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Local History

Class Photo 195?

Tamarack School Class Photo 1950s Tamarack School (Alamo Township), Kalamazoo County, MI c.1950s (exact date is uncertain) Left Row: from front:…

Women’s History

Roberts, Flora

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

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Drew Nelson In Concert @ KPL

Singer/songwriter/storyteller Drew Nelson returns to Kalamazoo Public Library for a full concert on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, as part of…

Policies

Records Retention Policy

Print Version (PDF) In order to meet the administrative, legal, fiscal and archival requirements of the State of Michigan, Kalamazoo…

Business

Bush & Paterson

Arguably one of the most impactful businesses in Kalamazoo from the 1860s until the 1890s was the contractor duo of…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

The Corn Fed Girls @ KPL

The Corn Fed Girls played to a packed house at Kalamazoo Public Library on October 22nd, 2008 (12 videos). The…

Business

Michigan Buggy Company

Few things better illustrate Kalamazoo’s rapid growth during the late nineteenth century than the rise of the city’s carriage industry.…

KPL TV: Kalamazoo History

Black History, Local Voices

A series of interviews by the Kalamazoo Gazette for Black History Month 2008 (7 videos).

Towns

Climax

When Judge Caleb Eldred came to Climax in 1834, ending months of weary travels to find a farm site, the…

Databases

Explora for High Schools

Explora is EBSCO's research interface designed specifically for students and educators. The secondary school version features relevant and reliable content and easy-to-use functionality…

AGRICOLA

Containing bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA provides millions of citations relating to the…

DemographicsNow

Researchers and entrepreneurs are provided with comprehensive business and demographic information valuable to assess business viability, create sales leads and…

MasterFILE Complete

MasterFILE Complete offers the largest collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources from the world's leading…

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