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Black History

Hill, Forrest M.

Forrest M. Hill. (Gazette 18 Feb 1934) The name Forrest Hill won’t likely conjure a collection of grand biographical accomplishments…

World War I

Joseph B. Westnedge

Barbed wire. Mustard gas. Machine-gun fire. No man's land. Colonel Joseph Burchnall Westnedge faced these deadly challenges daily as he…

Alamo Township

Williams School

Location: (District #4) – section 20, northeast of the junction of DE Avenue and 2nd Street. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm.…

Women’s History

Hull, Blanche

Most Kalamazooans remember Blanche Hull as the donor of the Hull Preserve adjacent to Milham Park, but that gift was only…

Buildings

Kalamazoo Building

At the turn of the twentieth century skyscrapers were still a relatively recent development. The desire to build taller had…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Peter Mulvey @ KPL

Singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey’s performance at Kalamazoo Public Library, February 18, 2009 (2 videos)

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DemographicsNow

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

Literature Resource Center

Information on authors and literary movements and themes, includes Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary Criticism.

Ancestry Library

Ancestry allows family researchers to search through a database comprised of an array of public records. Provided via ProQuest, includes…

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