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Parks

Crane Park

Once the jewel of the city park system, Crane Park must have commanded a superb view of the city when the…

Family Place Library

Family Place Library

An institutional commitment to supporting families with young children through programs, collections, trained children’s librarians, and community partnerships. What Makes…

Wakeshma Township

Lynn School

Location: District #3 – Section 12, southwest corner of UV Avenue and 47th Street. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C.…

Biographies

LeRoy, Rockwell A.

During the first decades of the 20th century, few Kalamazoo architects were perhaps as successful or as well respected as…

Pavilion Township

Briggs School

Location: District #5 – Section 29, east side of 26th Street between RS and S Avenues. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published…

KPL TV: Kalamazoo History

I Remember Kalamazoo: Lance Ferraro's Memories of Growing Up in Kalamazoo

I Remember Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo’s Historic Preservation Coordinator, Sharon Ferraro, working with her 95-year-old dad, retired professional photographer, Lance Ferraro, walk us inside Kalamazoo’s…

Business

Cigars in Kalamazoo

Cigars and Labor Unions Cigar manufacturing in Kalamazoo wasn’t as significant as major industries like celery production or paper-making, but…

World War I

Joseph B. Westnedge

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

Databases

MeL: Michigan eLibrary

Magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference books provided to Michigan libraries and Michigan residents at home with their Michigan Driver's License…

NoveList Plus

NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' advisory resource. In addition to the fiction database that NoveList has offered, NoveList Plus…

Literature Criticism Online

For students, researchers, history buffs and literature lovers, there’s no better source than Literature Criticism Online to discover commentary on…

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