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The structure stood atop a hill overlooking Kalamazoo in the Fairmount Neighborhood at 1500 Blakeslee Avenue. In spite of being…
Focus: Student Catalogues 1851-1902
Interesting information about people often appears in unusual sources. This alumni directory from Kalamazoo College is a good case in point. There…
Kalamazoo’s branch libraries served many of the neighborhoods and communities that were beyond the Central Business District. Yet, by the…
More than three million African-Americans lived as slaves in the Southern United States in the mid-1800s. They had few human…
Raw, unedited videotape of the Tuesday, May 13, 1980 Kalamazoo, Michigan tornado. This video was recorded near the intersection of…
Back Row: Vine Pierce, Margaret Kindy, teacher Mrs. Helen Anderson, Harold Armtrout, Mary Getchel, Alice Burger Second Row: Clarence Coon, Charles Hummel,…
Like many Kalamazoo pioneers who settled in the Village of Bronson (later changed to Kalamazoo) during its earliest years, Volney…
Kalamazoo was recently named by U.S. News & World Report one of the most underrated beer cities in the country.…
Local History and Genealogy News
Local history staff and frequent users of the collection all have their favorite KPL resources, but near the top of…
The Shakespeare Company, a leading manufacturer and supplier of fishing equipment and other sporting goods, was founded in Kalamazoo in…
An intimate evening of music and storytelling with award-winning Irish duo, author Erin Hart and her husband, renowned Irish traditional…
Chicago singer songwriter Jerome Holloway performs at Kalamazoo Public Library, February 15, 2012 (14 videos).
KPL’s Head of Youth Services, Sandra Farag recently had the honor of facilitating an interview with Ibram X. Kendi and…
KPL’s Local History Minute! is a new videos series that features noteworthy collection titles, local history materials, and helpful research…
We believe that everyone should have the chance to share stories. LitWorld founded World Read Aloud Day in 2010 in celebration of the…
Summer isn’t summer without some tie-dye! Stop by any KPL location beginning June 28, 2021 to pick up your tie-dye…
With this month’s edition of Paint Some Happy Trees, we witness Miss Sarah learn what it means to gracefully fall…
“Rose Street, South Street and Around the Park” Sharon Ferraro, Kalamazoo’s Historic Preservation Coordinator, presents a peek into Kalamazoo’s past…
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ONEplace references Cause Driven Organizations frequently. What is a Cause Driven Organization? A Cause-Driven Organization is one that centers its…
Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals…
Newspapers.com is the largest online newspaper archive consisting of 493 million+ pages of historical newspapers from 11,800+ newspapers from around…
Poetry index of 600,000 poems with 50,000 full text. Short Story Finder offers full text, explanations, biographies. Over 1,000 complete…
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Containing many of the top-ranked biographical reference collections and magazines, this database offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies and…