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 | Brown, Anna H. | Person | Spokesman-Review | p. 3 | Month: 06 Day: 27 Year: 1954 |
| Annie Brown is taken by death. | Brown, Annie | Person | Port Townsend Leader | Month: 06 Day: 16 Year: 1960 | |
| Brown, Annie Christina (Mrs.) | Brown, Annie Christina (Mrs.) | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 12 Day: 3 Year: 1958 | |
| Services for Mrs. Vincent Brown held. | Brown, Annie Jackson (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 20 | Month: 02 Day: 5 Year: 1964 |
| Death claimes Mrs. O. Brown. | Brown, Annie L. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1960 | |
| Brown, Arthur | Brown, Arthur | Person | Trails and Tales of the Early-Day Settlers of Nort | p. 120 | Year: 1982 |
| Jefferson Award winners named -- Arthur and Janie Brown -- Transit for elderly. | Brown, Arthur | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-16 | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1979 |
| Two U.W. men join examining board. | Brown, Arthur C. (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 4, Sec. 1 | Month: 06 Day: 11 Year: 1963 |
| Arthur Clement Brown | Brown, Arthur Clement | Person | Whos Who in Washington State | p. 43 | Year: 1927 |
| Brown, Arthur Eaton | Brown, Arthur Eaton | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 114-115 | Year: 1921 |
| Rites Set for Rev. Arthur Brown, 97. | Brown, Arthur W. (Rev.) | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 09 Day: 4 Year: 1969 |
| Brown, Arthur W. (Rev.) | Brown, Arthur W. (Rev.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 82 | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1969 |
| Rites Set for Rev. Arthur Brown, 97. | Brown, Arthur W. (Rev.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. 82 | Month: 09 Day: 7 Year: 1969 |
| Columbus/Maryhill... | Brown, Arthur Warren | Person | Klickitat Heritage | p. 8 | Month: 12 Year: 1988 |
| Obituary | Brown, Arthus E. | Person | Puyallup Valley Herald | Month: 09 Day: 27 Year: 1961 | |
| Obituary: Arvid O. Brown | Brown, Arvid O. | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 08 Day: 23 Year: 1967 | |
| A letter from Ashmun Brown. | Brown, Ashmun | Person | Clark County History | v. 2, p. 10 | Year: 1961 |
| He walked 25,000 miles into the heart of Washington Park. | Brown, Aubrey | Person | Puget Soundings | p. 24 | Month: 10 Year: 1978 |
| Rites Scheduled for Mrs. Brown. | Brown, August M. (Mrs.) | Person | Spokane Valley Herald | Month: 05 Day: 24 Year: 1967 | |
| Brown, B. F. | Brown, B. F. | Person | ? | ||
| Wash. Pioneer Assn. Roll. | Brown, B. F. | Person | Washington Standard | p. 1 | Month: 11 Day: 1 Year: 1889 |
| Obituary | Brown, B. R. "Bud" | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 10 Day: 6 Year: 1983 | |
| Belle Coffin Brown dead. | Brown, Belle Coffin | Person | Mason County Journal | Month: 04 Day: 24 Year: 1914 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Ben F. | Person | Tonasket Tribune | Month: 11 Day: 24 Year: 1960 | |
| Brown, Benjamin Franklin | Brown, Benjamin Franklin | Person | Thurston County Pioneers before 1870. | Mss Micro/ Mss 134 | |
| Brown, Benjamin Franklin | Brown, Benjamin Franklin | Person | Tillicum Tales | p. 116 | |
| Brown, Benjamin Franklin | Brown, Benjamin Franklin | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 55 | Year: 1980 |
| Brown Family: Correspondence and Records. (Photo Copies.) | Brown, Benjamin Franklin | Person | Mss 071 | ||
| Brown, Benjamin J. | Brown, Benjamin J. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 643-644 | Year: 1900 |
| Beriah Brown: with a pencil he struck gold. | Brown, Beriah | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest Today, p. 8 | Month: 02 Day: 20 Year: 1972 |
| Ton of Gold Lures Settlers. | Brown, Beriah | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. F-5, F-6, F-10 | Month: 07 Day: 13 Year: 1972 |
| Just Cogitating: Beriah Brown, journalist, served in many fields. | Brown, Beriah | Person | Seattle Times | Mag., p. 6 | Month: 04 Day: 2 Year: 1961 |
| Beriah Brown | Brown, Beriah | Person | Living Pioneers of Washington | Month: 02 Day: 1 Year: 1916 | |
| Bert Beuhl Brown Family | Brown, Bert Beuhl | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 193 | Year: 1982 |
| Founder of Future Farmers of America dies. | Brown, Bert L. | Person | Daily World (Aberdeen, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 6 Year: 1989 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Bertha Kath | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 45 | Month: 05 Day: 24 Year: 1957 |
| Obituary | Brown, Betty H. | Person | Walla Walla Union Bulletin | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1974 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Beulah B. | Person | Colfax Daily Bulletin | Month: 10 Day: 2 Year: 1980 | |
| Brown, Bob | Brown, Bob | Person | History of Southeast Washington Tapes: Excerpts from oral history tapes... | ||
| Brown, Bowder | Brown, Bowder | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 117 | Year: 1936 |
| One Eye -- A search for the salubrious | Brown, Bruce | Person | View Northwest | p. 4 | Month: 02 Year: 1978 |
| Dr. Burton Brown, Tacoma, dies. | Brown, Burton Augustus (Dr.) | Person | Seattle Times | p. D-6 | Month: 06 Day: 4 Year: 1970 |
| Obituary | Brown, Callie Pearl | Person | Port Angeles Daily News | Month: 05 Day: 17 Year: 1979 | |
| Brown, Carl O. | Brown, Carl O. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 186-187 | Year: 1921 |
| Carol Brown: Americas best 'rowing'. | Brown, Carol | Person | Weekly (Seattle, Wash.) | p. 28 | Month: Day: Year: 1981 |
| Brown, Carroll L. | Brown, Carroll L. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 592-594 | Year: 1917 |
| Brown, Carroll L. | Brown, Carroll L. | Person | Washington West of the Cascades | v. II, p. 592-594 | Year: 1917 |
| The pioneer dead of 1913. | Brown, Chandler | Person | Washington Historical Quarterly | v. 5, no. 1, p. 30 | Month: 01 Year: 1914 |
| Obituary | Brown, Charles | Person | Spokane Chronicle | Month: 08 Day: 10 Year: 1959 | |
| Charles Brown | Brown, Charles | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 347 | Year: 1885 |