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Michigan Automobile Company
Blood Brothers and the Rise of the Horseless Carriage While the topic of early Kalamazoo-area automobile manufacturing (1900-1920) could include…
The Library Ladies of Kalamazoo
Authors of the new book “The Library Ladies of Kalamazoo: Their Home and History” tell how they collaborated to create…
Authors, Titles, Community - 20 Years of Reading Together
Relive 20 years of Reading Together titles and authors in this video retrospective. What are some of your favorite Reading…
Hackley School Souvenir 1896-97
Hackley School (Alamo Township) Souvenir 1898-99. Photo courtesy of Alamo Township Museum
Oakland Pharmacy
Whether by design, by location, or perhaps by pure chance, certain commercial structures are destined to become lifelong places where…
Read Along! — The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan Chapters 10-12
Keep following along with KPL’s Miss Natalie as she reads The Hidden Oracle from The Trials of Apollo series by…
Disability Network Southwest Michigan Awards KPL the Community Inclusion Award
Each year Disability Network Southwest Michigan honors individuals and organizations in the community who have made a significant contribution to…
The KPL Story
A 1998 mini-documentary about the library’s renovation project, featuring architect David Milling, artist Michael Hayden, and others. Includes two television…
Schlitz Creek Bluegrass Band @ KPL
“Bluegrass with some bite!” from the mountains of Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Schlitz Creek Bluegrass Band performed at Washington Square Branch…
Art in Early Kalamazoo
“Art in Early Kalamazoo” (1987) – From an historic Kalamazoo home, Lynn Houghton talks about early Kalamazoo art and artists.…
Paint Some Happy Trees!
This month’s installment of KPL’s Paint Some Happy Trees is streaming on KPLTV! No previous painting experience is required; the…
Norton Pomeroy and Jane Chipman
Favorable reports about the climate and resources in Michigan, along with low prices for cash payments, enticed many eastern families…
Stuart, 323: Manly Davidson - John McKee House
Young Manly Davidson established himself as a builder in Kalamazoo's Civil War Years. In 1867, he began to construct the…
KPL TV: Writers’ Block: Local Authors
David Kobb – Terrifying Tales for Children
Kalamazoo Public Library presents Writers’ Block, a forum where independently published local writers can tell the world about their work.…
Reading Together 2024
In the News Yellowface is turning up on many “best books of the year” lists. See for yourself! NPR Time.com…
On the Street
Author Marianne Novak Houston and photographer Anthony B. Graves discuss “On the Street,” a collection of poems and prose, which…
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Location: Section 11, southeast corner of BC Avenue and M-43. Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1281. …
Downtown Parking
One might ask why a mundane issue such as parking warrants examination. Yet parking in cities across the United States…
Flinch Card Company
“The Acme of Parlor Games,” “More Simple Than Authors,” “More Scientific Than Whist.” Sound like fun? For the millions of…
¿Qué es el Autismo?
Héctor Cortés, padre de un hijo con autismo, explica como el autismo afecta a las personas con autismo y a…
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Applied Science & Technology Source
This database offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content covering the full spectrum of the applied sciences and…
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…
Literary Reference Center
This rich full-text database provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines…
Grants to Individuals (Foundation Center)
Learn how to best approach your search for a grant as an individual. In library use only.
Biography in Context
Biographical information of contemporary & historical figures.
