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Kalamazoo Public Library will celebrate its 150th Anniversary in the fall of 2022. We are asking our community to join…

Education

Parsons Business College

Parsons Business College was a small independent business school that came into prominence soon after the Civil War. Although the…

Biographies

White, Wallace S.

Much of what is known about Kalamazoo’s outward appearance during the mid to late nineteenth century—its buildings, its citizens, and…

Recreation

Kalamazoo Lassies

In the early years of the 1950’s baseball was booming in Kalamazoo. On any given summer night, teams from local…

Biographies

White, Albert

Albert White was an African American building contractor who lived and worked in Kalamazoo from the 1870s until his death…

KPL TV: Kalamazoo History

Kalamazoo '76 - Digitally Restored 2016 Edition

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…

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Miller’s Station

A town called Miller was once slated to replace the village of Oshtemo as a center of commerce in western…

KPL TV: Teen Filmmaker Festival

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2010

The winning films in all categories from the 7th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival (8 videos)

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LearningExpress Library

Support for students and professionals in skill-building, test prep, and career certification. Includes GED prep.

Rocket Languages

Rocket Languages is an award-winning, interactive online language learning system. Users can learn conversational language at their own pace. Languages…

Ancestry Library

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

Heritage Quest Online

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

Literature Criticism Online

For students, researchers, history buffs and literature lovers, there’s no better source than Literature Criticism Online to discover commentary on…

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