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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Charles | Brown, Charles | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 683 | Year: 1894 |
| Obituary | Brown, Charles A. Pappy | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 07 Day: 28 Year: 1991 | |
| Charles and Edith Brown of George, Washington announce politicle ambitions. | Brown, Charles E. | Person | Washington Wonderland Magazine | p. 14 | Month: 08 Year: 1962 |
| Obituary: Charles E. Brown. | Brown, Charles E. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 24 Year: 1974 | |
| Agency for blind to honor director. | Brown, Charles E. | Person | Seattle Times | p. 17 | Month: 05 Day: 10 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary: Charles Brown, insurance man, dies. | Brown, Charles E. | Person | Spokane Daily Chronicle | Month: 11 Day: 4 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Charles F. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 11 Day: 19 Year: 1972 | |
| Brown, Charles H. | Brown, Charles H. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 16 | Month: 08 Day: 5 Year: 1955 |
| Charles H. Brown rites tomarrow. | Brown, Charles H. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 44 | Month: 09 Day: 24 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Brown, Charles Ira | Person | Burlington Farm Journal | Month: 02 Day: 8 Year: 1968 | |
| Browns will mark golden date. | Brown, Charles M. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 19 Year: 1961 | |
| Browns will mark golden date. | Brown, Charles M. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 11 Day: 19 Year: 1961 | |
| Charles R. Brown Family | Brown, Charles R. | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 136 | Year: 1982 |
| Texas station steals away our star. | Brown, Charlie | Person | Seattle Times | Magazine, p. 23 | Month: 01 Day: 2 Year: 1977 |
| A. Pioneer. | Brown, Charlotte Heppinstone | Person | Incidents in the Life of a Pioneer Woman : True St | p. 158 | Year: 1975 |
| Obituary | Brown, Clara Fae | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 12 Day: 17 Year: 1967 | |
| Brown, Clarence L. | Brown, Clarence L. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 64-65 | Year: 1921 |
| Brown, Clarence Owen | Brown, Clarence Owen | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 09 Day: 2 Year: 1958 | |
| Brown, Clark L. | Brown, Clark L. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 130-131 | Year: 1921 |
| Brown, Claude Burton | Brown, Claude Burton | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 86-87 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Brown, Claude V. | Person | Lynden Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 18 Year: 1979 | |
| Creating safe explosives training. | Brown, Clay | Person | Totem (Olympia, Wash.) | p. 13 | Month: Day: Year: 1988 |
| Brown, Clyde B. | Brown, Clyde B. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 151 | Year: 1920 |
| Pioneer son succumbs. | Brown, Clyde E. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 01 Day: 30 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Corinne L | Person | Edmonds Tribune Review | Month: 09 Day: 13 Year: 1978 | |
| 91-year-old pioneer of Columbia City tells of early days. | Brown, D. W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Daisie B. | Person | Grant County Journal | Month: 03 Day: 21 Year: 1991 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Daisie B. | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 03 Day: 22 Year: 1991 | |
| Mrs. Carroll Brown of Chehalis succumbs | Brown, Daisy E. (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 5 Year: 1963 | |
| Mrs. Daisy Brown, came west in 1880. | Brown, Daisy Mae (Mrs.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 18 | Month: 04 Day: 11 Year: 1966 |
| Mrs. Daisy Brown, came west in 1880. | Brown, Daisy Mae (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1966 | |
| Mrs. Clarence P. Brown, 95. | Brown, Daisy Mae (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 41 | Month: 04 Day: 17 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Brown, Daniel C. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1973 | |
| Brown, David | Brown, David | Person | Olympia Transcript | 3:03 | Month: 08 Day: 8 Year: 1868 |
| Obituary: David E. Brown. | Brown, David E. | Person | Murrelet | col. 19, no. 1, p. 20-22 | Month: Day: Year: 1938 |
| David Brown funeral set tomarrow | Brown, David Wilbur | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 43, Sec. 3 | Month: 04 Day: 23 Year: 1963 |
| D. W. Brown, 93, dies; resident in district since 1891. | Brown, David Wilbur | Person | Rainier District Times (Seattle, Wash.) | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1963 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Dean A. | Person | Raymond Herald & Advertiser | Month: 12 Day: 21 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Dean A. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 20 Year: 1972 | |
| Brown, Dean M. | Brown, Dean M. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 79-79 | Year: 1921 |
| County native, Dewey Brown, dies suddenly. | Brown, Dewey | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 07 Day: 29 Year: 1971 | |
| Cal Johnson gets Don Brown's job. | Brown, Don | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 7 | Month: 03 Day: 21 Year: 1966 |
| Demo named Sheriff in San Juan County. | Brown, Don F. | Person | Seattle Times | p. E-6 | Month: 11 Day: 11 Year: 1970 |
| Pick for General. | Brown, Donald D. (Col.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 01 Day: 5 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Brown, Donna Marie | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 08 Day: 7 Year: 1984 | |
| Mrs. Dora Brown. | Brown, Dora | Person | Seattle Times | p.12 | Month: 07 Day: 2 Year: 1966 |
| Mrs. Dora Brown. | Brown, Dora | Person | Seattle Times | p. 44 | Month: 07 Day: 1 Year: 1966 |
| Mrs. Dora Brown dies at California home. | Brown, Dora (Mrs.) | Person | Concrete Herald | Month: 01 Day: 30 Year: 1964 | |
| Doris Brown to match strides with Marie Mulder. | Brown, Doris | Person | Seattle Times | p. 37 | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1966 |
| Doris Brown.....the Fragil Runner. | Brown, Doris | Person | Seattle Times | p. 30 | Month: 04 Day: 13 Year: 1969 |