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Some of the significant records and documents in the College
Archives are:
- Minutes, correspondence, memoranda and other records
and documents of the faculty, administration, and trustees;
- Personal publications of faculty, alumni, and friends
of the College;
- Records of student organizations;
- Yearbooks dating from 1896, literary magazines, and
other student publications;
- The College newspaper (Kalamazoo College Index),
dating back to 1877, and name indexes to the Index
for the years 1877 to 1931;
- The Daily Bulletin dating from 1947 to 49 and
1962 to the present, Who's New at Kalamazoo (a
photographic yearbook of faculty and first-year students),
and other student services publications;
- A large collection of scrapbooks prepared by alumni,
friends, and College personnel, catalogues for subject
access;
- Photographs;
- Miscellaneous mementos.
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Personal Papers
The College Archives contain the personal papers of many
individuals who have had close associations with the College.
Among the more extensive collections are those of T.Z.R. Jones,
an early missionary preacher in Michigan and longtime financial
agent of both the Michigan Baptist Convention and Kalamazoo
College; E.J. Fish, a nineteenth-century Baptist minister
who for many years was president of the Michigan Baptist Convention
and a trustee of Kalamazoo College; Maynard Owen Williams,
a 1910 graduate of Kalamazoo College who was chief of the
foreign staff of National Geographic from 1930 to 1953;
Luike J. Hemmes, a distinguished professor of philosophy at
Kalamazoo College from 1925 to 1958; Raymond L. Hightower,
a Kalamazoo College sociology professor from 1934 to 1971
who held leadership positions at the College as well as in
many state and national organizations and who was a prominent
local political figure; and Preston C. Hammer, a 1934 graduate
of Kalamazoo College who was an important scholar in the field
of applied mathematics and a pioneer in computer science education.
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Donations
In accordance with its gift policy, Upjohn Library is pleased
to accept donations of materials relating to the College that
would enhance the archival collection.
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