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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 | Brown, Jeanie H. | Person | White Center News | Month: 01 Day: 13 Year: 1971 | |
| Biographical Sketch. | Brown, Jesse | Person | South Bend Journal | p. 21 Pacific County Ed. | Year: 1900 |
| Mrs. Leroy Brown | Brown, Jessie (Mrs.) | Person | Burlington Farm Journal | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1965 | |
| Brown, Joel L. | Brown, Joel L. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 100 | Year: 1980 |
| Joel Leonard Brown | Brown, Joel Leonard | Person | |||
| John Brown, Author, Teacher, Historian. | Brown, John | Person | Confluence: North Central Washington Museum. | p. 36+ | Month: Day: Year: 1985 |
| New book is scholarly guide to tribes. | Brown, John | Person | Okanogan County Chronicle | Month: 05 Day: 28 Year: 1986 | |
| Brown, John | Brown, John | Person | Illustrated History of the State of Washington | p. 515 | Year: 1894 |
| John Brown Family | Brown, John | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 196-197 | Year: 1982 |
| Brown, John | Brown, John | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 462 | Year: 1888 |
| Brown, John C. | Brown, John C. | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 150 | Year: 1980 |
| Brown, John H. | Brown, John H. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 42-43 | Year: 1921 |
| John Brown, 79, dies at home. | Brown, John J. | Person | Auburn Globe News | Month: 08 Day: 2 Year: 1961 | |
| Brown, John J. | Brown, John J. | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 431-432 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary: Capt. John L. Brown succumbs at the age of 83. | Brown, John L. (Capt.) | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. C-11 | Month: 02 Day: 21 Year: 1983 |
| Brown, John Lawrence | Brown, John Lawrence | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 186-187 | Year: 1921 |
| John Martin Brown Family | Brown, John Martin | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 200-201. | Year: 1982 |
| Obituary | Brown, Johnnie Peter | Person | Sprague Advocate | Month: 01 Day: 14 Year: 1982 | |
| Johnnie Peter Brown Family | Brown, Johnnie Peter | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 201-202 | Year: 1982 |
| Mrs Ernest (Mary M.) Ridgeway. | Brown, Joseph | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 12 | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1965 |
| The Brown family's theatre...It all started with a Russian immigrant. | Brown, Joseph | Person | Remembering Yakima, by Those Who Were There | vol 4, p. 90-91 | Year: 1975 |
| Brown, Joseph | Brown, Joseph | Person | South Whidbey and its people | p. 76 | Year: 1983 |
| Brown, Joseph | Brown, Joseph | Person | Washington Territory Donation Land Claims | p. 204 | Year: 1980 |
| Brown, Joseph L. | Brown, Joseph L. | Person | Southwestern Washington | p. 96 | |
| Obituary: Dr. Joseph L. Brown. | Brown, Joseph L. (Dr.) | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 10 Day: 7 Year: 1910 | |
| Mrs. Simon T. Brown | Brown, Josephine (Mrs.) | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1964 | |
| Josiah J. Brown | Brown, Josiah J. | Person | Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties | p. 426 | Year: 1904 |
| Josiah J. Brown Family | Brown, Josiah J. | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 197-200 | Year: 1982 |
| Brown, Josiah S. | Brown, Josiah S. | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 410-411 | Year: 1893 |
| Grand Sect. 1882-3, Grand Rep. 1885-6 | Brown, Josiah T. | Person | Pioneer Links : a Narrative of the Establishment o | p. 220 | Year: 1913 |
| Obituary | Brown, Kirk | Person | Grandview Herald | Month: 10 Day: 26 Year: 1972 | |
| Horse and buggy trip is honeymoon recollection. | Brown, L. M. (Mr.) | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 01 Day: 9 Year: 1965 | |
| Horse and buggy trip is honeymoon recollection. | Brown, L. M. (Mrs.) | Person | Skagit Valley Herald | Month: 01 Day: 9 Year: 1965 | |
| Brown, Lars | Brown, Lars | Person | Orcas, Gem of the San Juans. | p. 73-75 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Laura A. (Mrs.) | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 04 Day: 29 Year: 1966 | |
| Obituary: Laura Brown dies at 80. | Brown, Laura F. (Mrs.) | Person | Raymond Herald & Advertiser | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Laura F. (Mrs.) | Person | Harbor Pilot & South Bend Journal | Month: 01 Day: 5 Year: 1972 | |
| Obituary | Brown, Laura M. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 2 | Month: 01 Day: 7 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary | Brown, Laura M. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 3 | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1973 |
| Obituary: Lawrence J. Brown. | Brown, Lawrence J. | Person | Daily Olympian | Month: 10 Day: 28 Year: 1974 | |
| Death claims Leland Brown. | Brown, Leland P. | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1, 2 | Month: 12 Day: 23 Year: 1963 |
| Obituary | Brown, Leo | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 10 Day: 8 Year: 1969 | |
| Brown, Leo Luke | Brown, Leo Luke | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 186-187 | Year: 1921 |
| Brown, Leroy (Mrs.) | Brown, Leroy (Mrs.) | Person | History of Southeast Washington Tapes: Excerpts from oral history tapes... | ||
| LeRoy Brown of Edison dies. | Brown, LeRoy M. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 01 Day: 18 Year: 1971 | |
| Leslie Brown, 58, publisher. | Brown, Leslie | Person | Seattle Times | p. 44 | Month: 07 Day: 19 Year: 1966 |
| The elegant Alexis Hotels. | Brown, Leslie | Person | Northwest Women in Business | p. 9 | Month: 05 Year: 1986 |
| Leslie George Brown Family. | Brown, Leslie George | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 202 | Year: 1982 |
| Backward Glances. | Brown, Lester | Person | Leavenworth Echo | Month: 06 Day: 19 Year: 1975 | |
| Brown, Lester R. | Brown, Lester R. | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 127 | Year: 1920 |