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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Brown's inventions were ahead of their time. | Brown, Lewis | Person | Valley American | Month: 04 Day: 5 Year: 1990 | |
| Brown, Lewis Glen | Brown, Lewis Glen | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 256-257 | Year: 1921 |
| Brown, Lewis H. | Brown, Lewis H. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 239-240 | Year: 1904 |
| Brown, Lewis William | Brown, Lewis William | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 157 | Year: 1920 |
| Mrs. Alex Brown. Spokane pioneer claimed by death. | Brown, Lillian | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1966 | |
| Ms. Ranger Brown. | Brown, Linda | Person | Seattle Times Magazine | p. 9-11 | Month: 10 Day: 27 Year: 1974 |
| Obituary | Brown, Lloyd Gilbert | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Lois E. | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 01 Day: 15 Year: 1986 | |
| Early History of Duvall | Brown, Lon | Person | Carnavall Reporter | Month: 08 Day: 23 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Lorene Kile | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Lottie Springer (Mrs.) | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Lovisa | Person | Prosser Record Bulletin | Month: 11 Day: 16 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Lovisa | Person | Grandview Herald | Month: 11 Day: 18 Year: 1976 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Luke | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 05 Day: 23 Year: 1971 | |
| Brown, Lum | Brown, Lum | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 149 | Year: 1920 |
| Mrs. Oscar Brown | Brown, Lydia E. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 41, sec. 3 | Month: 03 Day: 26 Year: 1963 |
| Brown, Lynn A. | Brown, Lynn A. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | p. 11 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Brown, Mabel M. | Person | Goldendale Sentinel | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Mamie E. Keyes (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 29 | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Brown, Manie | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 03 Day: 18 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Manie | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 19 Year: 1986 | |
| Marcus Arthur Brown, 100, buried at Ellensburg. | Brown, Marcus Arthur | Person | Pullman Herald | ||
| Member of early pioneer family dies at 85. | Brown, Margaret Yenney (Mrs.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 06 Day: 30 Year: 1959 | |
| Margarethe Brown, early hotel owner here, dies. | Brown, Margarethe | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 07 Day: 31 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Marguerite (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 04 Day: 9 Year: 1965 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Marguerite (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1981 | |
| Brown replaces Fraser as mayor. | Brown, Mark | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-1 | Month: 11 Day: 7 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Brown, Martha | Person | Clarkston Herald | Month: 09 Day: 25 Year: 1975 | |
| The Brown Family's Avenue Theater---It all Startedwith a Russian immigrant. | Brown, Martin | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol. 4, p. 90-91 | Year: 1975 |
| Mrs. Mary Brown active at 98. | Brown, Mary (Mrs.) | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 26 Year: 1962 | |
| Mary Brown, 101, passes. | Brown, Mary (Mrs.) | Person | Statesman-Examiner (Colville, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 16 Year: 1965 | |
| Mrs. Ernest (Mary M.) Ridgeway. | Brown, Mary (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 12 | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Brown, Mary Harkness (Mrs.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | p. 13 | Month: 02 Day: 23 Year: 1954 |
| Washington Pioneer Assn. Roll | Brown, Mary O. (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| The Case of the Rolling Stone. | Brown, Mary Olney | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 10 Day: 22 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Brown, Mathie E. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 05 Day: 19 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Maude | Person | Pullman Herald | Month: 12 Day: 19 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Maude H. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 02 Day: 23 Year: 1983 |
| Obituary: Mrs. Merle Brown. | Brown, Merle Holm (Mrs.) | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1967 | |
| Brown, Merrill S. | Brown, Merrill S. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 460 | Year: 1888 |
| Obituary | Brown, Miles E. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 07 Day: 14 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Mitchell A. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1961 | |
| A rival for Ruby Chow. | Brown, Mozell | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-1 | Month: 05 Day: 21 Year: 1981 |
| Yakima Cowboy: The 1867. | Brown, Myron R. | Person | Northwest Legacy | p. 309- | Month: 06 Year: 1976 |
| Diaries: 1867; 1868 | Brown, Myron R. | Person | Ms 087 | ||
| Brown, Myron Robert | Brown, Myron Robert | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 27, p. 152-226 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Myrtle | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 29 Year: 1972 | |
| My pioneer recollections of Franklin County. | Brown, Myrtle Fuller | Person | Franklin Flyer | vol. 6, no. 3, p. 6 | Month: 10 Year: 1973 |
| Dude Brown battled cattle ruslers in the Okanogan County in 1905 | Brown, N. L. "Dude" | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | p. 10 | Month: 11 Day: 24 Year: 1930 |
| Obituary | Brown, Neil B. | Person | Issaquah Press | Month: 09 Day: 15 Year: 1977 |