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David Small launched the book tour for his riveting new memoir Stitches at Kalamazoo Public Library on Thursday, September 10,…
Robert Burns graduated from Geneva College in New York as a civil engineer in 1851. After a period supervising railroad…
Ebenezer Christian School, 820 John Street, c. 1940. Local History Photo P-747 The first Kalamazoo Christian school was established in…
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Classical guitarist Jeff Dwarshuis at Central Library during Art Hop, December 2, 2011
Of all the dance orchestras and concert ensembles that Kalamazoo produced during the 19th century, the Phillips Brothers’ Orchestra was…
KPL TV: Writers’ Block: Local Authors
Kalamazoo Public Library presents Writers Block, a forum where independently published local writers can tell the world about their work.…
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“Michigan’s Underground Railroad” (1987) – Local historian Mary Jane Swartz tours the underground railroad house in Schoolcraft, and tells how…
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Like many pioneers of southern Michigan, Titus Bronson was a New Englander. Born in Middlebury, Connecticut, in November 1788, Bronson…
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