Historical Collections and Artwork

 

Archival collections, rare books, and artwork from the College's collections.

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For more information about the Kalamazoo College Archives, visit the Archives website.

Contact us at: archives@kzoo.edu or 269-337-7151.

All materials in the Kalamazoo College Digital Archive are subject to Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

Sub-communities within this community

  • A.M. Todd Rare Book Room [78]

    The Rare Book collection at Kalamazoo College began in the 1920's with gifts from the library of Albert May Todd, a prominent Kalamazoo citizen and an internationally known book collector.

  • Baptist Collection [81]

    The Baptist collection is comprised of materials relating to the history of Baptists in Michigan and the Midwest, and to the early relationship between the College and the Baptist Church.

  • College Art Collection [469]

    This community contains information about and photographs of the artwork on the Kalamazoo College campus.

  • Diaries and Letters [20]

    Diaries and Letters written by students, faculty, and alumni.

  • Florence Rush Feminism and Women's Liberation Collection [86]

    This is a collection of newsletters, newspapers, journal issues, and other printed materials documenting the women's liberation movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

Collections in this community

Recent Submissions

  • Mrs. M. A. Dowd, Long Ill, Dies 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo Gazette, 1945-08)
    Muriel Annete Dowd graduated from Kalamazoo College in 1897. Her and her husband, Willard F. Dowd, served as missionaries in Assam, India. The Dowds had three children attend Kalamazoo College. Leslie (class of 1924), ...

  • Willard Fox Dowd 

    Reidsema, J.M. (J.M. Reidsema Photographic Art Studio, 1893)
    Willard Fox Dowd was born August 12, 1870 in Hartford, Michigan. He would attend Kalamazoo College and graduate with the class of 1897. He married fellow 1897 graduate Muriel Annette Massey. Together, the couple sailed to ...

  • Tidings (September 1927, No. 3) 

    Cronkite, Ethel (Orissa Mission Press, 1927-09)
    Ethel Cronkite, class of 1920, was an American Baptist missionary who served in Bengal-Orissa, India from 1921-1939. In 1927, she sent the college issues of the missionary magazine Tidings to contribute to the school's ...

  • Tidings (September 1921, No. 5) 

    Cronkite, Ethel (Orissa Mission Press, 1921-09)
    Ethel Cronkite, class of 1920, was an American Baptist missionary who served in Bengal-Orissa, India from 1921-1939. In 1927, she sent the college issues of the missionary magazine Tidings to contribute to the school's ...

  • Tidings (March 1927, No. 1) 

    Cronkite, Ethel (Orissa Mission Press, 1927-03)
    Ethel Cronkite, class of 1920, was an American Baptist Missionary serving in Bengal-Orissa, India from 1921-1939. In 1927, she sent the college issues of the missionary magazine Tidings to contribute to its centennial ...

  • Tidings (June 1927, No. 2) 

    Cronkite, Ethel (Orissa Mission Press, 1927-06)
    Ehtel Cronkite, class of 1920, was an American Baptist Missionary in Bengal-Orissa, India from 1921-1939. In 1927, she sent the missionary magazine, Tidings, as part of the college's centennial collection. On the cover of ...

  • Tidings (December 1926, No. 4) 

    Cronkite, Ethel (Orissa Mission Press, 1926-12)
    Ethel Cronkite, class of 1920, was an American Baptist Missionary in Bengal-Orissa, India from 1921-1939. She sent the publication, Tidings, to the college in 1927 as part of its centennial collection. On the cover of this ...

  • Tidings (September 1923, No. 3) 

    Cronkite, Ethel (Orissa Mission Press, 1923-09)
    Ethel Cronkite, class of 1920, was a missionary in Bengal-Orissa, India from 1921-1939. Cronkite sent these publications, Tidings, to the college as part of its centennial collection in 1927. This particular issue includes ...

  • Ethel Cronkite 

    Cronkite, Ethel (Kalamazoo College, 1928)
    Pictured is Ethel Cronkite, class of 1920. Before attending Kalamazoo College, Cronkite was a student at the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago. In 1921 she traveled to Bengal-Orissa, India under the direction ...

  • Kindergarten Hall 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1933)
    Elizabeth Hay, class of 1914, was an American Baptist missionary stationed in Assam, India. In 1933, Hay mailed a letter to the college that included a brochure from the Nowgong Training School where she taught. As per the ...

  • Junior Campfire Girls 

    Hay, Elizabeth (Kalamazoo College, 1918 c.)
    Elizabeth Hay, class of 1914, was an American Baptist missionary stationed in Assam, India. She would eventually become the principal of the Nowgong Training School. Pictured here are the female students who are referred ...

  • Brahmaputra River 

    Hay, Elizabeth (Kalamazoo College, 1918 c.)
    Photo was taken by Elizabeth Hay, class of 1914, an American Baptist missionary stationed in Assam, India. This photo was the view from behind the mission bungalow in Guahati (now rendered as Guwahati). It shows the ...

  • Assembly Hall 

    Hay, Elizabeth (Kalamazoo College, 1918 c.)
    This photo comes from a brochure sent by Elizabeth Hay, class of 1914, who was principal at the time of the Nowgong Training School in Assam, India. The description notes that this was the assembly hall where students and ...

  • Arriving at Camp 

    Hay, Elizabeth (Kalamazoo College, 1918)
    Foreign missionary Elizabeth Hay, class of 1914, is seated in the passenger seat of this automobile. The individuals with her are unidentified. The description on the back of the photo explains that she is arriving at camp ...

  • Christmas Dolls 

    Hay, Elizabeth (Kalamazoo College, 1918 c.)
    Elizabeth Hay, class of 1914, took this photo at the American Baptist Missionary in Assam, India. The young children received their new toy dolls for Christmas. Hay sent this photo along with many others in the year 1933, ...

  • Elizabeth Hay Obituary 

    Hay, Elizabeth (Kalamazoo College, 1958-03)
    Elizabeth Hay graduated from Kalamazoo College in 1914. She would go on to serve as a missionary in Assam, India for nearly 40 years. Mentioned in her obituary was her experience as a teacher and principal at an all-girls ...

  • In Thirty-Eight Years, What? 

    Hay, Elizabeth (Kalamazoo College, 1953)
    Elizabeth Hay, class of 1914, was a missionary in Assam India for nearly 40 years. She was asked by one of the literary societies on campus to submit a letter detailing her missionary career. The letter would go on to be ...

  • Mrs. Nellora Clough Martin Obituary 

    Martin, Nellora Clough (Kalamazoo Gazette, 1954-12-06)
    This obituary is of a former student, Nellora Clough Martin. She was a student at the Kalamazoo College Preparatory Department from 1881-1885 and was enrolled at the college for her freshman year in 1886. She would marry ...

  • The Editor's Fifth Column 

    Rowland, Leon (Kalamazoo College Index, 1940-10-12)
    Mentioned in the article is the reunion of the Rowland family. Parents Leon and Gladys served as missionaries in India. They were graduates of the college in 1914. They visited Kalamazoo College during the 1940 Homecoming ...

  • The Index, Senior Issue, 1914: Portraits of Leon Rowland and Gladys Martin 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College Index, 1914)
    In this Senior Issue of the 1914 Index, the portraits of Leon Rowland and Gladys Martin can be found in proximity to each other. The two would marry on June 17, 1915. They would go on to serve as missionaries in Southern ...

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