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Ready to Read partners with many agencies in Kalamazoo County to support early literacy. Please contact our Youth Outreach Coordinator…
In January 2020, Kalamazoo Public Library and Texas Township agreed to a 2-year service contract (July 1, 2020–June 30, 2022)…
With this month’s edition of Paint Some Happy Trees, we witness Miss Sarah learn what it means to gracefully fall…
Mayor A. B. Connable received exciting news in December 1914 for the city of Kalamazoo and for its manufacturers. The…
Larry Massie describes kitchen artifacts from the 1800s while his wife Priscilla prepares recipes from early Kalamazoo cookbooks. These programs were…
West side of South Burdick Street, between Main Street (Michigan Avenue) and South Street (134 South Burdick Street). Originally opened…
Let’s get creative and paint some trees, in true Bob Ross fashion. Each month will feature a different theme but…
“Between 1820 and 1840, the number of Hollanders coming to America had averaged fewer than one hundred a year. Between…
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The Reading Race book group, co-sponsored by the Society for History and Racial Equity (SHARE) and KPL’s Antiracism Transformation Team…
Chauncey Z. Bennett Today, the United Kennel Club, the second oldest and largest register of pure bred dogs, operates out…
The Kalamazoo Corset Company was one of Kalamazoo’s largest employer in the early decades of the 20th century. The overwhelming…
Kit houses were a type of housing that was largely developed in the state of Michigan throughout the first half…
How did the Kalamazoo Mall come to be — whose idea was it, how did it evolve from its original…
KPL TV: Archival Films & Video
A silent promotional film made in 1939 to promote Kalamazoo Public Library services. Included are views of downtown Kalamazoo, patrons…
Photo courtesy of the Alamo Township Museum
Wally Jung, a long-time postcard collector, dealer, and historian, focuses on the importance of covered bridges and grist mills in…
Among the many mysteries in Kalamazoo’s history was the existence of a separate school for the community’s African-American children, located…
KPL is pleased to announce the triumphant return of Read Along!, the popular online series featuring chapter books read aloud…
The People's Church, affiliated with the Unitarian-Universalist Association, took root in Kalamazoo almost in spite of itself. In 1855, when…
Find your ancestors in over 300 years of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and government reports. Search over 1,000 newspapers; the…
Kalamazoo Public Library maintains a wealth of current and historical information about area citizens, organizations, businesses, buildings, events, plus local,…
Containing many of the top-ranked biographical reference collections and magazines, this database offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies and…
Information on foundations, corporate givers, and grantmaking public charities. In library use only.
Information on authors and literary movements and themes, includes Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary Criticism.