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 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 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 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 contains records created as a result of the Kodak Heritage Collection's partnership with Cultural Innovations: the Advisory Services of the Royal Ontario Museum. Cultural Innovations was hired by Kodak Canada to consult on Kodak's exhibition, Past Preserved, Future Defined, and worked with Kodak from December 1998 until the exhibition opened at Kodak Heights in June 1999. Records pertain to all aspects of exhibition design and execution and include: Cultural Innovations' original proposal; project schedules and budgets; concept design documents; floorplans and other diagrams; text panel drafts; fabric samples; correspondence; and other ephemera.
File contains correspondence, notes and drawings related to Kodak Canada's copper emulsion "making kettle," used in a dark room of Building #3 of Kodak Heights to produce photographic film emulsions.
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 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 contains records related to the planning and execution of the opening ceremony for Kodak Canada's Brampton facility. The event was held at the Brampton plant on June 7, 1971. Many regional politicians were invited to attend and Ontario Premier William G. Davis helped preside over the ribbon cutting. File includes: notes, meeting minutes, project reports, order forms, correspondence, site plans, press releases, event programs, and other ephemera.
File contains correspondence between George Eastman and John G. Palmer between 1900 and 1904. Palmer was the treasurer of Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd., becoming the company's first president in 1918. Correspondence pertains to: the purchase of buildings on King Street; the purchase of the Stanley Dray Plate Co., J.G. Ramsey & Co., and D.H. Hogg & Co.; managerial titles; employee counts; and other miscellaneous topics. File also includes a list of photography companies in Toronto and Montreal and their 1903 annual sales. Included in this list is Wm. Notman & Son.
File contains miscellaneous corporate documents compiled or produced by Kenneth Winter. Winter was the secretary of Kodak Canada from 1960 to 1976 and became president and general manager in 1976. The records were likely related to the task of the corporate historian, though it is unclear whether Winter ever officially fulfilled this role. Documents include correspondence with the Eastman Kodak historian, overviews of Canadian Kodak's corporate history, corporate memos, excerpts from by-laws, a Kodak Milestones promotional pamphlet, and others. Subjects include: the history of Kodak Canada and of photography; the role of Canadian Kodak Sales Ltd.; the establishment of the plastic molding department; corporate name changes to Kodak Canada Ltd. and Kodak Canada Inc.; changes to length-of-service calcuations; wage dividends; the purchase of building #18; and the inclusion of colour dye statements on Kodak products. File also includes documents produced by Earl S. Currie, president of Kodak Canada from 1945 to 1955, pertaining to Kodak Canada's history .
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.
File contains miscellaneous print-outs and photocopies of articles, catalogues, and magazine covers published both by Kodak and externally. Items were likely used as reference materials by Kodak Canada's communications department or by the Kodak Canada Heritage Collection and Museum. Topics include: photographic history and production; Kodak history; George Eastman; and others.
File contains executive-level corporate documents pertaining to both Kodak Canada and Eastman Kodak Company. The documents were likely used as reference materials by Kodak Canada's corporate communications department. File includes: a 2005 organizational chart of Eastman Kodak Company; an Eastman Kodak strategic report entitled "Kodak in Focus"; Kodak Canada's mission, vision and goal statements in English and French; and Kodak Canada's environmental policy statement.
File contains records related to the production of television, magazine, and web-based advertisements. Documents include: drafts of advertising copy and dialogue; graphic mock-ups and storyboards; market testing documents; notes and correspondence; and cost invoices. Most records were created by Canadian firm Baker Lovick Advertising between 1975 and 1977, but file also contains advertising copy from J. Walter Thompson of New York and promotional material from Toronto-based firm Rostrum International Inc. soliciting business from Kodak for its digital communications services.
File contains press releases and press kits prepared by Kodak Canada's communications department and by external public relations firm, Fleishman Hillard, between 1982 and 2004. Press releases pertain to Kodak products and provide tips on various forms of photography and subject matter, as well as document events in Kodak Canada's corporate history, including the closing of its manufacturing operations in Canada. Kodak Canada's Communications department changed its name to Corporate Communications between 1982 and 1986, then changed it again to Corporate communications and Public Affairs in 1988. Between 1999 and 2004, the company began to enlist the services of public relations and marketing firm Fleishman Hillard.
File contains an invitation and program to the Kodak Tribute to the World Film Festival and Prix Livernois award ceremony, held on August 30, 1999 in Montreal, QC. Program to the event includes a Kodak 100 commemorative centennial pin.
File contains awards and certificates granted to Kodak Canada for its community initiatives, membership in various organizations, and adherence to various standards.
File contains reproductions of photographs used by corporate communications and also likely by the Kodak Canada Heritage Collection and Museum. Subject matter includes: Plant and facilities at Colborne and King streets; Kodak Heights; factory work; employees; wartime; product images; dental and medical photography; George Eastman; corporate events; and others. Some reproductions annotated.
File consists of 7 rolls of packed in 2 5-packs of 35 mm 200 ISO Kodak Commercial film for colour prints. 2 rolls have 24 exposures and 5 have 12 exposures. Develop before dates are 09/2000 and 06/2001.
File consists of 71 rolls of Kodak Gold Bright light film for colour prints, all in original packaging. Of these, 36 rolls are 100 ISO with 12 exposures including 16 rolls which are individually packaged, 10 rolls that are part of 2 5-packs and 10 rolls that form 1 10-pack. 33 rolls are 100 ISO film with 24 exposures including 13 that are individually packaged and 20 rolls that form 2 10-packs. 2 indivudually packaged rolls are 100 ISO with 36 exposures. Develop before dates range from 12/2001 to 01/2003.
File consists of 13 rolls of individually packaged 35 mm 400 ISO Kodak Max film for colour prints. 6 rolls have 12 exposures and are individually packaged. 5 rolls have 12 exposures and make up most of 2 3-packs. 2 rolls havce 24 exposures and are individually packaged. Develop before dates are from 11/2001 to 01/2004.
File consists of 20 rolls of Kodak Select Series Royal Gold 24 exposure film. Of these, 4 rolls are indiviudually packaged and 100 ISO, 2 are individually packaged and 200 ISO, 3 rolls are individually packaged with 400 ISO, 1 3-pack with 400 ISO, and 8 individually packed rolls with 1000 ISO. Develop before dates are from 02/2000 to 12/2003.
File consists of 4 rolls of 35 mm film for colour prints. 3 rolls make up a 3-pack of 100 ISO 24 exposures each, and 2 rolls are indivudually packaged with 200 ISO and 24 exposures. Develop before dates are 08/1994 and 09/1994.
File contains information on the functionality of video and structure of videotapes for training Kodak salespeople. The file includes an outline of product grades, a series of text and graphical pages on how video works, specifications and comparisons of different brands, and a TDK Video Cassette Manual for salespeople.
File contains information and a press release package on the development and marketing of the Kodak Photo CD. Items include promotional and marketing publications, memos, and a press kit.
File contains marketing information, news releases and specifications of the Kodak SV9610 still video transceiver. This product is designed to electronically "transmit and receive still video images over telephone lines.
