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Former U.S. Congressman and Kalamazoo City Commissioner Dr. Howard Wolpe, the Clinton and Obama administrations’ special envoy to Africa’s Great…

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When Flora B. Roberts began her twenty-four year career as chief librarian of the Kalamazoo Public Library in February 1918, she found…

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Whitten, Anna L.

In 1999, Anna Whitten received the Women of Achievement Award from the YWCA of Kalamazoo. In their brochure for the…

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Trombley, George L. “Lem”

During the early years of the 20th century, George “Lem” Trombley became one of Kalamazoo's favorite musicians. His ragtime-era compositions…

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Benjamin F. Orcutt, a native of Roxbury, Vermont who arrived in Kalamazoo County around 1835, fought in and survived both…

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