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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retired bank president dies in Tacoma. | Brouse, Arthur H. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 49 | Month: 05 Day: 25 Year: 1965 |
| Former professor finds mail-order brides in Asia. | Broussard, John | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-28 | Month: 10 Day: 15 Year: 1978 |
| Bill Brow, Burien's milkman, still lives here. | Brow, Bill | Person | Highline Times | Month: 06 Day: 14 Year: 1967 | |
| Browder, Paul M. | Browder, Paul M. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 167 | Year: 1920 |
| Browder, S. M. | Browder, S. M. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 101 | Year: 1920 |
| Hulda Browell, 72, pioneer daughter, is taken by death. | Browell, Hulda | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 02 Day: 18 Year: 1969 | |
| A Hiking Club or Firefighters for Conservation? | Brower, David | Person | Seattle Times | p. 11 | Month: 03 Day: 5 Year: 1969 |
| Brower, Elizabeth Garner | Brower, Elizabeth Garner | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 136 | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Brower, Erastus J. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 44 | Month: 04 Day: 5 Year: 1955 |
| 'Barber Lady' going strong at 91. | Brower, Florence | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-7 | Month: 08 Day: 5 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary: Floyd Brower, State Lawman 36 years. | Brower, Floyd | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 07 Day: 5 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: Floyd Brower dies; ex-sheriff in Spokane. | Brower, Floyd | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 07 Day: 5 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Brower, Harlan Ellis | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Brower, Hemry A. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 14 Year: 1962 | |
| Book by veteran sums up her career. | Brower, Margaret | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-10 | Month: 09 Day: 6 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Brower, O. A. 'Red' | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 31 Year: 1975 | |
| Obituary | Brower, Susie Franks | Person | Daily Olympian | p. A-6 | Month: 02 Day: 4 Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Brower, Viola Hansen | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 12 Day: 5 Year: 1979 | |
| Brown - Doerschlag | Brown Family | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 204-205 | Year: 1982 |
| A. H. Brown, Commissioner. | Brown, A. H. | Person | South Bend Journal | p. 12 Pacific Edition | Year: 1900 |
| Thr Brown Farm on the Nisqually Delta, 1904-1919: A photographic Essay. | Brown, A. L. | Person | Pacific Northwest Quarterly | p. 162+ | Month: 10 Year: 1980 |
| A. M. Brown | Brown, A. M. | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 346 | Year: 1885 |
| Bio. & Photo | Brown, A. N. | Person | Caytons Legislative Manual | p. 28 | Year: 1905 |
| Brown, A. T. | Brown, A. T. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 423-424 | Year: 1900 |
| Channel hopper: T.V. anchor Aaron Brown is adrift between station. | Brown, Aaron | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-1 | Month: 05 Day: 3 Year: 1986 |
| Brown, Abel | Brown, Abel | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 542-43 | Year: 1900 |
| Prominent family's roots traced back to Abel Brown. | Brown, Abel | Person | Cheney Free Press | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1989 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Adelia Lurena | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 05 Day: 23 Year: 1991 | |
| Adrian S. brown | Brown, Adrian S. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 313 | Year: 1904 |
| Brown, Agnes J. S. | Brown, Agnes J. S. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 45 | Month: 06 Day: 8 Year: 1956 |
| Obituary | Brown, Agnes O. | Person | Stanwood News | Month: 05 Day: 21 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Agnes O. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 05 Day: 18 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Agnes O. | Person | Edmonds Tribune Review | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1970 | |
| Brown, Albert | Brown, Albert | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 386 | Year: 1904 |
| Funeral slated for Mill Owner. | Brown, Albert H. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 09 Day: 18 Year: 1975 | |
| Albert Johnson Brown Family | Brown, Albert Johnson | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 136 | Year: 1982 |
| Brown, Alberta Josephine (Mrs.) | Brown, Alberta Josephine (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 03 Day: 4 Year: 1948 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Alfred N. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 03 Day: 10 Year: 1970 | |
| Brown, Alice | Brown, Alice | Person | Women of Washington | p. 16 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Brown, Alick A. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 08 Day: 8 Year: 1972 | |
| Brown, Amos | Brown, Amos | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v.II p. 330-332 | Year: 1917 |
| Amos Brown built a fortune in real estate. | Brown, Amos | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Magazine p. 7 | Month: 03 Day: 7 Year: 1954 |
| Brown, Amos | Brown, Amos | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 545-546 | Year: 1893 |
| Brown, Amos | Brown, Amos | Person | History of Seattle | v. II, p. 756-758 | Year: 1916 |
| Brown, Amos | Brown, Amos | Person | History of Washington | n. V, p. 239-243 | Year: 1909 |
| Obituary | Brown, Amy E. | Person | Standard-Register | Month: 08 Day: 21 Year: 1975 | |
| Man who came here in 1883 succumbs in Bellevue Jan 20. | Brown, Andrew | Person | Kent News-Journal | Month: 01 Day: 31 Year: 1962 | |
| Obituary: Ann D. Brown, volenteer worker, dies. | Brown, Ann D. | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-8 | Month: 10 Day: 30 Year: 1983 |
| Pioneer nurse of Kitittas Vally dies. | Brown, Anna (Mrs.) | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Month: 09 Day: 12 Year: 1960 | |
| 189 years celebrated by two pioneer residents. | Brown, Anna C. | Person | Yakima Valley News | Month: 01 Day: 17 Year: 1963 |