |
| Al Bardy joins UGN campaign. | Bardy, F. A. 'Al' | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1965 | |
| book 1, p. 151 | Bare, Floyd | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | Year: 1921 | |
| Bare, William F. | Bare, William F. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | p. 12 | Year: 1921 |
| Walla Walla disc jockey leaves hits behind. | Barer, Burl | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-6 | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1980 |
| At the helm of maritimes's quiet giant. | Barer, Stanley | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-3 | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1987 |
| Maggie Aide gets an offer he can't refuse. | Barer, Stanley | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-6 | Month: 01 Day: 1 Year: 1974 |
| Senate Aide | Barer, Stanley | Person | Seattle Times | p. 18 | Month: 11 Day: 30 Year: 1969 |
| Lawyer praised as 'expert on export' | Barer, Stanley | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Feature ed. P. 15 | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1987 |
| Warren Bargabus Family | Bargabus, Warren | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 115 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Barger, Alvie | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | p. 14 | Month: 11 Day: 25 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary: League of Women Voters' Leader Ruth Barger Dies. | Barger, Ruth | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-10 | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1984 |
| Obituary | Bargewell, Arthur Benjamin | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 05 Day: 30 Year: 1961 | |
| Long time resident of county passes. | Bargewell, Celestia Alice (Mrs.) | Person | Sumas News | Month: 08 Day: 13 Year: 1959 | |
| Long time resident of county passes. | Bargewell, Celestia Alice (Mrs.) | Person | Everson News | Month: 08 Day: 13 Year: 1959 | |
| Bargewell, Edward | Bargewell, Edward | Person | Everson News | Month: 05 Day: 1 Year: 1958 | |
| Bargewell, Edward | Bargewell, Edward | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1958 | |
| Obituary | Bargival, Charles | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 38, p. 239 | |
| Bargreen-family business empire -- State Liquor Control Board questions some of its holdings. | Bargreen family | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-1 | Month: 01 Day: 1 Year: 1981 |
| Profile of a Pioneer: Pioneer Beginnings. | Bargreen, Howard | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1970 | |
| Former coal miner's sons, daughters gather for fete. | Barich family | Person | Northern Kittitas County Tribune | Month: 08 Day: 4 Year: 1966 | |
| Pioneer loggers of Mason County. | Bariekman, Edward | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | p. 9 | Month: 05 Day: 23 Year: 1963 |
| Edward Bariekman | Bariekman, Edward | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Barilla, Adam D. | Person | Enumclaw Courier-Herald | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1975 | |
| Hat Lady not the retiring type. | Bark, Lois Rayae | Person | MOHAI News of the Museum of History and Industry | vol 20, no. 2, p. 1 | Month: Day: Year: 1985 |
| Obituary | Barkan, Frances B. | Person | Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 09 Day: 13 Year: 1987 |
| Resolving disputes out of court is their goal. | Barkau, Richard | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-8 | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1984 |
| Gold Mines -- so near and yet so far away. | Barkdull, Calvin H. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1957 | |
| Barker, Bertha | Barker, Bertha | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 62-64 | Year: 1982 |