It is the responsibility of the Archives to acquire and maintain the following materials:
Materials generated by the College
All publications of the College; records of administrative offices and academic departments; records of faculty, student, and other College-related organizations; and histories of the College.
These records may come in any medium or form: paper (published or unpublished); photographs, discs, architectural or landscape drawings; audio and videotapes; digital; newspapers clippings; or memorabilia.
The following is a list of records and publications which are regularly collected for the College Archives:
- All publications, newsletters, brochures, and programs distributed in the name of the College. The Archivist will determine the permanence of these items.
- Records of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee of the Board.
- Records of the President’s Office.
- Records of the Provost’s Office.
- Records and reports of other College administrative offices.
- Records of all official, permanent or ad hoc academic and administrative committees.
- Records of academic and athletic departments.
- Faculty publications, including speeches and papers delivered at meetings.
- Reports of faculty research projects.
- Records of student and College organizations.
- Audiovisual materials, such as photographs, slides, paintings, films, and audio and video tapes, which document the College history.
- Maps and blueprints which document the growth of the campus.
- Selected artifacts relating to the history of Kalamazoo College.
- Reports relating to the College which were generated by external agencies.
Materials about the College
The Archives collects materials about the college in all formats. It is the responsibility of the Archivist to identify and save articles from The Kalamazoo Gazette.
Materials generated by individuals connected with the College
The Archives accepts, but does not actively solicit, works created by alumni.