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City Directories

After newspapers, city directories are the most important source of local history information. A full city directory search will tell a…

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About Friends of KPL

In 2020, Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library celebrated its 60th anniversary. For more than six decades, the Friends of…

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The Verve Pipe in Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo Public Library celebrated summer reading with a family-friendly end-of-summer concert in Bronson Park featuring The Verve Pipe, with songs…

Native Americans

Bronson Park Mound

The following text and notes by David S. Brose are from the 2021 study, “Archaeological Interpretations of the Ground-Penetrating Radar…

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Moving Beyond Tragedy

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

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Humphrey Block

Don’t believe everything you read. There’s a historical marker at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Portage Street that commemorates…

Texas Township

Towers School

Location: District #2 – Section 22, northwest corner of R Avenue and 8th Street. Burned September 1878, rebuilt on same…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

glowfriends @ KPL

With three albums and one EP to their credit, plus tour dates throughout the US and UK, glowfriends (April Morris,…

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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…

Local Information Database

Kalamazoo Public Library maintains a wealth of current and historical information about area citizens, organizations, businesses, buildings, events, plus local,…

Worldbook Online

World Book Online helps information seekers of all ages find the content they need at the correct reading level. World…

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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