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Majestic Theater
South side of East South Street, east of Burdick Street (118 East South Street). Built and run as a vaudeville…
Austin, Benjamin Miller
In the early 1830’s Kalamazoo was a developing village, then known as Bronson. In those early days the village changed…
Westnedge Hill Neighborhood: History & Architecture
Lynn Houghton, regional history curator at Western Michigan University’s Archives and Regional History Collections and co-author of Kalamazoo: Lost and…
Three Dog Night at Wings Stadium (7/29/1975)
Artist(s): Three Dog Night w/ Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show Date: 29 July 1975 Tickets: $6.50 in advance, $7.50…
Rose Place Project (Part 1)
Rose Place Project (Part 2)
Rose Place Project (Part 3)
Rose Place Project (Part 4)
Rose Place Project (Part 5)
Rose Place Historic District
Nestled in the Vine Neighborhood is a little gem known as Rose Place Historic District. Local resident Julie DeLuca, owner…
2021 Michigan Notable Books
Every year, the Library of Michigan selects up to twenty of the most notable books, either written by a Michigan…
Douglas, 331: James Kent House
James A. Kent, a local builder, lived for half a century on this commanding site looking down the length of…
Great Lakes Grass @ KPL
The March 2015 Art Hop at Kalamazoo Public Library was part of the current year’s Reading Together programming, celebrating “The…
North Burdick Grocery and Market
“These local grocery stores were much more than food outlets. They were places where neighbors connected with one another, shared…
Fund Development Policy
Print Version (PDF) Purpose The purpose of fund development for the Kalamazoo Public Library (KPL) is to secure funds for…
Short Road Mansions
Short Road is just that, a diminutive stretch of pavement that runs south from Grant Street through Wheaton Avenue, between…
South Street, W., 723: Burry Fry House
Joseph Fry came to New York from France in 1844, when he was seventeen. At the end of the Civil…
Albert White: African American Builder
Albert White was an African American building contractor who lived and worked in Kalamazoo from the 1870s until his death…
The Christmas Tree Ship and Other Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes
Recorded December 8, 2021 | Author Shetan Noir talks about the history of the Christmas Tree Ship and the hauntings of ghost…
Historic Preservation 101
Historic preservation has been at work in Kalamazoo for over 50 years. Learn more about how keeping our Kalamazoo heritage…
Farmers and Fast Horses: Harness Racing in Kalamazoo
During the nineteenth century, Kalamazoo was home to some of the fastest trotting tracks in the nation, but this popular…
OHOW Video Series: How to Unstick a Painted Window
Has anyone with an old house NOT run into this? Learn how to free your sash for optimum window performance.…
Walter Dean Myers @ Powell Branch Library
The late Walter Dean Myers, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, talked about his work and answered questions. Powell Branch…
Commercial Brewing in Kalamazoo (1837-1915)
Kalamazoo, Michigan’s thriving local brewing trade is rooted in traditions that date back to the earliest decades of the 19th…
Early Kalamazoo: A Look into Grandma's Kitchen
Larry Massie describes kitchen artifacts from the 1800s while his wife Priscilla prepares recipes from early Kalamazoo cookbooks. These programs were…
Databases
Consumer Health Information--Arabic
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…
Newspaper Source Plus
Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from…
Small Engine Repair Reference Center
This reference database provides detailed yet user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines. All of the content is…
Legal Source
Providing indexing and full-text coverage of the most respected scholarly law journals, Legal Source is the authoritative database for current…
