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Blizzard of 1967

Eleven years to the day before “The Great Blizzard of 1978,” a massive winter storm of historic proportion engulfed the…

Recreation

Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery

For millennia the supply of fish in Michigan’s lakes and waterways seemed inexhaustible. By the 1870s, however, deforestation and overfishing…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Drew Nelson @ KPL

Singer/songwriter/storyteller Drew Nelson at Kalamazoo Public Library during Art Hop, June 2010.

General Topics

Sister Cities

Conceived after the destructive upheaval of World War II, sister city programs developed from the simple idea that sharing information…

News

Cause Driven Organizations

ONEplace references Cause Driven Organizations frequently. What is a Cause Driven Organization? A Cause-Driven Organization is one that centers its…

Immigrants

denBleyker, Paulus

Paulus denBleyker, his family and employees were among the first Dutch pioneers to settle in Kalamazoo. In 1846 Rev. Albertus…

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Let's TALK

Parents of children aged five and under can sign up and receive 8-10 messages per month with fun activities you…

KPL TV: Timely Topics

Moving Beyond Tragedy

Fr. Kenneth Schmidt, Sharon Froom and Olga Bonfiglio talk about their varied experiences in Rwanda, the ongoing efforts to heal…

Databases

Science Reference Center

Designed to meet every student researcher's needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias,…

Heritage Quest Online

HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research…

Referencia Latina

This full-text Spanish-language database covers a broad array of subjects inside and outside academia. It offers content from a variety…

Ancestry Library

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

History Reference Center

Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals…

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