- Henehan, Brendan. Walking
Through Time. Kalamazoo Historical Commission, Kalamazoo, 1981.
A wonderful little guidebook of Kalamazoo's buildings.
Information from this book proved helpful with the East Michigan Ave.
section and many of the historic homes. Well illustrated.
- History of Kalamazoo
County, Michigan. Everts & Abbott, Philadelphia, 1880.
Reprinted in 1976 by Unigraphic Inc. Evansville Indiana.
A wonderful source for information on important people and buildings
in 1880.
- The
Kalamazoo Gazette.
For the purposes of this site articles from 1912 to present
were used. Recent material that has been particularly useful are the
weekly 'Looking Back' sections which feature historic photos and some
information about them. A collection of such clippings going back to
the early 1980's was utilized.
- The
Kalamazoo Public Library
Has many of the books on this list in its collection.
Also has a collection of City Directories, and newspapers on microfilm.
Just a small sampling of what it has to offer.
- Looking
Back: A Pictorial History of Kalamazoo. Heritage House Publishing,
Marceline. 1994.
Put out by the Kalamazoo Gazette, this book contains
128 pages of great historic photographs.
- Massie Larry, Peter Schmitt.
Kalamazoo: The Place Behind the Products. Windsor Publications.
1981.
A great source for information on Kalamazoo's varied
industries, the buildings, and those who built them. Lots of rare photographs.
- Mayer,
Elizabeth. Yes, There were Germans in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo
County Historical Society, Kalamazoo, 1979.
Very fascinating look at Kalamazoo's German heritage.
Tons of information on the building's of East Michigan Ave., the men,
and companies behind them.
- Polk's Kalamazoo City
Directory. R.L. Polk & Co., Detroit, 1939.
Priceless source of information. Includes listing of
every address, who/what occupied it, and what the occupation was. A
1939 copy in my collection was used heavily though copies for other
years have also been studied.
- Rowe,
Ford. Kalamazoo: The Debt-Free City. 1939.
Interesting period piece that has plenty of historical
information on Kalamazoo up to 1939. Lots of pictures.
- Schmitt, Peter. Kalamazoo:
Nineteenth-Century Homes in a Midwestern Village. Kalamazoo Historical
Commission, Kalamazoo, 1976.
Most of the information regarding the historic homes
and the people who built them came from this book. Very informative
and well illustrated with photographs by Balthazar Korab.
- Sharpsteen, Harold. The
Life of John Henry Burke. Ihling Bros. Everard Co., Kalamazoo, 1948.
The life story one of Kalamazoo's great citizens. Burke
was a Realtor who organized the Arcade Company. For the purposes of
this site this book was invaluable as a reference for much detail on
the old and new Burdick Hotels.
- Thompson, Mark. Frontier
Pilgrims: A Sesquicentennial History of the First Baptist Church of
Kalamazoo. Ihling Bros. Everard Co., Kalamazoo, 1986.
Just what it says. A detailed history of the First Baptist
Church with some nice illustrations.
- The Western Michigan Archives
and Regional History Collections.
Like the Library, a great location to find materials.
They have books, photos, newspaper clippings, etc... A
must visit.
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