This collection contains meeting minutes from the board of the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center. It covers the years 2005-2013.

The meeting minutes trace the organization’s origins as the board members discuss workshop planning, setting up their business website, and beginning the Edible Book Event and Poets & Print event. Also touched on are publicity, donor concerns, outreach, and Art Hop. Other business related matters include accounting, grants, composition of the mission statement, and collaborations with Western Michigan University and the Portage District Library.

Present at the first meeting were: Jeff Abshear, Pamela Rups, Michael Dunn, Rose Willey, Liz Faust, Elizabeth King, and Marianne Swierenga.