In Focus was a roughly bimonthly internal publication intended to communicate the activities of Kodak Canada and its employees. In Focus ran from May 1986 to April 1994, at which time it was succeeded by the publication Kodakery Canada. File includes vol. 4, no. 1 (Jan. 1989) to vol. 9, no. 4 (Apr. 1994).

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 again to its final title, Kodakery Canada.

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 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 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 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.

File contains snapshots of Kodak employees and the public at a the Kodak booth at a convention or conference. On the verso of one of the snapshots is an inscription that reads: "Kodak Worldwide Purchasing Conference (Kodak Canada INc) Apr. 88 - VRG 200 - 2 Broncolor flash".

File contains portraits of men wearing suits, presumably Kodak employees. Two additional snapshots from an employee wedding are included.

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.

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 various images of Kodak Canada Inc.

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

File consists of Kodak Canada In Focus snapshots . Adhered to the verso of each are labels that indicate the images were for Kodak Canada In Focus, Aug-Sept 1980, Vol. 26 No. 7. Subjects info for each reads: "Kodak Calgary Office", "Vice-President of Manufacturing Ron Morrison, now President of Kodak Canada", "Kodak Salon winners Canadian entries, Reg Brown's photo titled 'Jessica'", and "Kodak Salon winners Canadian entries, Dick Robinson's photo titled 'Gannets'".

File consists of two male portraits. Adhered to the verso of each are labels that indicate the images were for Kodak Canada In Focus, February 1981, Vol. 27 No. 2. Subject info for the first portrait reads: "Ron Morrison" and for the second reads "John Walker".

Item is a portrait of a man wearing a peaked cap with a badge that reads "FIRE DEPARTMENT / SERVICE D'INCENOIE". Adhered to the verso is a label that indicates the image was for Kodak Canada In Focus, Nov 1980, Vol. 26 No. 9. Subject info reads: "Kodak's own fire chief Ron Nicholson, was honoured by the Boy Scouts of Canada."

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

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

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

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

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

Item is an optical disc (CD) containing digital photographs (JPG) of Kodak Canada's Quality Day, held October 4, 2001.

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.

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.

File contains documents related to Kodak staff involvment in the First World War. Includes newspaper clippings from the Toronto Star Weekly of July 17, 1916 detailing the use of building 5 of Kodak Heights as barracks for the 127th battalion, with an accompanying list detailing the names of officers pictured. Also included is a photocopied letter to then-general manager of Canadian Kodak, John G. Palmer, from an officer of the 2nd Battalion regarding the transfer of J[ames] W. Spence from England to France. Spence was an active executive member of Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd., eventually acting as chairman of the board from 1955-1957.

File contains records related to employee involvement in the Second World War. Includes newspaper clippings related to individual staff member involvement; typescript lists of employees enlisted or killed in action; and an issue of Kodak magazine from October 1943 containing an annotated list of Canadian Kodak staff members who volunteered to fight.

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.

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 black-and-white negative (8x10 inches) showing women working at Kodak Heights in 1917.

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

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

Industrial Canada ; 1940.

Running from 1936 to 1955, Kodak was a bimonthly internal publication designed to communicate the activities of Canadian Kodak and its employees.

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 again to its final title, Kodakery Canada.

"Published in the interests of the men and women of the Kodak organization." File includes: vol. 1, no. 2 (July 1920) to vol. 12, no. 2/3 (July/Aug. 1931). Some issues missing.

File includes nine issues of Kodakery, a publication for current and former employees of Eastman Kodak Company, published in 1958 and between 1995 and 2005. In addition to five regular issues, file includes: one issue (Jul. 31, 1958) with the title Kodakery: a newspaper for the men and women of Kodak; two special issues (Spring 1996[?] and Sept. 2005) and two issues specifically for retirees (Jan. 26, 2000 and Dec. 2004).

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.

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

File consists of 5 composite portraits of the staff at various Eastman Photographic Stores from 1940 and 1952.

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 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.

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 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 on the fourth floor of building 14 looking at the coating control room monitor.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Item is a snapshot with an enclosed caption that reads "Julie learning the use of the video display unit at the stock planning department. 'The teacher' is Tuula Multala, stock planning assistant." Inscribed in blue ink below the caption reads "Jan 1980 / Vol. 26 No. 1", likely the issues of Kodak Canada In Focus this photograph may appear in.

Item consists of a portrait of a man wearing a peaked cap with a badge that reads "KODAK CANADA / FIRE DEPARTMENT". Adhered to the verso is a label that indicates the image was for Kodak Canada In Focus, Nov, Dec, 1979, Vol. 25 No. 10. Subject info reads: "Kodak's fire chief Doug Norton retired after 41 years of service."

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 is a colour print 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 a group portrait featuring the Regional Retailers of the Year at the Kodak Image Check Awards in 1996. Included are representatives from The Pridham's Studios Image Centres, Truro , NS; Lord Photo Image Centre, St. Jean, PQ; Parken Photo Centre, Cobourg, ON; and Pro Photo Image Centre, Kelowna, BC. Appleby's-release 97-01-4899

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

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.

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.

Fonds consists of articles and reports authored by Shields.

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

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

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.

Running from 1975 to 1986, Kodak Canada News was a monthly internal publication designed to communicate the activities of Kodak Canada and its employees. The publicaton succeeded and continued the numbering of Canadian Kodakery. File includes vol. 21, no. 1 (Oct. 1975) to vol. 30, no. 6 (Sept./Oct. 1984).

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 again to its final title, Kodakery Canada.

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.

Item is the September 1941 issue.

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.

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 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 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.

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

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

File contains photographs featuring images of Kodak warehouses and employees.

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

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

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

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

File contains contact sheets featuring images of Kodak employees at Kodak events, including the at the opening of Canada's first PET Bottle Polymer Plant (28 September 1990). There are also images of Kodak employees dressed up for Halloween at the Kodak Fun Night (4 March 1990). and at the Pro Convention Auction (5 March 1990).

File contains two group portraits. One features a group of six young women wearing signature Kodak yellow and red Kodacolor ski hats and Kodak film scarves. The second features a group of eight Kodak employees holding Kodacolor coolers.

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 consists of Kodak employee portraits. Adhered to the verso of each are labels that indicate the images were for Kodak Canada In Focus, May 1981, Vol. 27 No. 5. Subject info for the portraits read: "Don Thompson has 25 years service", "Al Williamson has 25 years service", "Max Wagner has 25 years service", and "Tom Penman was honoured by the Society of Management Accounts of Ontario".

Item is a portrait of a man wearing a suit. Adhered to the verso is a label that indicates the image was for Kodak Canada In Focus, Oct 1979, Vol. 25 No. 9. Subject info reads: "Rick Davies 25 yr's service".

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 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 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.

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.

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

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

Item is a detailed manuscript history of employee salaries at the Kodak manufacturing plant, tracking raises, bonuses and commissions, and the dates of engagement, retirement, resignation and death.

Item is a clothbound manuscript ledger providing daily accounts of the hours worked in various capacities throughout Kodak Canada in 1962.

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 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.