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Buildings

Salvation Army Building

Sometimes referred to as the Citadel because of its distinct parapet roofline, the more common moniker used by local historians for…

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Solar Em-Power-ment

Panelists describe the experiences that inspired their commitment to the development of solar lighting, the challenges facing organizations working in…

General Topics

Sister Cities

Conceived after the destructive upheaval of World War II, sister city programs developed from the simple idea that sharing information…

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Rebuilding Burundi

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

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Millish

Millish @ KPL

State champion bluegrass fiddler Brad Phillips, national award-winning jazz percussionist Mike Shimmin, national champion soloist jazz bassist Andrew Kratzat, and…

Local History

Class Photo 1951

Tamarack School Class Photo 1951 Tamarack School (Alamo Township), Kalamazoo County, MI 1951 (photo dated 24 April 1951) Teacher: Mildred Clapp…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Acclarion @ KPL

Acclarion @ KPL

Acclarion, Canada’s premier accordion and clarinet ensemble (accordionist David Carovillano and clarinetist Becky Sajo-Carovillano), gave classical music a makeover in…

News

Learn a New Language

Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin (and more) anytime and anywhere with Rocket Languages. Their courses are designed to…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Banda Sierra Negra @ KPL

Banda Sierra Negra brought its extensive repertoire of Latin styles to Kalamazoo Public Library on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, for…

KPL TV: Kalamazoo History

The KPL Story (1998)

The KPL Story

A 1998 mini-documentary about the library’s renovation project, featuring architect David Milling, artist Michael Hayden, and others. Includes two television…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Richard Shindell @ KPL

Master American roots musician Richard Shindell at Kalamazoo Public Library, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 (7 videos).

Biographies

White, Wallace S.

Much of what is known about Kalamazoo’s outward appearance during the mid to late nineteenth century—its buildings, its citizens, and…

Databases

Kalamazoo Gazette Collection

Search Kalamazoo and Michigan history with The Kalamazoo Gazette Collection. Coverage from 1837 through current. Explore current and archived issues…

AGRICOLA

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

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