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KPL TV: Kalamazoo History

The KPL Story (1998)

The KPL Story

A 1998 mini-documentary about the library’s renovation project, featuring architect David Milling, artist Michael Hayden, and others. Includes two television…

Business

Michigan Buggy Company

Few things better illustrate Kalamazoo’s rapid growth during the late nineteenth century than the rise of the city’s carriage industry.…

KPL TV: Teen Filmmaker Festival

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2007

Films from Kalamazoo Public Library’s 2007 Teen Filmmaker Festival. Juried films are shown at the Film Festival in February, where…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Wally Pleasant @ KPL

Wally Pleasant with Alisa Dyer, Kalamazoo Public Library, May 16, 2012 (23 videos).

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Rickman Hotel

Towering over the intersection of Kalamazoo Avenue and Burdick Street, the Rickman House is one of the most impressive and…

Pavilion Township

Briggs School

Location: District #5 – Section 29, east side of 26th Street between RS and S Avenues. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published…

Brady Township

Morse School

Location: District #5 – Section 9, southwest corner of UV Avenue and 29th Street. (1890 map shows northwest corner) Kalamazoo County…

KPL TV: Authors @ KPL

Jaimy Gordon @ KPL

2010 National Book Award-winning author and Western Michigan University professor of English Jaimy Gordon reads from her latest novel, “Lord…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

The Mickeys @ KPL

Identical twins Amy Sherman and Julie Peebles front the acoustic foursome known as the Mickeys, Central Library, January 18, 2012…

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Literary Reference Center

This rich full-text database provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines…

DemographicsNow

Researchers and entrepreneurs are provided with comprehensive business and demographic information valuable to assess business viability, create sales leads and…

Newspapers.com

Newspapers.com is the largest online newspaper archive consisting of 493 million+ pages of historical newspapers from 11,800+ newspapers from around…

Heritage Quest Online

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

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