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Local History

Kalamazoo Public Library

Baldauf, Hans B.

In 1966, five months after his death at the age of 73, the Kalamazoo Public Library honored the local scientist Hans B. Baldauf, by naming the museum’s planetarium after the…

Washington Square Branch History

Often people ask if the charming building on Portage Street was originally a church. Children call it “The Castle.” But the boy on the copper weathervane has been quietly reading…