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 | Brownell, Charles W. | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 37, p. 303 | |
| Brownell, Francis H. | Brownell, Francis H. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v.1, p. 292-293 | Year: 1903 |
| Brownell, Francis Herbert | Brownell, Francis Herbert | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| Brownell, Kenneth Cooke | Brownell, Kenneth Cooke | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 08 Day: 5 Year: 1958 | |
| Brownell, Paul W. | Brownell, Paul W. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 136-137 | Year: 1921 |
| Brownell, Sarah T. (Mrs.) | Brownell, Sarah T. (Mrs.) | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 72 | Year: 1980 |
| A Painful year of battling back for Tony Brownell. | Brownell, Tony | Person | Olympian | p. 5 Totem | Month: 03 Day: 20 Year: 1983 |
| Brownfield, Christian | Brownfield, Christian | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 24, p. 114-116 | |
| Eve of an active life. An honored name on the roll of Washington Pioneers. | Brownfield, Daniel Fauber | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 8 & ? | Month: 03 Day: 5 Year: 1899 |
| Mrs. Brownfield taked by death. | Brownfield, Della (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 04 Day: 3 Year: 1967 | |
| married H.B. Manchester | Brownfield, Ellen | Person | Olympia Transcript | vol 3, p. 3 | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1868 |
| Rites held for Frank Brownfield are held. | Brownfield, Frank C. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 33, sec. 3 | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1963 |
| John C. Brownfield | Brownfield, John C. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 619 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Brownfield, Mary Kristine (Mrs.) | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 01 Day: 14 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Brownfield, Mary Kristine (Mrs.) | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Brownfield, Mary Kristine (Mrs.) | Person | Oroville Gazette | Month: 01 Day: 25 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary | Browning, Amzie D. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 12 Day: 14 Year: 1972 | |
| Did bureaucracy make the mass murder easy for Nazie? PLU History proffessor Christopher thinks so. | Browning, Christopher | Person | Olympian | p. 6 "Profile" | Month: 09 Day: 11 Year: 1983 |
| Obituary | Browning, Della | Person | Palouse Republic | Month: 10 Day: 4 Year: 1968 | |
| Browning, Florence Page | Browning, Florence Page | Person | Washingtons Pioneer Women Teachers. | p. 98 | Year: 1953 |
| Renton soldier honored posthumously. | Browning, John C. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 5 | Month: 06 Day: 21 Year: 1969 |
| Well known former Willapa Valley resident dies. | Browning, Lillian | Person | Harbor Pilot & South Bend Journal | Month: 01 Day: 17 Year: 1974 | |
| I remember an Indian fisherman. | Browning, Robert | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 10 | Month: 07 Day: 17 Year: 1977 |
| Funeral rites are conducted for Brownlee. | Brownlee, George W. | Person | Omak Chronicle | Month: 12 Day: 13 Year: 1962 | |
| Brownlee, Guy W. | Brownlee, Guy W. | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 05 Day: 15 Year: 1958 | |
| I. J. Brownlee in Meserve Building. | Brownlee, I. J. | Person | Newspaper clipping | Month: 04 Day: 13 Year: 1934 | |
| Mainly about people; Three valued governmental employees....They are Donald A MacDonal, Miss Margaret Brownlee & Mrs. Agnes deCartteret... | Brownlee, Margaret (Miss) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 4 | Month: 06 Day: 30 Year: 1963 |
| Brownlee, T. C. | Brownlee, T. C. | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 136 | Year: 1936 |
| Born in Squilchuck homestead: Pioneer area printer T. Y. Brownlow passes. | Brownlow, Truman Yardley | Person | Wenatchee Daily World | Month: 08 Day: 4 Year: 1961 | |
| W. K. Brownlow passes March 5. | Brownlow, William K. | Person | Chewelah Independent | Month: 03 Day: 23 Year: 1961 | |
| Brownrigg, Sadie Goldwater | Brownrigg, Sadie Goldwater | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | p. 8 | Month: 05 Day: 21 Year: 1956 |
| 1935-1937 | Browns, Walter | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Saltwater Entrepreneur: She's musseling into business. | Brownstein, Emily | Person | Shelton-Mason County Journal | Mason County women supplement, p. S-10 | Month: 09 Day: 1 Year: 1983 |
| Medival living on Lake Union. | Broxon, William | Person | Seattle Times Magazine | p. 8-9 | Month: 04 Day: 7 Year: 1974 |
| 1987 queen recalls many a Pioneer Days memory. | Broxson, Carrie | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 05 Day: 21 Year: 1987 | |
| Obituary | Broyles, Ethel L. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 6 | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1974 |
| Obituary | Broyles, J. W. | Person | Bellingham Herald | p. 4 | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Broyles, James Oliver | Person | Palouse Republic | Month: 02 Day: 3 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary | Broyles, Larnie Emmett | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 10 | Month: 01 Day: 28 Year: 1969 |
| Bird's eye view of the action. | Broyles, Wendell | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-1 | Month: 11 Day: 21 Year: 1971 |
| Head of health group retiring. | Broyles, Wendell H. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-16 | Month: 11 Day: 17 Year: 1978 |
| Obituary | Brozovich, John | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Month: 03 Day: 29 Year: 1955 | |
| Obituary. | Brtandt, Verner C. | Person | Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 12 Day: 30 Year: 1982 |
| Brthel, John Thomas | Brthel, John Thomas | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 8 | Year: 1951 |
| Obituary: Mrs. Thomas M. Bru. | Bru, Della | Person | Seattle Times | p. 54 | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1967 |
| Obituary: Mrs. Thmas M. Bru. | Bru, Della | Person | Seattle Times | p. 25 | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1967 |
| Nursing home resident marks 100th birthday. | Brua, Robert A. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 04 Day: 14 Year: 1973 | |
| Brubaker leads in Snohomish County council race. | Brubaker, Bill | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-4 | Month: 09 Day: 16 Year: 1987 |
| City of Waitsburg rose on Bruce land. | Bruce family | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 04 Day: 19 Year: 1959 | |
| Obituary | Bruce, Adah | Person | Seattle Times | p. 43 | Month: 03 Day: 22 Year: 1966 |