File consists of bound issues of Canadian Kodak's monthly Trade Circular from 1904 to 1927 and from 1962 to 1975. First published in 1904, Trade circulars were brief publications containing information for dealers of Kodak products.

File contains bound issues of Trade Circulars published by both Eastman Kodak Company and Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd. between 1915 and 1929. Trade circulars were brief publications containing information for dealers of Kodak products.

File consists of bound issues of Canadian Kodak's monthly Trade Circular from 1900 to 1927. First published in 1899, Trade circulars were brief publications containing information for dealers of Kodak products.

Running from 1955 to 1975, Canadian Kodakery was a monthly Kodak Canada publication designed to communicate the activities of employees at Kodak Heights in Toronto, Ontario. The publicaton succeeded the magazine Kodak. The newer publication included a larger format than its predecessor, as well as new features. Collection includes vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1955) to vol. 20, no. 6 (Aug./Sept 1975).

The full lineage of internal publications for Kodak Canada employees ran as follows: At Kodak Heights was succeeded by Kodak in 1936. In 1955, the name was changed to Canadian Kodakery. In 1975, the name was changed again to Kodak Canada News. In 1986, this publication was succeeded by In Focus; and in 1994, the name changed to its final title, Kodakery Canada.

At Kodak Heights was a bimonthly magazine, first published in January 1921, intended to foster communication among employees of Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd.

The full lineage of internal publications for Kodak Canada employees ran as follows: At Kodak Heights was succeeded by Kodak in 1936. In 1955, the name was changed to Canadian Kodakery. In 1975, the name was changed again to Kodak Canada News. In 1986, this publication was succeeded by In Focus; and in 1994, the name changed to its final title, Kodakery Canada.

File contains booklets on creative uses of Kodak photographic products, written by photographers. Editions included are 3, 5-10.

File contains a French edition of the illustrated "Kodaks and Kodak Supplies" catalogue, featuring Kodak cameras and accessories. Also contains an unpaginated, undated page torn from a French Kodak catalogue with the title, "Catalogue illustré des articles Kodak gratis sur demande."

File contains 2 illustrated catalogues from years 1911 and 1932/33 featuring Kodak cameras and accessories.

File consists of unbound quarterly supplement pages from 1941 to 1950, and 1970 to the Photo-Lab-Index, published by Morgan and Lester. Supplements pertain to Phot-Lab-Index numbers 3, 8-17, 19-21, and 24. Includes pages from supplement nos. 7-17, 19-43.

File contains 5 sub-sub-series of published instructional and informational materials relating to colour photography and processing, and Kodak colour photographic products.

File contains information on professional photographic practices inclusing: forensic, law enforcement, aerial, infrared stereo, copy photography, slide making, photomicrography, and photointerpretation for planners.

File includes annual reports published by Eastman Kodak Company in 1902 and from 1955 to 2007. Some reports include the notice of the annual meeting, proxy statement, and shareholder letters. File is missing annual reports from 1956, 1963, and 1985.

File consists of a folder of letters to management teams and company-wide memos from Eastman Kodak and Kodak Canada. Topics include litigation update, financial reporting, strategic planning, and downsizing.

File consists of a folder of letters, primarily between members of Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd., Eastman Kodak Co., and Canadian Customs, related to the traffic of Kodak products across the Canada-U.S. border as part of shipments from Eastman Kodak to Canadian Kodak.

Item contains 31 quarterly reports on new products, services, and sales information for the Eastman Kodak Company. Some issues missing.

File includes miscellaneous publications--including magazines, newsletters, and periodicals--containing Kodak advertising or other forms of Kodak publicity. Publications include:

-Chatelaine (Dec. 1933) (Advertisement missing)
-Canadian Photography (Dec. 1952)
-Focus (Feb., 1953)
-OSP Pho-topics (Apr. 1954)
-Popular Photography (Sept. 1956)
-Business Week (June 20, 1977)
-Forbes (September 3 1979)
-Tooton's Photography News (Sept./Oct. 1988)
-Photo Metro (Mar. 1989)
-Time Magazine (Fall 1989)
-The Canadian Shopper (Feb. 1997)
-Photography in New York (Mar./Apr. 1998)
-Playback (January 11, 1999)
-Today's Parent (Oct. 1999)
-Marketing Magazine (Dec. 1999)
-Report on Business (Dec. 2003)

File contains reports published by Eastman Kodak Company, Kodak Canada Inc. and the Canadian government outlining key points in American and Canadian manufacturing and industry for the purpose of strategic decision-making.

File consists of bound and unbound volumes of Kodak Dealer News (1952 to 1968) and Kodak Dealer Newsletter (1966). Both publications were produced by Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd. and targeted dealers of Kodak products. Some issues missing.

File consists of photographs of employees from Kodak's Camera Repair department. Includes groups shots and portraits of employees at their work stations. Some names of the employees photographed are listed on the envelop and image verso.

Black and white composited of 6 images pasted to a board with "In the Good Old Summer Time" printed on it. Photographs feature the men's baseball team and company lawn bowling games. It was published in the November 1921 edition of the employee newsletter "At Kodak Heights".

File consists of 13 collective bargaining agreements made between 1966 and 1997. Agreements for the years 1966 to 1974 are made between Kodak Canada and Local 159 of the International Chemical Workers' Union. Agreements for the years 1978 to 1997 are made between Kodak Canada and the Employees' Association of Kodak Canada. Kodak Canada employees were later represented by the Steelworkers' Union.

File includes 10 music scores stamped with "Kodak Glee Club" or "Kodak Choral Society", along with a program pamphlet for a concert at the St. James-Bond United Church.

File contains photographs capturing the war efforts at Kodak Heights, including images of employees and factories.

File contains records created in the production and publication of promotional photographs. Documents include: image captions for photographs of individuals, products, and war-related munitions work; picture files for photographs for the 1962 annual report; correspondence with external individuals requesting usage rights; correspondence regarding the Kodak commemorative stamp photographs, product images, and Kodak Ltd.'s coronation photographs; and photography release forms. Most records in file were unfortunately divorced from their accompanying photographs at some point during their life cycle.

The three duplicate, mounted-on-board photographs depict the minstrel troupe of 32 male participants, one not being blackface and another being a child in blackface on the Crystal Theatre stage with a dimensional painted backdrop. Accompanying them is a 7 member orchestra plus conductor. The Crystal Theatre was located on Dundas St. West, west of Keele St. (re-named the Apollo in 1934).

The performers were part of a Kodak Minstrel Show, performed by Canadian Kodak employees and held by the Kodak Athletics Association (KAA) during the 1920's.

Minstrel shows are a style of variety show, most popular during the late 19th and early 20th century, in which white performers use make-up and costumes to depict racist and stereotypical caricatures of Black people. The genre originated in the United States, but Canada had its own troupes and touring companies, and the format was popular with schools, community groups, and religious organizations.

The first image, Burgess & Seymour, a study in black and white, depicts two Canadian Kodak employees, one identified as draftsman F.A. Seymour and the other as R. Ainslee Burgess. They performed a skit originally performed in the Canadian Kodak Minstrel Show of February 17-18, 1921, which was, according to an included clipping, repeated at a bazaar held by the Toronto Technical School. The skit consists of two easels, on which the two performers have drawn sketches of different Kodak girls. One of the performers (Burgess) is in blackface, as part of the Minstrel variety show performed during the 1920's by Kodak employees as part of the Kodak Athletics Association (KAA) activities.

The second image is a group portrait of the Kodak minstrel troupe consisting of 29 men in black face and their accompanying 7 musicians and conductor. They performed at the same event as Burgess and Seymour, February 1921.

Minstrel shows are a style of variety show, most popular during the late 19th and early 20th century, in which white performers use make-up and costumes to depict racist and stereotypical caricatures of Black people. The genre originated in the United States, but Canada had its own troupes and touring companies, and the format was popular with schools, community groups, and religious organizations.

Appear to be loose prints from the Kodak Heights series of albums that document the construction of Kodak Heights during 1913-1917, See related records for albums: 2005.001.06.01.002. Note that a group of these prints were organized in a separate box, P-56 and P-64, they have been assigned the same number and the different locations noted in the record.

Photographs consist of views of Kodak Heights :

• Three aerial views, one slightly earlier in years
• One panorama of three buildings
• One at entrance gate with buildings nos. 3 and 5 in background
• One of Kodak Canadian soldiers (or air men) in marching band, passing in front of Building No. 9 (Employees Building).
  Previously in 3-ringed binder.

The two mounted images are duplicates of a 1868 accounting page of a summary of costs for clothes, board, sundries, shoes, underclothes, etc., and hats.

List of People and Photocopy included

hand painted retouching on print

Item is a collage of 10 portraits of children (one of four children), primarily infants mounted to board and labelled with numbers.

10 B&W prints mounted on one board

Location - Showrooms B-4

File contains tcontact sheets featuring images of Geoff Oliver, Paul Hurley, & Ron Morrison posing individually with the Photo CD.

File contains aerial views of Kodak Heights taken in 1987.

File contains snapshots of the 100 Years of Kodak museum display.

File includes index to individuals represented.

Item is a collage consisting of 8 child portraits mounted to board. Photographs are numbered 1 through 8.

File contains reproductions of 3 employee contracts. The first, originally dated August 9, 1899, details the employment contract between John G. Palmer and Eastman Kodak Company. John G. Palmer became the treasurer of Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., in 1899 and the company's first president in 1918. The latter two contracts, originally dated October 13, 1917 and January 1, 1923, detail the employment contract made between photographic emulsion maker, Eben J. Quigley, and Eastman Kodak Company.

File contains miscellaneous correspondence, specifications, orders, and contracts related to the construction, outfitting, and maintenance of Kodak Heights from 1913 to 1969. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., and numerous contractors.

File includes records pertaining to the purchase, installation, and maintenance of washers and dryers at Kodak Heights. Includes internal correspondence between Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd. and Eastman Kodak Company, as well as correspondence and orders with the Canadian Laundry Machine Co. Limited of Toronto.

File includes specifications, contracts, correspondence, and technical drawings related to the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of the power house (building #1) at Kodak Heights. Also includes internal communications outlining power house staff responsibilities, and a letter detailing injuries sustained to workers during maintenance procedures. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, and numerous contractors. The power house began construction in 1914 and underwent a significant upgrade begining in 1936.

File contains correspondence and contracts from 1914 to 1937 related to the installation of doors and windows in buildings at Kodak Heights. Also includes a detailed letter regarding paper drying systems at various Kodak plants, a discussion pertinent to the company's window installation schedule. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, National Skylight and Ventilation Co. (Rochester), The A.B. Ormsby Company, Ltd. (Toronto), Steel & Radiation, Ltd. (Toronto), Architectural Bronze & Irons Works (Toronto), and Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies.

File contains correspondence, specifications, contracts, and technical drawings from 1913 to 1914 related to the construction of an outlet sewer at Kodak Heights. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, and various construction companies, including F.F. Fry, General Contractors of Toronto, who were awarded the contract.

File contains correspondence, specifications, tenders, contracts, and technical drawings from 1914 related to the construction of roofs on various buildings at Kodak Heights. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, and various roofing companies. The contract appears to have been awarded to Douglas Bros., Ltd. of Toronto.

File includes correspondence, specifications, and contracts from 1915 to 1937 related to the construction and installation of elevators in various buildings at Kodak Heights. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Co. and the Otis-Fensom Elevator Company, Ltd. of Toronto, who was contracted to perform the work.

File consists of correspondence, orders, contracts and technical drawings related to the construction of a railway line and steel trestle connecting Canadian Pacific rail lines to the Kodak Heights Powerhouse (Building 1) between 1913 and 1915. Correspondents include members of Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, Canadian Pacific Railway, the Standard Steel Construction Co. of Welland, Ontario, and C.E. Deakin, Ltd. of Mount Dennis, Ontario. The Standard Steel Construction Co. was contracted to design and construct the trestle. C.E. Deakin Ltd. was contracted to perform a number of tasks in the construction of Kodak Heights, including driving piles beneath trestle footings. The project was executed under the supervision of C.K. Flint (a.k.a. C.O. Flint), a former employee at Kodak Park in Rochester, who later became Engineer in Charge at Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd. The trestle was erected in October of 1914.

File includes correspondence, orders, contracts, technical drawings and 1 photograph from 1914 related to the construction of the chimney stack connected to the Powerhouse (Building 1) and the Silver Nitrate plant (Building 3) at Kodak Heights. Correspondents include members of Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, Alphons Custodis Chimney Construction Company of New York, and its Canadian subsidiary, Custodis Canadian Chimney Company, Ltd. of Toronto. The latter company was contracted to design and construct the chimney. TThe project was executed under the supervision of C.K. Flint (a.k.a. C.O. Flint), a former employee at Kodak Park in Rochester, who later became Engineer in Charge at Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd. Construction of the chimney stack began on June 24, 1914 and finished September 17, 1914.

File includes correspondence, inspection reports, and technical drawings related to plant safety and risk assessment from 1913 to 1940. Correspondents include: Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, the Bureau of Explosives (Toronto), various contractors, the Mount Dennis Volunteer Fire Department, and the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. This latter company performed detailed inspections for insurance purposes on Kodak Heights buildings before and during construction. Topics include: outfitting Kodak Heights with sprinkler systems, fire alarms, water supplies and oxygen masks, storage and handling of magnesium and its alloys, and storage and transport of cellulose nitrate film. File also includes a preliminary inspector's report on the fire that occurred in Building #3 of Kodak Heights on November 17, 1914.

File includes loan agreements made between the Kodak Canada Heritage Collection and various individuals documenting artifacts that were leant to the museum during 1999. Most agreements document artifacts leant to the Museum as part of its centennial celebrations.

File contains orders, contracts and technical drawings created in 1976 by Vibro-Acoustics Ltd. of Scarborough, Ontario pertaining to the construction of Kodak Canada's Brampton paper finishing plant (building #35).

File contains correspondents and construction schedules pertaining to contracts completed by the C.E. Deakin Company, Ltd. of Mount Dennis, Ontario from 1914 to 1916. The company was contracted to perform a number of tasks in the construction of Kodak Heights, including work on the Power house (building #1) and the railway trestle. File includes correspondence with the Canadian Inspection & Testing Laboratories, which performed testing on cement used by the C.E. Deakin, as well as with T. Pringle & Sons, which appears to have collaborated with C.E. Deakin on at least one contract.

File contains correspondence and orders related to the construction and outfitting of the Kodak Heights employee building (building #9). Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd. and numerous contractors. Work on the building began on March 24, 1939 when Cedarvale Tree Experts moved trees in preparation for construction. The building was completed in 1940.

File includes correspondence and orders related to the construction of Kodak Heights building #8 in 1930. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Canadian Inspection & Testing Company, Gypsum Lime & Alabastine Can Ltd., and Architectural Bronze & Iron Works.

File includes correspondence and orders related to the construction and outfitting of the gelatine blending building (building #6) at Kodak Heights. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., the Detroit Cement Floor Company, the Dominion Bridge Company, and Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Co., Ltd.. Construction of building #6 began on November 6, 1929.

File contains tenders, technical drawings, and inspection reports from 1914 to 1915 related to the construction of water tanks at Kodak Heights. Correspondents include Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., Robert W. Hunt & Co., Ltd, Engineers, and Toronto Structual Steel Co., Ltd., who tendered a proposal to complete the work in conjunction with Toronto Iron Works, Ltd.

File includes original contracts, dated December 28, 1938, and correspondence (1940-1964) between Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd. and Canadian Kodak Sales Limited. Contracts pertain to the sale and transfer of vending rights of Kodak products from Canadian Kodak Co. to Canadian Kodak Sales Limited. Correspondence pertain to the terms of the original agreements. Canadian Kodak Sales Ltd. was incorporated on December 1, 1938 and acted as the distributing agent of Kodak products in Canada, thereby limiting Canadian Kodak's role to one of strict manufacturing.

File contains booklets on the topic of chemicals and processors for colour photographic materials. Includes a series of instructional courses on the use of colour processing equipment.

File contains information booklets on projection equipment and published audio-visual programs available for purchase from Kodak.

File contains booklets on how to prepare and present audiovisual materials using Kodak products, including planning slide presentations, creating film strips, equipment planning, and projector specifications.

File contains information booklets on the use of Kodak materials for the printing and publishing industry. This includes information on silver masking, auto-resist, graphic arts films and plates, screen printing, colour separation and colour masking.

File contains information and instructional booklets relating to industrial photographic practices and Kodak industrial products. Topics include microscopic photography, underwater photography, microfilm and reproduction films and papers (RAR film, Pan film, Ektaline paper, and Linograph paper), geophysical recording, instrumentation films, spectrum analysis, schlieren photography, and darkroom construction for industrial use. Also included is the "Kodak Job Sheet Packet", which outlines techniques for handling problems that arise in industrial photography.

File contains information booklets on professional photography, covering subjects such as portrait photography, studio cameras, studio management and photographic techniques for professionals.

File contains booklets on medical and clinical photography.

File contains index booklets detailing the reference publications available for that year, as well as the Kodak Professional Notes and Kodak Color Notes newsletters.

File contains information booklest on creating and maintaining a darkroom. Topics include: safelights, equipment lists, darkroom design, and printing and enlarging.

File contains information booklets on photographic chemical processing with Kodak products. Topics include: silver recovery, formulas, toning, developer, fix, and colour processing.

File contains inforamtion booklets on black-and-white Kodak films including, exposure indexes, contrast indexes, notch codes, roll films, sheet films, Double-X negative film, TMAX, Plus-X negative film, and Panchromatic film.

File consists of two empty printed cardboard boxes for sensitized paper manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company between 1941 and 1942.

File contains photographs featuring images of Black Creek Pioneer Village taken in 1966. Subjects of interest include a spinning wheel and general store.

File contains photographs featuring images from Canadian actor Larry Mann's visit to Kodak Canada Inc. Location - B-11

Items include 2 promotional brochures features cameras and accessories from Leica's R-series.

File contains prints featuring images from the construction of Kodak Heights Film Coating building #13.

Previously in 3-ringed binder

previously in green 3-ringed binder

File contains prints featuring various views of the construction of Kodak Heights Film Coating building #13.

Previously in 3-ringed binder

Mounted to board

West Toronto Industrial Softball Champions; Non-archival museum board; Image Size: 23.5 x 17.7"

File contains snapshots from sporting events, the construction of the building #4 well, elections, the Kodak Orchestra, an anonymous headshot of a male in a suit, children and other Kodak related activities.

photo post card

File contains a snapshot of Kodak male baseball players, a group portrait of a Kodak women's athletic team, a snapshot group portrait of a Kodak men's hockey team, a distance shot of an athletic event at Kodak Heights, and a snapshot of a man lawn bowling.

File contains prints of winners of the Family Reunion Sweepstakes receiving their prizes. Winner receives $5000 cash and free airfare, up to ten flights. Shown in In Focus July/August 1985 on page 7, Vol. 31 No. 4. Labels housed with prints.

File contains prints from In Focus January 1986, Vol. 32 No. 1. Subjects include snapshots taken at the 47th Kodak Pioneers Banquet.