KPL Videos: Archival Films & Video — Kalamazoo Public Library

Early Kalamazoo: How it Looked

“Early Kalamazoo: How it Looked” (1987) – Former Kalamazoo Public Museum curator Lynn Houghton describes the growth of downtown Kalamazoo from its earliest days, including how the streets were named.…

Recorded 01/01/1987

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Kalamazoo History

Tags: architecture; history; kalamazoo

Log Cabin Life in Early Kalamazoo

“Log Cabin Life in Early Kalamazoo” (1987) – Restoration specialist Annette Conti and Richard Roosenberg of the Kalamazoo Nature Center show us what log cabin life was like for the…

Recorded 01/01/1987

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Kalamazoo History

Tags: agriculture; architecture; culture; history; kalamazoo

Early Kalamazoo: Life on the Delano Farm

Annette Conti takes us on a tour of the Delano farmhouse and talks about life on an early Kalamazoo area farm.

Recorded 01/01/1987

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Kalamazoo History

Tags: culture; history; kalamazoo

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 West Main Street (Michigan Avenue) and Westnedge Avenue, from the…

Recorded 05/13/1980

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Kalamazoo History

Tags: history; kalamazoo

1980 Kalamazoo Tornado

Video coverage of the May 13, 1980, tornado in downtown Kalamazoo.

Recorded 05/13/1980

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Kalamazoo History; Michigan History

Tags: culture; education; history; kalamazoo

Kalamazoo '76

In 1976, the “showcase” of Kalamazoo’s commemoration of the nation’s Bicentennial was a 3-screen multi-image slide show. This 53-minute program was assembled by a team of local historians, technicians, and…

Recorded 01/01/1976

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Kalamazoo History

Tags: history; kalamazoo

Strong's Bakery in Kalamazoo (1942-1956)

An old silent home movie shows how Arlene Strong got started in the bakery business in Kalamazoo’s Oakwood Neighborhood during the early 1940s. Beginning with the small kitchen blender and…

Recorded 05/14/1940

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Kalamazoo History

Tags: business; culture; food; history; kalamazoo; women

Kalamazoo Public Library in 1939

A silent promotional film made in 1939 to promote Kalamazoo Public Library services. Included are views of downtown Kalamazoo, patrons and students using the original library building, the Public Museum…

Recorded 05/14/1939

Categories: Archival Films & Video

Tags: history; kalamazoo

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Early Kalamazoo: How it Looked

Log Cabin Life in Early Kalamazoo

Early Kalamazoo: Life on the Delano Farm

Kalamazoo, MI Tornado, May 13, 1980, Raw Video

1980 Kalamazoo Tornado

Kalamazoo '76

Strong's Bakery in Kalamazoo (1942-1956)

Kalamazoo Public Library in 1939