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First elected to the Kalamazoo City Commission in 1975, Caroline Ham has the distinction of being the city’s first woman…
Enjoy a performance by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra featuring the story, They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel. The performance will be featured on…
Don’t miss the latest edition of Books and Bellies! The reading circle continues with Healthy Babies, Healthy Start, and Kalamazoo…
A comprehensive history of Kalamazoo’s various modes of transportation would be incomplete without a brief summary of the Kalamazoo City…
The Michigan Female Seminary was established in 1856 under the auspices of the Presbyterian Synod of Michigan. Located on a…
Beginning Monday, February 14, all KPL locations will resume in-person services during regular business hours. Central: M–Th | 9 am–8…
“Michigan’s Underground Railroad” (1987) – Local historian Mary Jane Swartz tours the underground railroad house in Schoolcraft, and tells how…
Grand Valley State University professor, author, and podcaster Dr. Louis Moore discusses the stories and ideas behind his book, WE…
Enjoy a scholarly study of Bonnie Jo Campbell’s writing and influence on Midwestern literature. Campbell also reads from her latest…
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Formed in 1976, the experimental Whole Theater Company was established in Lawrence, Michigan by the Czech-born Werner Krieglstein, who wanted…
Alamo Center School 1893. Photo courtesy of Alamo Township Museum.
The following is not intended to be a comprehensive history of the Kalamazoo Public Schools desegregation case (Oliver v. Kalamazoo…
There are many women in Kalamazoo who have played a role in our history. Lynn Houghton, Regional History Curator at…
Barbara Ehrenreich, an author and essayist who picked apart the myths of the American Dream with books that included a…
Friends of Kalamazoo Public Library presented a spirited talk by author Margean Gladysz about her fascinating memoir “A Spy on…
Did you know that you can check out ping-pong balls and paddles to use at the table in Bronson Park?…
A silent promotional film made in 1939 to promote Kalamazoo Public Library services. Included are views of downtown Kalamazoo, patrons…
The following letter from the Local History Collection was written by Captain James I. Follett, of Kalamazoo, to his wife Calista…
The five-piece band treated those in attendance to over an hour of traditional New Orleans Dixieland interspersed with information about…
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This full-text database provides a historically rich collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as…
Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals…
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Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from…