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Alamo Township

Butler contract

Grace Butler’s teacher’s contract with Alamo School District #3, 1916. Courtesy of Alamo Township Museum. Grace Butler’s teacher’s contract with…

Cooper Township

Schau School

Location: (District #4, East Cooper) – Section 24, east side of Riverview Drive between D and E Avenues. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Delilah Dewylde and the Lost Boys @ KPL

Delilah Dewylde and the Lost Boys with self penned songs and old country gems at Kalamazoo Public Library, April 20,…

KPL TV: Teen Filmmaker Festival

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2017

The 14th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival, held at Chenery Auditorium in Kalamazoo, MI, on Saturday, March 4, 2017, featured the…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Steppin' In It Again @ KPL

To celebrate KPL’s 50th free concert, Steppin’ In It (Joshua Davis, Joe Wilson, Andy Wilson, Dominic John Suchyta), the band…

KPL TV: Teen

Books and Bellies

Books and Bellies

Don’t miss the latest edition of Books and Bellies! The reading circle continues with Healthy Babies, Healthy Start, and Kalamazoo…

Policies

Nonresident Fee Policy

Print Version (PDF) Current Nonresident Fee $230 per household $115 for students The nonresident fee for 2023 of $230 per…

KPL TV: Teen Filmmaker Festival

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2010

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

KPL TV: Timely Topics

Medicine, Here and Abroad

A panel discussion about the challenges of providing medical care in developing countries, Western Michigan University College of Health and…

Biographies

Stryker, Homer

Dr. Homer Stryker is Kalamazoo’s most famous physician. He was an orthopedic surgeon, inventor, and businessman, best known for his inventions…

KPL TV: Michigan History

1980 Kalamazoo Tornado

Video coverage of the May 13, 1980, tornado in downtown Kalamazoo.

Databases

Newspapers.com

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

Fold3 Library Edition

Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who…

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…

LitFINDER

Poetry index of 600,000 poems with 50,000 full text. Short Story Finder offers full text, explanations, biographies. Over 1,000 complete…

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…

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