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Kalamazoo '76
In 1976, the “showcase” of Kalamazoo’s commemoration of the nation’s Bicentennial was a 3-screen multi-image slide show. This 53-minute program…
Rector School
Location: Section 18, southeast corner of CD Avenue and 24th Street. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History…
Hurd Building
Charles Hurd was 25 as he opened up his farm in Oshtemo Township in 1835--when Kalamazoo was doing the nation's…
Great Lakes Grass @ KPL
The March 2015 Art Hop at Kalamazoo Public Library was part of the current year’s Reading Together programming, celebrating “The…
Williams School, 1981
Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1287.
KPL Local History Librarian Ryan Gage invites everyone to Step Back in History!
Join us October 7 at Central Library during Art Hop for an immersive experience in observance of KPL’s 150th anniversary.…
2021 Reading Together - Celebrating Story
Celebrating Story is a part of KPL’s 2021 Reading Together. It brings the community together to share stories and poems…
Las Amigas Club
Mrs. Robert Woodford, Glenn Allen, Mrs. Albert Allen model clothes as part of a fashion show with proceeds going to…
Cooking with Beer! w/ Chef Cory Barrett
Chef Cory Barrett, culinary instructor at Kalamazoo Valley Community College, and Brewery Operations Manager/Brewer Jeff Sobolewski, demonstrate cooking with… beer…
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…
Vicksburg Cemetery /Vicksburg, Old Section (Schoolcraft Township)
Location: Both sides of East W Avenue (West Hwy Street), 1/10th mile west of Lee Avenue. Status: Active Photo: Beth Timmerman, 2010…
Chemical Kim @ kpl (part 1)
Chemical Kim @ kpl (part 2)
Chemical Kim @ KPL
Kim De Clercq, aka “Chemical Kim,” resident scientist on “Take Five & Company” from ABC affiliate WZZM 13, visits Kalamazoo…
Michigan, My Michigan: History of this State IX
Roaring twenties, the Great Depression and World War II are covered as Lynn Houghton continues Michigan’s colorful history including information about…
Douglass Community Association
The Douglass Community Association was a byproduct of the First World War. Camp Custer was home to large numbers of…
Kalamazoo College
The Michigan and Huron Institute was granted a charter from the territorial legislature of Michigan on 22 April 1833. Now,…
Liberty Street School class 1904
Photo courtesy of the Alamo Township Museum
Early Kalamazoo: A Look into Grandma's Kitchen
Larry Massie describes kitchen artifacts from the 1800s while his wife Priscilla prepares recipes from early Kalamazoo cookbooks. These programs were…
Underground Railroad
More than three million African-Americans lived as slaves in the Southern United States in the mid-1800s. They had few human…
Eli Neiburger "Text, Tech, & Teens in This Century"
Barry Goldblatt
Youth Literature Seminar 2011
Eli Neiburger, associate director for IT & Production at Ann Arbor District Library and author of Gamers…in the Library? and…
Musical Storybooks: Hum & Swish with Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Musical Storybooks is created for 3 to 6 years and features a story, craft, and music by the Kalamazoo Symphony…
Databases
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…
AtoZdatabases
AtoZdatabases is the Premier Job Search, Reference & Mailing List Database including 30 million business & executive profiles & 240…
Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com is the largest online newspaper archive consisting of 493 million+ pages of historical newspapers from 11,800+ newspapers from around…
MeL: Michigan eLibrary
Magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference books provided to Michigan libraries and Michigan residents at home with their Michigan Driver's License…
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
This database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text…
