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.

Item features two portraits side by side of same man in different outfits. Black text below photographs reads, 'A.T. Orr c/o Jerry Lodge Associates Ltd. 105 Carlton St, Toronto, 2, Ont. 363-0022'

Item is an information folder informing Kodak Canada employees that they can select a Kodak-branded gift to celebrate the company's centennial. Gifts included a keychain, commemorative plate, drinking glasses, or a record album. Also included is a letter from the company president, Ken Winter, to staff explaining the program.

Item is a letter sent to Kodak Canada employees announcing forthcoming staff reductions and offering retirement enhancements and incentives for those willing to leave positions voluntarily.

Item is a duotang to Kodak Canada employees who travel frequently, from the Executive Committee, outlining specific policies and procedures around business travel.

Item is a booklet that outlines policies, procedures, and responsibilities for Kodak employees in protecting company information.

Item is a booklet that outlines policies, procedures, and responsibilities for Kodak employees in protecting company information.

Item is a booklet that outlines Kodak's expected principles and ethics of business for employees.

Item consists of a group portrait of workers on the railway line. A blue "X" inked over one of the heads of the workers probably refers to Mr. Mahan, whose name is handwritten on the verso.

Item consists of a group photo outdoors in front of a building with three lines of workers seated on the grass and two standing. Handwritten at the bottom centre of the image (probably on the negative), "'Georgetown Coated Paper'/ Staff/ -1936-"

Item consists of a photograph mounted on grey card. Image shows a group of men seated outside a large brick building with a wooden sign high above their heads "HER-/ SPILLMAN/ THE/ ONLY/ BUILDERS/ OF/ IMPROVED/ 1873-1890" with the image of a carousel painted on the sign. The front row of the group holds up a wooden sign that reads "2ND ANNUAL OUTING/ OF HERSCEHLL SPILLMAN & CO'S/ EMPLOYEES JULY 3RD 1902." At bottom right, embossed in card, "L. H. Linh-pf(?)/ TONAWANDA, N.Y."

Item consists of a grey card with photograph affixed. Image shows four rows of men standing and seated on a wagon in front of a brick building, all workers on the Grand Trunk Railway line. On verso, handwritten in pencil, "Grand Trunk line" and at top right corner, "1901". On plastic bag accompanying photograph (discarded), a sticker was attached with the text "Grand Trunk Railway/ 1902/ 9.25".

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.

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.

Item is a negative featuring an image of a woman packing boxes of Ektacolor film into cardboard boxes labeled "Kodak / Toronto" to be shipped to retailers.

Item features an image of women seated at machines labeled 'CINE PROCESS", working to process 35 mm film at the Toronto Film Processing Department.

File contains colour negatives featuring portraits of men wearing suits, presumably Kodak employees.

Item is a colour negative featuring a promotional studio shot of a group of cheering individuals, presumably Kodak employees, holding an ISO 9001 Kodak Customer Equipment Service banner. The print was used in a poster for Kodak Platinum Service, 2005.001.03.3.002.

File contains snapshots of a group of individuals carrying Kodak bags in an auditorium.

File contains personnel records of employees who worked in the two on-campus student residences, Palin Hall (later Oakham House) and Bond House (later O'Keefe House). However, it primarily has records related to Raymond and Aurlie Wycik (Pappa and Mamma Wycik), who worked in Palin Hall running the tuck/snack shop and acting as dons.

File contains vacancy/job postings from Human Resources department and was closed as of December 2012. Please see RG 94.46 for future job postings.

The file consists of index cards bearing the name of a faculty or staff member, arranged in alphabetical order by surname, with information about individuals' employment. The information was taken primarily from course calendars and provides the years and department/faculty/school wherein they worked. Some cards have no data while others have extra data from other sources.

Although the dates are primarily for the 1950s-1970s, a few cards have dates starting in the 1940s or ending in the 1990s and 2000s. The cards were a frequently used resource; however, with the advent of the electronic database, their usage fell.

File consists of narrative series' of stereographs that depicting story-lines through tableau. Most stories are comedic, heart-warming, or sarcastic in nature, often focused on domestic topics. Many popular series were either recreated or sold, reprinted, and marketed by different companies. Some of the photographic series in the file are incomplete.

Stories include:

Wedding series:
23 stereographs, B.W. Kilburn (James M. Davis Publishers), n.d.
9 stereographs, The 'Perfec' Stereograph (H.C. White), 1902
24 stereographs, Underwood and Underwood, 1903
12 stereographs, Universal View Company (William H. Raw), 1903
7 stereographs, no publisher (reproductions), n.d.
12 stereographs, no publisher (bound reproductions), n.d.
25 stereographs, no publisher (hand-coloured, boxed reproductions), n.d.

The New Cook Series:
21 stereographs, Griffith & Griffith, 1901
6 stereographs, International View Co. (copyright C. L. Wasson). 1901
10 stereographs, Keystone View Company, n.d.
1 stereograph, Sterro Photo Co.,
16 stereographs, Underwood & Underwood, 1900
2 stereographs, Universal View Company (William H. Raw), 1902
15 stereographs, no publisher (hand-coloured reproductions), n.d.

French maid Series:
12 stereographs, American Stereoscopic Co., 1903
2 stereographs Keystone View Co., n.d.
12 stereographs, The "Perfec" Stereograph (H.C. White), 1902

The New Secretary:
5 stereographs, Keystone View Co., n.d.
12 stereographs, Underwood & Underwood, 1899

How Biddy Served the Tomatoes:
1 stereograph, Griffith & Griffith, 1900
3 stereographs, Keystone View Co. (B. L. Singley), 1900
4 stereographs, B.W. Kilburn, n.d.
3 stereographs, Underwood & Underwood (Strohmeyer & Wyman), 1897
1 stereograph, Universal Photo Arts Co. (C.H. Graves), 1897

A Sodier's Return series:
11 stereographs, Underwod & Underwood, 1900

The "New Woman" series:
2 stereographs, B.W. Kilburn (James M. David), 1897
2 stereographs, Keystone View Company, 1899
2 stereographs, Underwood & Underwood (Strohmeyer & Wyman), 1897
1 stereograph, American Photo Company, n.d.
1 stereograph, International Stereoscopic View Co., n.d.
1 stereograph, Universal Photo Arts Co. (C.H. Graves), 1900
1 stereograph, Webster & Albee, n.d.
1 stereograph, The Whiting View Company, n.d.
4 stereographs, no publisher, n.d.

The First Balkan War
22 stereographs, J. Hollinger (reproductions), n.d.

Bulletins, flyers and emails regarding staff developmental workshops offered Ryerson staff.

Series consists of vacancy / job postings and personnel papers of two student residences, Palin Hall (later Oakham House) and Bond House (later O'Keefe House).

Bulletins, flyers and emails regarding staff developmental workshops offered Ryerson staff.

Bulletins, flyers and emails regarding staff developmental workshops offered Ryerson staff.

File contains a photocopy of article authored by John Shields in the Socialist Studies Bulletin.

This file contains reference to the document "Part-Time Employment: A survey of Issues and Structure of Part-Time Work with Special Reference to Ontario" authored by John Shields, prepared for The Ontario Ministry of Labour

Fonds consists of articles and reports authored by Shields.

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 two portraits of men wearing suits, presumably Kodak employees. Editing marks are inscribed.

File contains two images of a baseball tournament featuring a Kodak team. One image shows a man wearing a Kodak t-shirt holding a trophy with a baseball.

File features three identical prints of women seated at machines labeled 'CINE PROCESS", working to process 35 mm film at the Toronto Film Processing Department.

Item is a transparency featuring an image of a woman packing boxes of Ektacolor film into cardboard boxes labelled "Kodak / Toronto" to be shipped to retailers.

Toronto, Ontario Mr. Robert C. Kirk (left) Manager of Graphics Imaging Systems, Kodak Canada Inc., presents a cheque in the amount of $5,00 to Ms. Jane Hawtin from Radio Station CKFM who accepts it on behalf of the station's Childrens fund. In turn Ms. Hawtin gives the cheque to Mr. Claus Wirsig, President of the Hospital for Sick Childrens Foundation. The presentation was made in recognition of the Hospital's outstanding work in the health care of young people. Robert Lansdale Photography

Item is a copy print that is accompanied by the following description: "Workers in the early 1900s assembling the Number 4A Folding Kodak camera, considered to be the ancestor of all modern folding roll cameras."

File contains 2 prints featuring an image of Mr. R. L. Christie, taken for Kodakery for 25 years of service (June 24, 1935 to June 1960).

File contains prints and contact sheets featuring images from Kodakery of Jack Hodgson's anniversary party for 25 years of service.

File contains contact sheets featuring portraits of J. ME. E. McDonell, Industrial relations taken Thurs Aug 8, 1968 at 10:30 am.

File contains contact sheets featuring Kodakery portraits of Alex McPhail, Paper Finishing, 25th anniversary.

An online survey printout for an evaluation of employee opinions of leadership qualities and priorities of HR's next Assistant Vice President.

File contains photographs featuring images of Kodak warehouses and employees.

Item is a transparency featuring an image of a woman packing boxes of Ektacolor film into cardboard boxes labeled "Kodak / Toronto" to be shipped to retailers.

Item features an image of women seated at machines labeled 'CINE PROCESS", working to process 35 mm film at the Toronto Film Processing Department.

File contains transparencies featuring two images of the Kodak hockey team (c. 1905), two images of film being processed in a lab (c. 1950), two images of a group of women sitting at a desk with a typewriter (ca. 1915), and four images of Kodak employees dressed in historical costume and posed for a composite portrait (ca. 1975?).

File contains transparencies featuring images of two male Kodal employees wearing suits and holding up an award plaque. Behind them on the wall are posters that read "Quality First Supplier Program". Location: Purchasing Department Conference Room.

File contains transparencies featuring images of Kodak employees wearing white lab coats and holding up cartons of Kodak film. Included in the image is a sign that reads "Kodak Canada Inc. / Manufacturing in Canada / for the World". Other images feature Kodak employees showcasing Kodak Canada Inc.'s BSI Registered Firm certificate. Location: Bridge to Building 11; Flow Line Building 10.

File contains transparencies featuring images of two male Kodak employees moving bars of silver nitrate from a forklift into a metal drum at building 14.

File contains transparencies featuring images of Kodak employees applying Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) labels on Kodak chemicals at the Distribution Centre [building 11] warehouse.

File contains transparencies featuring images of a Kodak employee demonstrating the re-use of plastic camera pieces at gelatin blending building 6.

File contains transparencies featuring promotional studio shots of a group of cheering individuals, presumably Kodak employees, holding an ISO 9001 Kodak Customer Equipment Service banner. An image from this file was used in a poster for Kodak Platinum Service, 2005.001.03.3.002.

Item is a glass-covered 35mm slide with silver paper surrounding image. Red tape holds the edges of the glass. Image depicts a man in goggles working at a piece of machinery in a factory setting. Small sticker Recto top right reads "17."

Item is a vinyl LP sound recording of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, conducted by Frederick Fennell, performing twelve marches by John Philip Sousa. Recorded by Mercury Records, May 5, 1961. Manufactured and distributed in Canada by Quality Records Limited.

File contains two group portraits of Kodak employees at the Montreal Office.

Item is a photograph from the Purchasing Department Open House. Location - B-7 Purchasing Dept.

File contains photographs featuring images of the production of the publication INFocus.

File contains photographs featuring portraits of Kodak employees. Subjects include: L. R. Wales, J. E. Riggs, and 2 unknown men.

File contains photographs featuring various images of Kodak Canada Inc.

File contains four prints of a composite group portrait taken at the GTA Mayors Meeting held at the Kodak Canada Inc. auditorium.

File includes images of Kodak staff members taking part in meetings.

File contains images of various Kodak employees at various Kodak buildings and events.

File contains miscellaneous prints featuring images of employees, buildings, equipment, etc.

File consists of a variety of prints and contact sheets featuring images of employees, travel, sports, etc.

File consists of photographs featuring images of judges reviewing entries for the Kodak-sponsored "Run for the Money" contest.

File contains images demonstrating various lansdcape and portrait techniques. An enclosed caption from one images reads: "The craftsmen of Williamsburg are just one of the many picture opportunities you find indoors and out. Being able to use existing light is particularly important at the silversmith's shop when you want to avoid flash reflection in the silver.

Item is a photograph featuring an image of a couple standing at the end of a dining room table filled with Christmas food toasting wine.

File contains photographs featuring images of Kodak Canada employees in multiple across Canada.

Item consists of 1 print featuring an image with the description:
Penni Adams (left), president of Penograph Company, and Eddie Eng, production manager of Dayon Lithographing, receive pointers on the use of the Kodak hanftone calculator from David Fleury, a Kodak Canada Technical Sales Representative, during a recent graphic arts seminar in Toronto.

Item consists of a contact sheet featuring images of three men holding a Clinical products award from the Ontario Society of Clinical Chemists.

File consists of 1 contact sheet featuring images of employees on a stage at Kodak Heights Building #9 (Image Centre) for the Customer Equipment Service training program group picture.

File consists of 10 contact sheets and 4 prints featuring promotional studio shots of a group of cheering individuals, presumably Kodak employees, holding an ISO 9001 Kodak Customer Equipment Service banner. An image from this file was used in a poster for Kodak Platinum Service, 2005.001.03.3.002.

File contains photographs featuring images of Kodak employees on the fourth floor of building 14 looking at the coating control room monitor.

File consists of 5 prints featuring images of two male Kodak employees moving bars of silver nitrate from a forklift into a metal drum at building 14.

File contains photographs featuring images of Kodak employees applying Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) labels on Kodak chemicals at the Distribution Centre [building 11] warehouse.

File consists of 8 contact sheets and 8 prints featuring images of employees of information systems at Kodak Heights Building #11

File consists of two colour photographic prints of a group shot taken on the occasion of Bob Irving's retirement from Kodak Canada on April 17, 1975. File includes legend to individuals depicted.

File consists of colour photographic prints documenting Kodak employee Oscar [?]'s retirement from Kodak Canada Inc. in 1987. File includes lablels to accompany photographs.

Item is an album of black-and-white photographic prints representing the Ninth Annual Comptrollers' Conference, held at Kodak Heights in Toronto, Ontario from September 23 - 25, 1953.

Item is a survey report on the human resource practices of fourteen manufacturing companies in Toronto and its environs in 1938, including Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd. The survey contains information on "working hours, starting rates, minimum take-outs, average earnings, rate structure, employee relations, etc." and also details general policies on issues such as the hiring of married women.

Contains mounted colour photographs of Canadian Kodak Company employees at various company events, field trips, and celebrations such as holiday parties, bridal & baby showers, birthdays, departures, retirements etc.

File contains job postings sent by the Human Resources department.
File closed as of December 2012. Please see RG 94.46 for future job postings.

File includes: photocopied photographs and ephemera related to a Kodak musical ensemble; a holiday chain letter; two photocopied images of the 'Six sigma green belt training program'; a photocopied page of a 1968 company newsletter listing births, deaths, and new arrivals; and records pertaining to the death of W. Bruce Poldon.

File contains programs from 1946 to 1953 for the Kodak Department Managers' Club spring meeting, held annually in the employee building (building #9) of Kodak Heights.

File includes 36 programs from Kodak's annual Pioneers' anniversary banquet and 2 from Kodak's annual recognition luncheon, each held to celebrate years of service for Kodak employees. File also includes 2 word processed pages of preparatory notes for presentations for Kodak employees Ron Morrison and Linda Shirley, each written in 1988, highlighting Kodak events from 25 and 40 years earlier. The first Pioneers' night was held on December 8, 1939.

File contains posters announcing wage dividends to be paid out to eligible Kodak employees from 1947 to 1985.

File includes compiled newspaper clippings and transcriptions of radio and television broadcasts related to the Kodak employee strike of 1974. The strike was the first in Kodak Canada's history and was instigated by members of the International Chemical Workers Union (ICWU), which had organized at Kodak Canada thirty years earlier. The strike lasted 7 weeks and affected over 1000 employees. The clippings, divided into weeks of the strike, were likely compiled by A. A. Bolté, Kodak Canada's media spokesperson at the time.

File contains records pertaining to Canadian Kodak's employee stock purchase plan, including a written description of the program as well as correspondence with barristers and with the Morgan Guarantee Trust Company of New York. The records were likely complied by Kenneth Winter who, among other positions within the company, was the assistant general manager of Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd. from 1962 to 1976.

File consists of annual notices written to the employees of Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd. regarding wage dividends issued by the company between 1913 and 1964. File also includes miscellaneous managerial documents--including presentation notes, press releases, and other forms of communication--pertaining to the issuance of wage dividends in 1975. The records were likely complied by Kenneth Winter who, among other positions within the company, was the assistant general manager of Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd. from 1962 to 1976.

File contains records related to the Mount Dennis reunion, held in Schomberg, Ontario on June 12, 1999. While the reunion was not specifically for Kodak community members, many retired Kodak employees were in attendance. As such, Kodak partnered with the organizing team to plan the event. File includes: notes, correspondence, maps to the venue, a speech transcription, and drafts of advertising for the event. Records likely belonged to Bonnie Chapman, who worked both in Corporate Communications and Public Affairs and as the Curator of the Kodak Heritiage Collection and Museum.

File contains indexed biographies of executive member of Kodak Canada from 1988 to 1991.

Sub-series consists of records pertaining to the activities of Kodak employees from 1916 to 2001. To a significant extent, Kodak Canada imported the corporate culture created by George Eastman at Eastman Kodak Company. This culture encouraged and supported employee participation in collective leisure activities, including participation in athletic and cultural clubs and events. Sub-series includes records pertaining to employee involvement in WWI and WWII, employee recognition events and annual meetings, and employee leisure and athletic activities.

Sub-series consists of records pertaining to Kodak Canada's human resources and industrial relations practices from 1896 to 1997. Includes logbooks pertaining to employee salaries and work hours; reproductions of employment contracts; records related to wage dividends; records related to union activity, including collective bargaining agreements and clippings from the employee strike of 1974; records pertaining to employee benefits; and Kodak employee handbooks and information brochures.

File consists of three cardboard slipcases containing human resources brochures published between 1980 and 1988 as reference material for Kodak Canada employees. File also includes generic corporate letters welcoming employees to Kodak Canada and providing further information about employee benefits.

File contains records pertaining to an event held to honour descendants of John G. Palmer, Canadian Kodak's first president. The event was held in building # 9 of Kodak Heights on May 2, 1999. File includes notes, photocopied photographs, historical and contemporary correspondence, photocopied articles, and other ephemera. Records likely belonged to Bonnie Chapman, who worked both in Corporate Communications and Public Affairs and as the Curator of the Kodak Heritiage Collection and Museum.

File includes 5 issues of E.C. & M. Newsletter, a typescript publication produced by employees of Kodak Canada's Electrical Construction & Maintenance Department, from 1972 to 1973. Publication contains information on safety procedures and other plant operations, as well as information about employee activities, employee biographies, puzzles and brainteasers.

File includes 24 handbooks published by Kodak Canada and 1 published by Eastman Kodak (1959) designed to provide general orientational information for Kodak employees on all aspects of the company and its facilities. Topics include: general policies; benefits programs; plant rules; recreation facilities; health and safety; education and advancement opportunities; payment schedules; and many others. Some years missing.

File consists of 17 brochures and pamphlets designed as reference material for employees of Kodak Canada Inc. Topics include: Kodak's stock purchase, medical, insurance, survivor benefit, and pension plans; recruitment brochures; 1 pamphlet providing an overview of Eastman Kodak's inustrial relations department; 1 promotional pamphlet for Eastman Savings and Loan; and externally-published pamphlets containing information on stress management and organizational change.