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Explore random selections from the deep library of content on kpl.gov…
Musical Storybooks: Hum & Swish with Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Musical Storybooks is created for 3 to 6 years and features a story, craft, and music by the Kalamazoo Symphony…
Megan Dooley & Dooley Noted @ KPL
Dooley Noted appeared at Central Library on August 19, 2009, as part of KPL’s Live Music series.
Downtown Kalamazoo Theaters
These pages are an effort to identify locations and information about the theaters, cinemas, vaudeville houses, nickelodeons, and performance venues…
South Street, W., 718: Hon. Allen Potter House
The Honorable Allen Potter, first Mayor of Kalamazoo, is probably better-known than any pioneer other than Titus Bronson. Churches all…
Medicine, Here and Abroad (part 1)
Medicine, Here and Abroad (part 2)
Medicine, Here and Abroad (part 3)
Medicine, Here and Abroad (part 4)
Medicine, Here and Abroad (part 5)
Medicine, Here and Abroad (part 6)
Medicine, Here and Abroad
A panel discussion about the challenges of providing medical care in developing countries, Western Michigan University College of Health and…
Directory of Kalamazoo photographers
Professionally taken photos normally have the name and address of the photographer printed on them. Since photo studios tended to…
Art Deco in Kalamazoo
The Art Deco and later, Streamline Moderne styles that were popular during the 1920s and 1930s, influenced the design of…
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 1)
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 2): May Erlewine & Seth Bernard
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 3): Jen Sygit & Sam Corbin
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 4): Laurel Premo & Michael Beauchamp
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 5): Rachael Davis & Joshua Davis
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 6): Gifts or Creatures
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 7): Joshua Davis
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 8)
Earthwork Music @ KPL
Musicians from the Earthwork Music Collective celebrate Earth Day at Oshtemo Branch Library, Saturday, April 23, 2011. Seth Bernard, May…
Bos, Arend & Sons
When Arend Bos retired in 1928 after 45 years in the trade, he was said to be Kalamazoo’s longest serving…
Michigan Female Seminary
The Michigan Female Seminary was established in 1856 under the auspices of the Presbyterian Synod of Michigan. Located on a…
African American Newspapers in Genealogical Research
Family historian and lecturer Tim Pinnick, whose 25 years experience includes work in all the major U.S. repositories, explains how…
Edison Neighborhood
Today, of the twenty two established neighborhoods in the city of Kalamazoo, the Edison Neighborhood possesses the largest population, and…
Windmill Industry in Kalamazoo
The production of windmills in Kalamazoo began in 1867. Within a few years Kalamazoo became one of three cities in…
Joel Tacey @ kpl (part 1)
Joel Tacey @ kpl (part 2)
Joel Tacey @ kpl (part 3)
Joel Tacey @ kpl (part 4)
Joel Tacey @ KPL
Joel Tacey’s One-derful World of Comedy at Oshtemo Branch Library, Monday June 20, 2011 (4 videos).
Tom Jones at Wings Stadium (10/27/1977)
Artist(s): Tom Jones w/ 32-piece orchestra, comedian Freddie Roman, and “The Blossoms” Date: 27 October 1977 Tickets: $7.50/$8.50/$9.50 (reserved seating)…
How FDR Segregated Kalamazoo
A presentation and discussion about the history of redlining, racially restrictive covenants, and segregation in Kalamazoo. Learn how the federal…
KPL DEI Strategic Plan
Kalamazoo Public Library initiated a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategic planning process in spring 2021 by hiring consultant Michelle…
Reading Together 2022
Meet the Author: Thi Bui Tuesday, March 22, 2022 7 pm This event was recorded and is available on KPL…
"Benjamin Losford and His Handy Dandy Clippers"
Author and self-publisher Sonya Hollins co-wrote with her husband Sean (and illustrated by Kenjji), a children’s book about an African…
Rose Place Project (Part 1)
Rose Place Project (Part 2)
Rose Place Project (Part 3)
Rose Place Project (Part 4)
Rose Place Project (Part 5)
Rose Place Historic District
Nestled in the Vine Neighborhood is a little gem known as Rose Place Historic District. Local resident Julie DeLuca, owner…
Databases
Academic Search Complete
This database is a leading resource for scholarly research. It supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study…
Explora for Middle Schools
Magazines and reference books for middle school students. Includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents. Subjects include history, current…
Literature Criticism Online
For students, researchers, history buffs and literature lovers, there’s no better source than Literature Criticism Online to discover commentary on…
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full text reference books on business, history, science, environment, medicine, and multicultural studies
Literary Reference Center
This rich full-text database provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines…
