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Asylum for the Insane

A History of the Kalamazoo State Hospital, presented by Dr. William A. Decker, M.D., at Kalamazoo Public Library, November 5,…

Texas Township

Towers School

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

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Nervous But Excited @ KPL

The “Pleasantly Aggressive Folk Duo” Nervous but Excited (Kate Peterson & Sarah Cleaver) performed at Kalamazoo Public Library on November…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Belfast Gin @ KPL

Belfast Gin creates a sound unique to the Celtic genre with an almost classic rock feel—a music category they call…

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Records Retention Policy

Print Version (PDF) In order to meet the administrative, legal, fiscal and archival requirements of the State of Michigan, Kalamazoo…

Government

Annexation

From 1843 to 1962, the village/city of Kalamazoo expanded its geographic jurisdiction from a half a square mile to approximately…

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Writers' Block

Are you a local writer? Share your upcoming book on Writers’ Block! Writers’ Block is where KPL celebrates independently published…

Biographies

Westnedge, Joseph B.

Barbed wire. Mustard gas. Machine-gun fire. No man's land. Colonel Joseph Burchnall Westnedge faced these deadly challenges daily as he…

Biographies

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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Britannica School

Suite of Britannica School resources at four levels - Learning Zone, Elementary, Middle, and High. School code is MeL5. Each…

DemographicsNow

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

Consumer Health Information

Consumer Health Information offers detailed answers to the 200 most-commonly-asked health questions. Supporting the needs of patrons and patients, these…

Newspapers.com

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

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of…

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