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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What makes Doris Run? "I'm testing my own limits". | Brown, Doris | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. D-1 | Month: 04 Day: 13 Year: 1975 |
| Olympics could have been better for Doris. | Brown, Doris | Person | Daily Olympian | p. D-5 | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1981 |
| Obituary | Brown, Doris M. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 07 Day: 20 Year: 1990 | |
| The copy book | Brown, Dorothee | Person | Washington Newspaper | p. 6 | Month: 12 Year: 1975 |
| Death takes Mrs. William A. Brown. | Brown, Dorothy W. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 10 | Month: 10 Day: 25 Year: 1963 |
| Brown, E. J. (Dr.) | Brown, E. J. (Dr.) | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged. | Year: 1911 |
| Attorney at Law - biographical information | Brown, E. L. | Person | Port Orchard Independent | Supplement, p. 5 | Month: 04 Year: 1971 |
| Death claims Earl W. Brown, retired logger. | Brown, Earl W. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 05 Day: 17 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Edgar M. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 32 | Month: 04 Day: 6 Year: 1954 |
| Obituary | Brown, Edith | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 05 Day: 20 Year: 1968 | |
| 91 year old pioneer of Columbia City tells of early days. | Brown, Edith | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 08 Day: 11 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Edna L. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 21 Year: 1973 | |
| Death takes survivor of pioneers in region. | Brown, Edward C. | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 07 Day: 21 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Edward E. | Person | East Washingtonian | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1973 | |
| Brown, Edwin Harold | Brown, Edwin Harold | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 40-41 | Year: 1921 |
| Brown, Edwin J. (Dr.) | Brown, Edwin J. (Dr.) | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 127 | Year: 1936 |
| Brown, Edwin James | Brown, Edwin James | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 753-754 | Year: 1916 |
| Brown, Edwin Jay | Brown, Edwin Jay | Person | History of Seattle | v. III, p. 108-111 | Year: 1916 |
| Edyth Brown services held. | Brown, Edyth M. | Person | Cheney Free Press | p. | Month: 06 Day: 24 Year: 1971 |
| Obituary | Brown, Effie Gertrude | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 12 Day: 21 Year: 1981 | |
| Brown, Eldred T. | Brown, Eldred T. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 22 | Month: 03 Day: 15 Year: 1951 |
| Obituary | Brown, Elida | Person | Whitman-Latah Record (Palouse, Wash.) | Month: 12 Day: 6 Year: 1979 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Elizabeth Slater | Person | Ferndale Record | Month: 08 Day: 24 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Elizabeth Slater | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 08 Day: 23 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Ella Madden | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 07 Day: 23 Year: 1986 | |
| Brown, Elmer M. (Dr.) | Brown, Elmer M. (Dr.) | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 209 | Year: 1916 |
| Brown, Elmer M. (Dr.) | Brown, Elmer M. (Dr.) | Person | Historical Review of the Tacoma Guardsmen. | Year: 1909 | |
| Brown, Elmer M. (Dr.) | Brown, Elmer M. (Dr.) | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 400-402 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Brown, Eloise "Mary" | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 10 Day: 25 Year: 1972 | |
| Brown, Elwin (M.D.) | Brown, Elwin (M.D.) | Person | Tacoma, its history and its builders. | p. 120 | Year: 1916 |
| Obituary | Brown, Emma (Mrs.) | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1969 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Emma (Mrs.) | Person | Puyallup Valley Tribune | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1969 | |
| Funeral rites for Emma Brown today. | Brown, Emma A. | Person | Orting Oracle | Month: 07 Day: 6 Year: 1967 | |
| Orting resident for 78 years dies. | Brown, Emma A. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 4 Year: 1967 | |
| Final services held for Emma Jane Brown, 82. | Brown, Emma Jane Burrow (Mrs.) | Person | Sprague Advocate | Month: 09 Day: 22 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Emmett F. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2, sec. 1. | Month: 12 Day: 30 Year: 1962 |
| Obituary | Brown, Ernest | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 02 Day: 16 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: Long-time WW area farmer dies. | Brown, Ernest | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 07 Day: 18 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: Ernest Brown. | Brown, Ernest | Person | Waitsburg Times | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1974 | |
| Jessie Brown, 81, claimed by death. | Brown, Ernest Bruce (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane | Month: 07 Day: 10 Year: 1968 | |
| Brown, Ernest Bruce (Mrs.) | Brown, Ernest Bruce (Mrs.) | Person | ? | ||
| Obituary | Brown, Esther Frances | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1986 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Etta | Person | Pierce County Herald | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Etta | Person | Puyallup Valley Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 24 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary: Mrs. Walter Brown | Brown, Etta Clark | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol 41, p. 80 | |
| Mrs. Brown observes her 100th Anniversary. | Brown, Eugenia J. | Person | |||
| Eva learned job from bottom rung up. | Brown, Eva | Person | Daily Olympian | p. C-3 | Month: 04 Day: 15 Year: 1979 |
| Brown, Eva | Brown, Eva | Person | Told by the Pioneers | v2, p. 29-31 | Year: 1938 |
| Brown, F. C. | Brown, F. C. | Person | Cartoon: a reference book of Seattles Successful men | unpaged | Year: 1911 |
| Brown, F. W. | Brown, F. W. | Person | Olympia Transcript | v.3, p. 3 | Month: 02 Day: 15 Year: 1868 |