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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George, Noah Brown live for adventure. | Brown, Rueben Austin "Deak" | Person | Cashmere Valley Record | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1984 | |
| Then Families. | Brown, Rueben Austin "Deak" | Person | Cashmere Valley Record | Month: 07 Day: 3 Year: 1984 | |
| Rueben Austin 'Deak' Brown: Part one of a two part feature on the Brown family. 1984 Founder's Day pioneer family. | Brown, Rueben Austin "Deak" | Person | Cashmere Valley Record | Month: 06 Day: 23 Year: 1984 | |
| Brown, Rueben Austin "Deak" | Brown, Rueben Austin "Deak" | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 750-751 | Year: 1904 |
| Brown, Russell Arthur | Brown, Russell Arthur | Person | Sprague, Lamont, Edwall Washington: Stories of our People, land and times 1881-1981. | p. 203-204 | Year: 1982 |
| Ruth Brown, a pharmacist who loves her work. | Brown, Ruth | Person | Seattle Times | p. 29 | Month: 08 Day: 4 Year: 1969 |
| Obituary | Brown, Ruth | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 03 Day: 20 Year: 1971 | |
| Hon. S. W. Brown | Brown, S. W. (Hon.) | Person | History of Clarke county Washington Territory | p. 347 | Year: 1835 |
| Obituary | Brown, Samantha | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 12 | Month: 02 Day: 18 Year: 1954 |
| Brown, Samantha | Brown, Samantha | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2-3 | Year: 1954 |
| Brown, Samuel W. | Brown, Samuel W. | Person | History of the State of Washington | p. 308 | Year: 1893 |
| Brown, Sheldon C. | Brown, Sheldon C. | Person | Yakima Valley Mirror | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1958 | |
| Brown, Sidney Ross | Brown, Sidney Ross | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p. 2 | Year: 1956 |
| Brown, Solomon | Brown, Solomon | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 4, p. 122 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Brown, Stanley W. (Sr) | Person | Daily Globe News (Auburn, Wash.) | Month: 03 Day: 6 Year: 1980 | |
| Stella Brown dead at 82. | Brown, Stella (Mrs.) | Person | Montesano Vidette | Month: 10 Day: 13 Year: 1966 | |
| Mrs. Stella Brown claimed at 82. | Brown, Stella (Mrs.) | Person | Aberdeen Daily World | Month: 10 Day: 5 Year: 1966 | |
| How a white man is teaching Indians to build canoes. | Brown, Steve | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 8-10, Northwest | Month: 01 Day: 30 Year: 1977 |
| Youth must be served 'well done'. | Brown, Steve | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. A-3 | Month: 01 Day: 1 Year: 1977 |
| Sharp shards of tragedy no longer pierce local couple's memories. | Brown, Ted | Person | Daily Olympian | p. 1 | Month: 02 Day: 12 Year: 1986 |
| Brown Family Correspondence and records. Wills of Benjamin Franklin Brown and Theodore Lee Brown. | Brown, Theodore Lee | Person | Ms 071 | ||
| Erect state marker on site in city park. | Brown, Thomas | Person | Chewelah Independent | Month: 06 Day: 25 Year: 1959 | |
| Brown, Thomas | Brown, Thomas | Person | Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan an | p. 240 | Year: 1904 |
| Brown, Thomas | Brown, Thomas | Person | Illustrated History of Spokane County | p. 590-591 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary: Thomas E. Brown. | Brown, Thomas E. | Person | Morning Olympian | Month: 09 Day: 24 Year: 1909 | |
| Obituary: Thomas Brown. | Brown, Thomas P. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 27 Year: 1974 | |
| Mrs Freeman Brown, founder of White Acres, dies after long illness. | Brown, Tina M. (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 76 | Month: 05 Day: 5 Year: 1965 |
| Mrs Freeman Brown, founder of White Acres, dies after long illness. | Brown, Tina M. (Mrs.) | Person | Langley Record | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1965 | |
| Biographical sketch. | Brown, Tom | Person | Seattle Daily Times | 2nd Sec., p. 8 | Month: 01 Day: 24 Year: 1937 |
| A gentle wanderer. | Brown, Tom | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p. 4, Northwest | Month: 05 Day: 25 Year: 1980 |
| Brown's life has led from the beaches to the boards. | Brown, Trisha | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | What's Happening? P. 3 | Month: 03 Day: 1 Year: 1985 |
| Valley's 'Tully' Brown to celebrate birthday | Brown, Tullius J. | Person | Yakima Morning Herald | Month: 08 Day: 24 Year: 1960 | |
| Tullius J. Brown dies in Grandview. | Brown, Tullius J. | Person | Washington Newspaper | p. 7 | Month: 01 Year: 1967 |
| Brown, Vaughan | Brown, Vaughan | Person | State of Washington: A review of the State Natural Resources... | p. 137 | Year: 1936 |
| Brown, Vaughan | Brown, Vaughan | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 23 | Year: 1921 |
| Pioneer woman relates memories of Wapato. | Brown, Vera Campbell | Person | Wapato Independent | Month: 01 Day: 3 Year: 1973 | |
| Pioneer woman relates memories of Wapato. | Brown, Vera Campbell | Person | Wapato Independent | Month: 12 Day: 26 Year: 1973 | |
| Brown, Victor Eugene (Jr.) | Brown, Victor Eugene (Jr.) | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 2, p. 186-187 | Year: 1921 |
| Brown, Virgil | Brown, Virgil | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p. 141 | Year: 1920 |
| Death claims Dr. Virgil Brown. | Brown, Virgil (Dr.) | Person | Ellensburg Daily Record | Month: 06 Day: 26 Year: 1967 | |
| W.D. Brown: one of a vanishing breed -- Brownie's among the few private investigators in Pierce County. | Brown, W. D. | Person | Tacoma News Tribune | Sunday Northwest, p. 4 | Month: 08 Day: 30 Year: 1981 |
| Snohomish Lodge no. 12 | Brown, W. F. | Person | Pioneer Links : a Narrative of the Establishment o | p. 187 | Year: 1913 |
| Brown, W. H. | Brown, W. H. | Person | Reminiscences of an Old Timer (Red cover) | p. 461 | Year: 1888 |
| Brown, Walter | Brown, Walter | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 75 | Year: 1929 |
| Brown, Walter | Brown, Walter | Person | Seattle Kind Words Club Yearbook | p. 75 | Year: 1929 |
| Brown, Walter | Brown, Walter | Person | History of Klickitat County | p. 138 | Year: 1982 |
| Brown, Walter Daniel | Brown, Walter Daniel | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 80-81 | Year: 1921 |
| Brown, Walter S. | Brown, Walter S. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book `1, p. 151 | Year: 1921 |
| Brown, Warren Whitmore | Brown, Warren Whitmore | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 40-41 | Year: 1921 |
| Fuenral Friday for Earl Brown | Brown, Watson Earl | Person | North Kitsap News (Poulsbo, Wash.) | Month: 05 Day: 17 Year: 1961 |