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KPL’s Storytime Librarians have joined forces to celebrate the closing of 2021 with a SPECIAL end-of-the-year Family Storytime! Mr. Bill…
Yes, there really was once a University of Michigan branch here in Kalamazoo, and it occupied the northeast corner of…
Location: Southwest corner of Mountain Home Cemetery, north side of West Main Street between Ingleside Terrace and Hilbert Street. Owned…
“Baseball Books on Deck with William Christiansen” was recorded by KPL Head of Community Engagement Librarian Kevin King on April…
Early Years Founded in 1855 by a handful of members, the Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church is the oldest black church…
North side of East Main Street (Michigan Avenue), east of Burdick Street (109 East Main Street). Floorplans for this site…
A special edition of our Read Along! program featuring scary stories befitting the Halloween season. A wide variety of stories,…
Award winning singer/songwriter Justin Townes Earle made a special appearance at Kalamazoo Public Library on Monday, August 23, 2010, as…
Early in the morning on September 24, 1924 a westbound Michigan Central passenger train derailed near Kalamazoo after striking a…
Archivist and historian David Kohrman traces the development, faith, and business pursuits of the Israelite House of David from their…
Detroit-based pianist Mike Jellick joins drummer extraordinaire and Western Michigan University jazz instructor Keith Hall for an evening of great…
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Called “the world’s foremost African centered jazz group,” Detroit-based ‘In The Tradition’ gave this performance at the Eastwood Branch Library…
Ada Gilmore Chaffee (Find a Grave) Despite living most of her life outside of Kalamazoo, the Kalamazoo-born artist Ada Gilmore…
For the March 6, 2009, Art Hop, KPL featured an exhibition of mixed art from local artist Eana Agopian, the…
The following is a partial list of the origins behind the names of city streets, many of which were named…
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Barbed wire. Mustard gas. Machine-gun fire. No man's land. Colonel Joseph Burchnall Westnedge faced these deadly challenges daily as he…
The Library’s databases of local history material are accessible through a separate section of the catalog. Click here to begin a search of…
“The History of Bronson Park” (1987) – From Bronson Park, Lynn Houghton tells about the park’s history and its role…
This full-text Spanish-language database covers a broad array of subjects inside and outside academia. It offers content from a variety…
Search Kalamazoo and Michigan history with The Kalamazoo Gazette Collection. Coverage from 1837 through current. Explore current and archived issues…
Small Business Reference Center offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools…
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