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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brashears, Gerry Lane | Brashears, Gerry Lane | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 131 | Year: 1982 |
| Horse aficionado still in the running after 100 years. | Brashem, Al | Person | South District Journal | Month: 01 Day: 22 Year: 1986 | |
| Edward A. Brashem, 78. | Brashem, Edward A. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 05 Day: 30 Year: 1967 | |
| William H. Brashers Family. | Brashers, William H. | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 131 | Year: 1982 |
| Brasier, O. H. | Brasier, O. H. | Person | Pictorial Sketch of the Puget Sound Area and its B | p. 85 | Year: 1960 |
| Brasington Bible Records | Brasington family | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 38, p. 56-58 | |
| late 1930s | Brask, Albert | Person | Growing Up with Lake Forest Park : the Early Decad | Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Brassey, Richard John | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1971 | |
| Brassfield, Cecil Albert "Pete" | Brassfield, Cecil Albert "Pete" | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1954 |
| Chehalin stricken. | Brassfield, Lenna Gray (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1966 | |
| Honored for his 99th birthday... | Brassfield, William B. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 19 Year: 1966 | |
| Chehalin, 102, passes. | Brassfield, William B. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 14 Year: 1969 | |
| 'I don't worry' says Chehalis man, age 101. | Brassfield, William B. | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 4 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Braswell, Carrie | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary: James Brathovd Dies at age 81 | Brathovd, James Edmund | Person | Selah Valley Optimist | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1974 | |
| Mary Bratlie: Centenarian-plus. | Bratlie, Mary | Person | Reflector | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Bratt, E. Clem (Jr.) | Person | Colfax Gazette | Month: 01 Day: 12 Year: 1978 | |
| Rain Spoils Grain | Bratt, Easton C. | Person | Told by the Pioneers | p. 106 | Year: 1938 |
| Obituary | Bratt, Victoria | Person | Tekoa Standard Register | Month: 01 Day: 1 Year: 1981 | |
| Brattain, Leslie | Brattain, Leslie | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 65 | Year: 1982 |
| Advertising just won't be the same. | Brattain, Mari | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-2 | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1974 |
| . | Brattain, Nellie | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 65 | Year: 1982 |
| Mrs. Ross R Brattain dies at 85. | Brattain, Ottilie | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 01 Day: 14 Year: 1963 | |
| Private rites for Ross R. Brattain held. | Brattain, Ross R. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 03 Day: 2 Year: 1961 | |
| Brtattain, who first came here as boy, dies at 86. | Brattain, Ross R. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 03 Day: 3 Year: 1961 | |
| Brattain, Walter | Brattain, Walter | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 66 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary: Novelist Walter H. Brattain dies at 85 | Brattain, Walter H. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. G-12 | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1987 |
| Scientist and Teacher. | Brattain, Walter H. (Dr.) | Person | Cascades Magazine Pacific NW Bell | p. 12 | Month: 08 Year: 1969 |
| The Washington 100: A centennial gallery of favorite sons & daughters who have changed the world in which we live. | Brattain, Walter H. (Dr.) | Person | Washington Magazine | p. 114 | Month: 11 Year: 1988 |
| Notes & notables...Science meeting brings Brattains here again. | Brattain, Walter H. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 23 | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1965 |
| Raw Power - The greatest concern of our age. | Brattain, Walter H. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | NW Today sec, p. 4-5 | Month: 11 Day: 28 Year: 1965 |
| Brattain honored by historical hall selection. | Brattain, Walter H. (Dr.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 11 Day: 13 Year: 1981 | |
| W. H. Brattain, transistor co-inventor, dies at age 85. | Brattain, Walter H. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1987 | |
| His invention changed the world and earned the Nobel Prize. | Brattain, Walter H. (Dr.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Feature ed., p. 34 | Month: 02 Day: 22 Year: 1987 |
| Inventive Prof. for the Hall of Fame. | Brattain, Walter H. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 02 Day: 10 Year: 1974 |
| Obituary | Brattain, Walter H. (Dr.) | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 10 Day: 14 Year: 1987 | |
| Inventor's appraisal: Transistor uses both 'Good and Bad'. | Brattain, William | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 12 Day: 12 Year: 1972 | |
| Doug Bratton Family | Bratton, Doug | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 132 | Year: 1982 |
| Bratton, Grace | Bratton, Grace | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 432 | Year: 1982 |
| Bratton, Howard | Bratton, Howard | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 132 | Year: 1982 |
| Bratton, Inez | Bratton, Inez | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 132 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Bratton, Nettie G. | Person | Olympian | p. B-2 | Month: 01 Day: 27 Year: 1987 |
| Bratton, Robert | Bratton, Robert | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 131 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Bratton, Robert | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1965 |
| New state utilities chairman lamblasted. | Bratton, Robert W. | Person | Seattle Times | p. B-2 | Month: 11 Day: 6 Year: 1981 |
| Bratton keeps eye on rates of utilities, transportation. | Bratton, Robert W. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. B-4 | Month: 02 Day: 5 Year: 1981 |
| Spellman to name new aide. | Bratton, Robert W. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B | Month: 08 Day: 26 Year: 1971 |
| Spellman names his deputy from county years to utilities post. | Bratton, Robert W. | Person | Seattle Times | p. F-11 | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1981 |
| Bratton, Talleyrand | Bratton, Talleyrand | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 432 | Year: 1982 |
| Working: Close-up takes a closer look at how local residents view the work they do. | Bratton, W. A. "Jerry" | Person | Olympian | p. C-1 | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1983 |