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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obituary | Bristol, Leo E. | Person | Morton Journal | Month: 12 Day: 13 Year: 1973 | |
| Bristol, Wade H. | Bristol, Wade H. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 140-141 | Year: 1921 |
| U.W.'s Bristol dies. | Bristol, Walter M. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 02 Day: 17 Year: 1971 |
| Obituary | Bristow, Myrtle Josephine (Mrs.) | Person | Daily News (Longview, Wash.) | Month: 11 Day: 26 Year: 1971 | |
| Britsch, Fred | Britsch, Fred | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 190 | Year: 1982 |
| Britsch, Marie (Mrs.) | Britsch, Marie (Mrs.) | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 190 | Year: 1982 |
| Britsch, Stanton H. | Britsch, Stanton H. | Person | Everett Daily Herald | p. 10 | Month: 12 Day: 18 Year: 1954 |
| Britt, Dewitt C. | Britt, Dewitt C. | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 834 | Year: 1904 |
| Obituary | Britt, Frankie "Che-Che" 'Frank C. Zink' | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 03 Day: 27 Year: 1978 | |
| Obituary | Britt, Harold G. "Tubby" | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 09 Day: 18 Year: 1971 | |
| Britt, Matthew (Rev.) | Britt, Matthew (Rev.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 64 | Month: 12 Day: 15 Year: 1955 |
| Britt, Matthew (Rev.) | Britt, Matthew (Rev.) | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1955 |
| Britt, W. J. | Britt, W. J. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. III, p. 532-533 | Year: 1917 |
| Obituary | Britt, William Earnest | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 02 Day: 3 Year: 1965 |
| Obituary | Britt, William Earnest | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 9 | Month: 02 Day: 4 Year: 1965 |
| Mrs. Brittain recalled Tonasket in 1907. | Brittain, Frances M. | Person | Okanogan County Heritage | v. 12, no. 1, p. 15-19 | Month: Day: |
| Fred Brittain | Brittain, Fred | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 3 | Year: 1953 |
| Brittain, Harvey | Brittain, Harvey | Person | Family Records of Washington Pioneers | vol. 22, p. 32-34 | |
| Obituary | Brittain, Hattie | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1984 | |
| Early Settlers | Britten, Archie | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 101 | Year: 1977 |
| Early Settlers | Britten, Robert | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 3, p. 101 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Britton, Claud V. | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 05 Day: 30 Year: 1968 | |
| Obituary | Britton, Claud V. | Person | Lynnwood Enterprise | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1968 | |
| Britton, George C. | Britton, George C. | Person | History of the Puget Sound Country | v.2, p. 102-104 | Year: 1903 |
| Britton, James W. | Britton, James W. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 155 | Year: 1920 |
| Ex-President passes. | Britton, Lizzie | Person | Daily Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 23 Year: 1968 | |
| Britton, Walter W. | Britton, Walter W. | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 68 | Month: 01 Day: 10 Year: 1959 |
| Anton Brix dies in car. Logging operator's funeral Monday. | Brix, Anton | Person | Oregonian | Month: 09 Day: 30 Year: 1944 | |
| First Rose -- UW farmer Brix recalls 1926 game. | Brix, Herman | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-4 | Month: 11 Day: 7 Year: 1980 |
| Obituary | Brixner, Raymond H. | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 09 Day: 29 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Brizzolari, Andrew R. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 14 Year: 1974 | |
| Associates salute late Yakima mayor. | Broad, Bert | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1987 | |
| Obituary | Broad, Nellie Alma | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 01 Day: 9 Year: 1973 | |
| Broadbooks, Robert Martin | Broadbooks, Robert Martin | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 264-265 | Year: 1921 |
| Obituary | Broakman, Frank | Person | Seattle Daily Times | Month: 04 Day: 8 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary | Brobst, Eva I. | Person | Clarkston Herald | Month: 10 Day: 9 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary | Brock, Anna Eleonora | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 06 Day: 12 Year: 1980 | |
| Obituary | Brock, Edwin S. | Person | Year: 1971 | ||
| Obituary | Brock, Frances S. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 17 | Month: 05 Day: 13 Year: 1954 |
| Brock, Frances S. | Brock, Frances S. | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1954 |
| Frank M. Brock, retired school board secretary, dies. | Brock, Frank M. | Person | Seattle Times | p. G-10 | Month: 05 Day: 16 Year: 1979 |
| Obituary | Brock, Grace C. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1978 | |
| Retired farmer buried Tuesday. | Brock, Henry Ellsworth | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 09 Day: 1 Year: 1966 | |
| Judge Jackson Brock | Brock, Jackson (Judge) | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 447 | Year: 1904 |
| College names Lee Brock. | Brock, Lee | Person | Seattle Times | p. A-16 | Month: 07 Day: 25 Year: 1971 |
| Fine Indian Museum is hobby of valley couple. | Brock, W. O. | Person | Spokane Valley Herald | Month: 10 Day: 15 Year: 1964 | |
| Fine Indian Museum is hobby of valley couple. | Brock, W. O. (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Valley Herald | Month: 10 Day: 15 Year: 1964 | |
| Obituary: Orville Brock former farmer. | Brock, William Orville | Person | Wilbur Register | Month: 04 Day: 25 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary: William O. Brock. | Brock, William Orville | Person | Spokesman-Review | Month: 04 Day: 20 Year: 1974 | |
| Brock body found down Oregon Coast. | Brock, William Wallis | Person | Chinook Observer | Month: 08 Day: 6 Year: 1965 |