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The role of the College Archives is to collect, preserve, and make available for posterity the records, manuscripts, artifacts and ephemera that accurately document the history of this institution and the lives of all those who have touched and forever changed the face of Albion College--the students, faculty and staff.

In order to do this, the College Archives actively attempts to collect the following materials (and we can use your help!) :

• Artifacts relating to the institution and student life
• Records and papers produced by individuals while actively connected with the school, such as the private papers, books and articles of faculty and staff members produced while working with or for the college, manuscript collections relating to the college, student or organization scrapbooks
• Special format materials documenting the operation and development of the institution, its faculty, staff and students, such as still photographs, slides, negatives, motion picture film, reel-to-reel sound recordings, audio cassettes, videotapes, DVDs, CDs, oral history interviews, maps, blueprints, etc.
• Records of students, faculty, administrators or staff relating to academic, honorary, service and social organizations
• Vital records such as policy statements, reports (along with supporting documentation), minutes, memoranda, correspondence, and subject files created by the institution's Board of Trustees, President, academic and administrative officers and committees
• Reports of self-studies and accreditation visits, annual budgets and audits
• Records created by offices related to admissions, institutional research, public relations and fundraising
• Records of departments, such as minutes, reports, syllabi, faculty vitae, etc., or individuals, retired, resigned, terminated or deceased being school staff or alumni
• Records of the Office of the Registrar, such as calendars and class schedules, enrollment records, graduation rosters, etc.
• All publications about or distributed in the name of the institution or any of its sub-units, such as books, newsletters, honors theses, posters, magazines, events flyers, yearbooks, student newspapers, directories, rosters, online publications, Web pages, etc.
• Transcripts of speeches/presentations for special events, such as commencement, Baccalaureate, lecture series, convocation, etc.