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Ross Township

Ross Center School

Location: Section 22, northeast corner of M-89 and 43rd Street. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room…

Buildings

Desenberg Building

Downtown Kalamazoo’s Michigan Avenue is home to the last known Louis Sullivan-designed building in the state of Michigan. Located at…

KPL TV: Authors @ KPL

Rick Bragg @ KPL

On April 24 2009, Kalamazoo Public Library hosted Rick Bragg, the 2009 Reading Together author. Before his public appearance, Pulitzer…

Business

Columbia Hotel

In 1870 the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad began service through Kalamazoo with a passenger station on the southeast corner…

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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…

General Topics

Famous Visitors

Ralph Waldo Emerson came to Kalamazoo in February of 1860 Over the course of almost two hundred years, a wide…

Newspapers

Newspapers

Historical researchers are fortunate because the Kalamazoo Gazette, the major newspaper serving our area, is the longest continuously published newspaper in…

News

Juneteenth

Please note that all KPL locations will be closed on Monday, June 20 in observance of Juneteenth. What is Juneteenth?…

Wakeshma Township

Lynn School

Location: District #3 – Section 12, southwest corner of UV Avenue and 47th Street. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C.…

Policies

Budgeting Policy

Print Version (PDF)  Scope This budgeting policy applies to all funds owned or assigned to Kalamazoo Public Library (KPL) unless…

Education

Kalamazoo College

The Michigan and Huron Institute was granted a charter from the territorial legislature of Michigan on 22 April 1833. Now,…

Databases

History Reference Center

Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals…

Literature Resource Center

Information on authors and literary movements and themes, includes Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary Criticism.

Legal Source

Providing indexing and full-text coverage of the most respected scholarly law journals, Legal Source is the authoritative database for current…

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