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KPL TV: Kalamazoo History

I Remember Kalamazoo: Lance Ferraro's Memories of Growing Up in Kalamazoo

I Remember Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo’s Historic Preservation Coordinator, Sharon Ferraro, working with her 95-year-old dad, retired professional photographer, Lance Ferraro, walk us inside Kalamazoo’s…

Education

Spear, Marion R.

In the early years of the last century, a new approach to the treatment of mental and physical illnesses unfolded.…

Magazines

Magazines

Magazines that are held by the Local History Room generally fall into three categories: those of local interest, those relating…

World War I

Joseph B. Westnedge

Barbed wire. Mustard gas. Machine-gun fire. No man's land. Colonel Joseph Burchnall Westnedge faced these deadly challenges daily as he…

Climax Township

Climax School

Location: Now (1982) Masonic Lodge, 151 S Main Street in Climax. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History…

KPL TV: Kalamazoo History

Kalamazoo in World War I

A 1995 documentary in eleven parts by Tom George, MD, about Kalamazoo’s efforts in World War I (11 parts).

General Topics

Children’s Home

Children’s Home, Kalamazoo Gazette Archives, c. 1900 Officially incorporated in 1888, after several years of varying states of operation, the…

ONEplace

Racial Healing Series

ONEplace & Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Kalamazoo will be hosting an in-person three-part series of racial healing circles.…

Databases

Alldata

Alldata is a comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information

Britannica School

Suite of Britannica School resources at four levels - Learning Zone, Elementary, Middle, and High. School code is MeL5. Each…

Worldbook Online

World Book Online helps information seekers of all ages find the content they need at the correct reading level. World…

NoveList Plus

NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' advisory resource. In addition to the fiction database that NoveList has offered, NoveList Plus…

Consumer Health Information--Spanish

Consumer Health Information offers detailed answers to the 200 most-commonly-asked health questions. Supporting the needs of patrons and patients, these…

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