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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flora Bresee honored on her 90th birthday. | Bresee, Flora | Person | Anacortes American | Month: 06 Day: 10 Year: 1971 | |
| Gray's Harbor's chain-saw sculptor. | Bresee, Paul | Person | Seattle Daily Times | mag., p. 11 | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1956 |
| Much took place along Muck Creek. | Breseman, Gustav | Person | Seattle Daily Times | mag. Sec., p. 4-5 | Month: 09 Day: 29 Year: 1963 |
| E. Bresemann, Spanaway pioneer, dies. | Bresemann, Emanuel J. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1971 | |
| Bresemann, Gustav | Bresemann, Gustav | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p.708-709 | Year: 1893 |
| Spanaway or Yawanapa -- It's Tillicum | Bresemann, Gustave G. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1966 | |
| G. G. Bresemann, Former Spanaway park owner, dies. | Bresemann, Gustave G. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1969 | |
| There's no such thing as free manure. | Bresheare, Phyllis | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest, p. 6 | Month: 12 Day: 3 Year: 1978 |
| Breshears, Archie | Breshears, Archie | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 423 | Year: 1982 |
| Breshears, Dorothy (Mrs.) | Breshears, Dorothy (Mrs.) | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 423 | Year: 1982 |
| Breshears, Ezra | Breshears, Ezra | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 244 | Year: 1982 |
| Breshears, Lilly (Mrs.) | Breshears, Lilly (Mrs.) | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 244 | Year: 1982 |
| Bresko, John | Bresko, John | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Special Section, p. 59 | Month: 11 Day: 9 Year: 1989 |
| Thomas Jefferson Award Winners. | Bresko, John S. | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. B-3 | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1977 |
| Actress Blix Ruskay dies. | Bresler, Esther Jane | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-1 | Month: 08 Day: 13 Year: 1981 |
| UW statistician, nuclear physicist honored for work. | Breslow, Norman | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-5 | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1984 |
| Obituary: Mary Bresnahan, a long time editor. | Bresnahan, Mary | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-2 | Month: 04 Day: 13 Year: 1982 |
| Editor retires, plans Ireland trip. | Bresnahan, Mary | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-5 | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1972 |
| Peak named for Seattle native. | Bressler, Calder Blaine | Person | Seattle Times | p. 7 | Month: 10 Day: 11 Year: 1969 |
| Mt. Bessler photo displayed. | Bressler, Calder T (Dr.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1967 | |
| Sleuthing in the past. | Bretherton, Bernard J. | Person | Mountaineer Magazine | vol. 71, no. 7, p. 49 | |
| Bruce Bretland surprise: State lavishes praise on distinguished leader. | Bretland, Bruce | Person | Stanwood-Camano News (Stanwood, Wash) | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1989 | |
| Scout's deed is a whopper. | Brett, Bob | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-1 | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1975 |
| Obituary | Brett, John W. | Person | Waterville Empire-Times | Month: 10 Day: 18 Year: 1973 | |
| After 42 years, the professor finally was victorious. | Bretz, J. Harlen | Person | Seattle Times | Magazine, p. 12-13 | Month: 07 Day: 11 Year: 1971 |
| Chief Breuer calls it quits. | Breuer, Chet | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-1 | Month: 02 Day: 27 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Breuer, William J. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 6 | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1973 |
| Deaths | Breum, Ellen I. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1968 | |
| Puyallup valley pacemakers. | Brew, Thomas H. | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 08 Day: 20 Year: 1975 | |
| Many ventures seen in Brew Co. history | Brew, Thomas H. | Person | Puyallup Valley News | Month: 12 Day: 12 Year: 1962 | |
| Genealogy of Ellen Roundtree Harmon & Roundtree, Brewer, & Harmon families of Lewis County. | Brewer family | Person | ? | Typescript | |
| Brewer, Chrissie Scofield (Mrs.) | Brewer, Chrissie Scofield (Mrs.) | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1958 | |
| Obituary | Brewer, Effie | Person | Daily Globe News (Auburn, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Brewer, Effie | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1983 | |
| Brewer, Ella Louise | Brewer, Ella Louise | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 4 | Year: 1952 |
| E. Brewer Service held. | Brewer, Emory F. | Person | Elma Chronicle | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1968 | |
| Brewer, Florence Dudley | Brewer, Florence Dudley | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1956 |
| Obituary | Brewer, Forest Geroge 'Knots' | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 10 Day: 19 Year: 1972 | |
| Brewer, Frank P. | Brewer, Frank P. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v.1, p. 454-455 | Year: 1903 |
| Brewer, Fred C. | Brewer, Fred C. | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 300 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Brewer, Fred R. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 06 Day: 22 Year: 1964 |
| Obituary: Harriet L. Brewer | Brewer, Harriet L. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 06 Day: 12 Year: 1974 | |
| Brewer, Henry | Brewer, Henry | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 235 | Year: 1980 |
| Brewer, J. H. | Brewer, J. H. | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 555 | Year: 1894 |
| Obituary | Brewer, J. M. | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 18 Year: 1906 | |
| Brewer, James | Brewer, James | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | ||
| Obituary: James Brewer. | Brewer, James | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 08 Day: 7 Year: 1920 | |
| Brewer to head AP here. | Brewer, John | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 12 Day: 9 Year: 1976 |
| Brewer, L. A. | Brewer, L. A. | Person | 1909 Lewis County, Washington, as told in writing and pictures. | p. 39 | Year: 1983 |
| Brewer, L. H. | Brewer, L. H. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 393-395 | Year: 1917 |