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North side of West Main Street looking east from Allen Boulevard c.1910. Postcard view (private collection). “There were a wide…
Ralph Waldo Emerson came to Kalamazoo in February of 1860 Over the course of almost two hundred years, a wide…
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Focus: Student Catalogues 1851-1902
Interesting information about people often appears in unusual sources. This alumni directory from Kalamazoo College is a good case in point. There…
Artist(s): The Doobie Brothers w/ Toby Beau Date: 20 July 1978 Tickets: $7.50 (general admission) Attendance: 7,500 Notes: The Doobie…
A town called Miller was once slated to replace the village of Oshtemo as a center of commerce in western…
Historian Tom Buettner explains why 27 million people attended the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (World’s Columbian Exposition) and describes Michigan’s…
Unidentified class, probably Alamo Township, roughly 1940s. Photo courtesy of Alamo Township Museum.
Kalamazoo College African studies professor Joseph Bangura presents a geopolitical survey of Burundi and Rwanda, including pre-colonial and colonial history,…
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KPL TV: Writers’ Block: Local Authors
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Small Business Reference Center offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools…