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Michigan Activity Pass
Discover hundreds of Michigan’s cultural destinations and natural attractions with your KPL library card! You can “check out” FREE or…
Red Terror in Kalamazoo
The Shakespeare Company, a leading manufacturer and supplier of fishing equipment and other sporting goods, was founded in Kalamazoo in…
Frank Lloyd Wright in Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo County (MI) boasts one of the largest collections of Usonian Houses in the world. Just after WWII, a group…
South Street, W., 718: Hon. Allen Potter House
The Honorable Allen Potter, first Mayor of Kalamazoo, is probably better-known than any pioneer other than Titus Bronson. Churches all…
KPL TV: Writers’ Block: Local Authors
Patrick Ragains: Lexicon: American Style 2
Patrick Ragains is a Michigan native, born in Grand Rapids. Patrick graduated from MSU and is a licensed realtor, adoptive…
Orpheum Bell "What If No Sparrow Fell"
Orpheum Bell "Old Sisters"
Orpheum Bell "Something from Above"
Orpheum Bell "Goodbye is the Sweetest Word"
Orpheum Bell "Feel Like a Million"
Orpheum Bell "Whatever Shines So Bright"
Orpheum Bell "J' Arrive a la Ville"
Orpheum Bell "Luna Pier"
Orpheum Bell "Hard Money Suite"
Orpheum Bell "Autoharp Concerto"
Orpheum Bell "Rabbit Field"
Orpheum Bell w/ Laurel Premo "Local Boy"
Orpheum Bell "The Girls Leaned In"
Orpheum Bell "Bob Wills Special"
Orpheum Bell "Two Over Ten"
Orpheum Bell "Skinny Bird"
Orpheum Bell @ KPL
Equipped with an orchestral ensemble of banjo, accordion, trumpet, xylophone, shepherd harp, musical saw, pedal steel, a suitcase pump organ,…
Sheffield Drive, 2360
The inspiration for the design of the modernist house at 2360 Sheffield Drive was an article published in Parents Magazine.…
Hull, Blanche
Most Kalamazooans remember Blanche Hull as the donor of the Hull Preserve adjacent to Milham Park, but that gift was only…
Bootsys Rubber Band at Wings Stadium (11/25/1977)
Artist(s): Bootsy’s Rubber Band w/ The Floaters Date: 25 November 1977 Tickets: $6.50 (general admission) Attendance: (unknown) Notes: Kalamazoo Gazette,…
Women's work and employment in Michigan during the 19th century
Susan Nenadic, author of “A Purse of Her Own,” discusses women’s work and employment in Michigan during the nineteenth century,…
Kalamazoo River
The village of Kalamazoo was named after the river that flows through it, and the destinies of the two entities…
12.2.19
Maybe I am alone (but the reason I am writing this is because I suspect I am not). Over the…
Early Kalamazoo: How it Looked
“Early Kalamazoo: How it Looked” (1987) – Former Kalamazoo Public Museum curator Lynn Houghton describes the growth of downtown Kalamazoo…
Michigan, My Michigan: History of this State VII
Lynn Houghton continues Michigan’s colorful history with this next session which will cover the state from the end of the…
Hillcrest Neighborhood
Despite a paucity of official map references to a neighborhood called ‘Hillcrest’, one could cite a number of reasons for…
“Bright Kalamazoo” (1854)
The poem “Bright Kalamazoo” was written by English adventurer William Henry Woodhams and set to music in 1854 by James…
Michigan Modern
The following Kalamazoo area houses and buildings have been recognized by the Michigan Modern Project as significant contributions to modernist…
Kalamazoo, MI Tornado, May 13, 1980, Raw Video
Raw, unedited videotape of the Tuesday, May 13, 1980 Kalamazoo, Michigan tornado. This video was recorded near the intersection of…
KPL Storytime Live!
Watch on Facebook Live! Until we are able to welcome you back to the library, we are bringing storytime to…
Marc Adams at KPL (part 1)
Marc Adams at KPL (part 2)
Marc Adams at KPL (part 3)
Marc Adams at KPL (part 4)
Author Marc Adams @ KPL
Marc Adams, author of the acclaimed history Mr. America, which The Washington Post named a Best Book of 2009, and the New York Times bestsellers Turn…
Databases
Britannica School
Suite of Britannica School resources at four levels - Learning Zone, Elementary, Middle, and High. School code is MeL5. Each…
Ancestry Library
Ancestry allows family researchers to search through a database comprised of an array of public records. Provided via ProQuest, includes…
DemographicsNow
Researchers and entrepreneurs are provided with comprehensive business and demographic information valuable to assess business viability, create sales leads and…
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full text reference books on business, history, science, environment, medicine, and multicultural studies
Alt HealthWatch
Alt HealthWatch is a full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and…
