CACHE Digital Archive
CACHE Digital Archive (College Academic and Historical Experience) is a digital platform that collects, preserves, and distributes digital material. The Kalamazoo College Archives contains a broad range of materials on the 185-year history of Kalamazoo College, including administrative records, biographical files, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, and more.
At this time many of our archived materials are scanned and shared via PDF where a limited amount of metadata is stored. If you would like to work with a specific material and require accommodations due to a physical or mental impairment we are here to help! For accommodations in using archived materials please email the College Archivist at archives@kzoo.edu.
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"Speak of Me as I am" : the Deconstruction of Black Male Stereotypes in "O"
(2019-06-01)The author analyzes the 2001 film “O” that recasts Shakespeare’s Othello as a talented high school basketball star at a prestigious, mostly white boarding school. -
Beauregard's Birthday and Sapphira Stories for Children
(1986-06-01)Two original children's stories. -
Open in 10 Years
(2023-06-01)In photos, collage, poems, and text, the author presents a memoir of her childhood, watching her parents' mental health disintegrate, struggling with body image issues, shoplifting, homelessness, and finally running away ... -
A Disconnection Between My Loved Ones and The Space of Los Angeles, My Home : A Poetry Collection
(2023-06-01)An original collection of poetry inspired by the experience of leaving family and friends. -
Fearless but Fragile : A Personal Exploration of my Collegiate Diving Career
(2023-06-01)The author's original work of creative nonfiction explores her college diving accident resulting in concussion, and coping with the anxiety and depression that followed. -
A Case for Shapeshifting
(2023-03-01)Through a series of essays, interviews, poems, illustrations, and a single speech, A Case for Shapeshifting thinks through and recognizes the ability to be shaped by change and to shape change. By identifying beings as ... -
The Shadow and Glare as Constructing “Creole” : The Grandissimes by George Washington Cable
(2023-03-01)George Washington Cable’s The Grandissimes contains critiques concerning the construction and treatment of Blackness throughout 19th century New Orleans as Louisiana was integrated into the United States. One of the ways ... -
BIPOC Educational Spaces : An Analysis of Personal Experiences Working in Kalamazoo Public Elementary Schools
(2023-03-01)Within this paper I seek to detail and record a collective experience as a childcare worker within Kalamazoo Public Schools, as established through my personal experiences and my coworkers’ and other employees’ who have ... -
Behind Genre : Unveiling Fleabag
(2023-03-01)My project analyzes the TV show, Fleabag, in order to look at the use of humor in media to navigate guilt, trauma and grief, self-doubt, avoidance, and self-misunderstanding. It engages with existential philosophy by ... -
Into the Ravenwood
(2023-06-01)The author introduces the inspiration and themes in the original fantasy novella, as well as the process and hopes to expand the story to a full-realized, multiple perspective novel. -
“21st Century Prosecutions” : How Technology Has Transformed Criminal Litigation
(2023-06-01)The author describes his experience working for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office (WCPO) in the Litigation Technology Unit (LTU). The author discusses the software used, including Evidence.com, Camtasia, Audacity, the ... -
Athletic Mentors Job Shadow Reflection
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2023-09-01)During the summer, I shadowed as a volunteer intern for Athletic Mentors, a strength and conditioning company based in Richland, MI, 30 minutes outside of Kalamazoo, MI. Specializing in training athletes of all ages and ... -
Episodic Cache : DIY Stop Motion Animation
(2023-06-01)This Senior Individualized Project (SIP) narrative document contains an explanation of the artistic procedures of the artist, Ella Faris, during the process of making a stop motion animation with filmed and photographed ... -
Alternative Methods for Ultrasonic Welding of Advanced Thermoplastic Composites
(2022-11-01)The fusion bonding of advanced thermoplastic composites has a variety of applications in aerospace, automotive, medical, consumer electronics and energy markets. High-power ultrasonic welding is a state-of-the-art manufacturing ... -
Utilizing Combined Point Array’s in Hepatitis B Virus Drug-Bound State Investigative Research
(2022-11-01)Viruses attach to a host cell by administering a molecular hijacking and in turn, replicating the genetic material enveloped within their capsid shells to spread viral particles. Viruses are complex in nature, coming in a ... -
On Healing : Understanding People-Plant Relationships through Ecopoetry and Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2022-11-01)The following is an investigation of the unique and often misunderstood relationship between humans and plants. Today, there is an obvious disconnect between people and the natural world. Settler colonialism has fostered ... -
Refactoring COMP:107 with Python in Google Colab
(2022-11-01)As a computer science major and former teaching assistant, it is important to me to find ways to give back and help aspiring students feel welcomed into the department. That is why I spent my SIP working with Dr. Pam Cutter ... -
Only (a) God Can Save Us Now : Heidegger, Modernity, and Poetry
(2022-11-01)Heidegger, in a 1966 interview with German magazine Der Spiegel (published posthumously), spoke about his relationship to National Socialism and how it broadly was informed by his concerns regarding technology. In the ... -
Differential loop analysis of phenotypically and genetically juxtaposed mouse strains using visualization tools
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2023)Biological Framework: Previous study suggests promoters are key to gene regulation, can be regulated from far away. Mice strains C57BL/6 (BLK6) and DBA/2J (DBA) have differential gene expression in fear and anxiety genes. ... -
Plant Uptake Of Heavy Metal Pollution At Riverview Eastside And Potential For Phytoremediation
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2023)This project was a continuation of prior work done studying the local Kalamazoo Riverview Eastside site (KRE), which currently stands as a brownfield site. Soil sampling and testing, vegetation surveying, and bioindicator ...