Design Archive Inc. was the professional company of photographer Robert Burley, who established it in January 1987 and acted as president until January, 2000. Design Archive Inc. specialized in architectural photography: work is project-based, with project locations including commercial centers, businesses, private residences, and public places of note. Interior and exterior architectural structure is the predominant photographic subject, with landscapes and detailed design highlights, furniture, and machinery filling out the collection. In 2003, Burley accepted a full-time teaching position at Ryerson University’s School of Image Arts and suspended work at Design Archive Inc.

These fonds include photographic materials, including photographic prints, contact sheets, negatives, CDs, and other miscellaneous items that were collected by Design Archive Inc. from 1987 to 2003.

File contains printed course material for an introductory photography program from the Brooks Institute of Photography, a private school in California.

File part contains instructional information on the use of Kodak densitoemters and how to use density readings for black-and-white and colour printing.

File contains 1 copy of issue 11 of RADmag

Item consists of 4 Magic Lantern Slides, each depicting a story in 4 images. Designed by German illustrator Theodor von Kramer

A collection of framed and unframed Normal School postcards, however, one postcard is a photograph of a postcard. A few have messages, names, addresses, stamps and postmarks . The framed postcards have been added to the Framed Collection and are numbered FR 123 and FR 125. See Framed Inventory for more detailed descriptions.
Two photographic prints, one b&W and one sepia. The images appear to be the same photographic image

One cardboard box meant for holding dry plates manufactured by the Stanley Co. Box contained one dozen plates and ranked a No. 50 on the sensitometer. Box bears a logo with a man on a horse saying "On Stanley, On."
F.E. Stanley developed his own dry plate formulation and then eventually began selling plates to other photographers. The venture proved so successful that he and his twin brother, F. O. Stanley, became partners in the Stanley Dry Plate Company in 1884. Their coating machine, patented in 1886, accelerated the dry plate process, coating plates at a speed of one plate per second. The twins ultimately sold the Stanley Dry Plate Company to George Eastman of Eastman Kodak, who used the Stanley innovation to build his photography empire.
The Gelatin or Dry Plate photographic process was invented in 1871 by Dr. Richard L Maddox. This involved the coating of glass photographic plates with a light sensitive gelatin emulsion and allowing them to dry prior to use. This made for a much more practical process than the wet plate process as the plate could be transported, exposed and then processed at a later date rather than having to coat, expose and process the plate in one sitting. The gelatin dry plate process technique was developed and eventually led to the roll film process.

One cardboard box meant for holding dry plates manufactured by the Canadian Kodak Co. Originally came with instructions inside the package. Contained one dozen plates measuring 4 x 5 inches.
The Gelatin or Dry Plate photographic process was invented in 1871 by Dr. Richard L Maddox. This involved the coating of glass photographic plates with a light sensitive gelatin emulsion and allowing them to dry prior to use. This made for a much more practical process than the wet plate process as the plate could be transported, exposed and then processed at a later date rather than having to coat, expose and process the plate in one sitting. The gelatin dry plate process technique was developed and eventually led to the roll film process.

Item consists of three copies of a commemorative folder with 4 Canadian postage stamps presented on a "Day of Issue" envelope. The Stamps mark the 150th anniversary of Kodak Canada.

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.

Fonds consists of books, committee documents, and curriculum records authored or co-authored by Lewis, as well as one photograph and one exhibition poster.

This fonds contains the book "Dialogue with Solitude" by Dave Heath, and a photocopy of a review of the book titled "A Dialogue with Solitude David Heath" from Journal vol. 34, no. 5, October 1979.

Item consists of 52 black and white transparency copy slides of photo-historical images for teaching. The slides are all in metal housings, made in Switzerland by Perro Color, US Pat. 2919840. They are individually numbered in black ink with a 4 digit number on white sticker labels, but there is no index to go with the slides.

This collection consists of photographic films, papers and chemicals used by various individuals for amateur or professional purposes. The collection also includes camera accessories, flash equipment, various lenses, exposure meters (light meters) and equpiment used for darkroom processing and printing. This is a growing collection, created to help preserve the materials used for analogue photographic developing, printing and enlarging.

File contains 1 copy of issue 10 of RADmag - the Fifth Anniversary Issue

Item is a group of negatives and prints, examples of various photographic media.

1 wet collodion plate 16.5 x 21.5 cm
2 glass plate 16.4 x 21.3 cm
3 glass plate 16.5 x 21.5 cm
4 glass plate 16.4 x 21.5 cm
5 polaroid sx 70 10.8 x 9.9 cm
6 polaroid polacolor 2 8.5 x 10.5 cm
7 polaroid polacolor 2 8.5 x 10.5 cm
8 Kodak Handle instant photo 10.2 x 10.2 cm

File contains copies of RADmag - Ryerson Art + Design magazine. It is a creative magazine spotlighting students all the schools under the Faculty of Communicaiton and Design. Issue 00 was an alumni edition and Issue 01 was published with 3 different covers.

File contains 1 copy of issue 09 of RADmag.

File contains 1 copy of issue 08 of RADmag.

File contains 1 copy of issue 07 of RADmag.

File contains 1 copy of issue 06 of RADmag.

File contains 1 copy of issue 05 of RADmag.

File contains 1 copy of issue 04 of RADmag.

File contains 2 copies of issue 03 of RADmag.

File contains 1 copy of issue 02 of RADmag.

File contains 1 copy each of the three different covers for edition 01 of RADmag.

File contains one copy of the inaugural issue of RADmag. Issue 00 is the alumni edition - its contributors all graduates of the various Ryerson programs under FCAD.

Series contains audio recordings of 8 lectures by photographers and filmmakers that took place as part of the Kodak Chair Lecture series at Ryerson University in the 2004-2005 academic year. Lectures were recorded in video format. The lecture schedule was as follows:

Phil Bergerson (Canadian photographer), October 15, 2004 Stream online: https://ryecast.ryerson.ca/6/Watch/493.aspx
Janieta Eyre (Canadian photographer), November 12, 2004 Stream online: https://ryecast.ryerson.ca/6/Watch/494.aspx
Walid Ra'ad (Lebanese-American media artist), November 26, 2004 Stream online: https://ryecast.ryerson.ca/6/Watch/495.aspx
David Robeky (Canadin video and installation artist), December 2, 2005 Stream online: https://ryecast.ryerson.ca/6/Watch/489.aspx
Michael Awad (Canadian photographer and architect), February 11, 2005 Stream online: https://ryecast.ryerson.ca/6/Watch/497.aspx
Raphael Lorzano-Hemmer (Mexican-Canadian installation artist), March 11, 2005 Stream online: https://ryecast.ryerson.ca/6/Watch/498.aspx
Harmony Korine (American director), April 1, 2005 Stream online: https://ryecast.ryerson.ca/6/Watch/499.aspx
Shu Lea Cheang (Taiwanese-American multimedia artist), April 14, 2005 Steam online: https://ryecast.ryerson.ca/6/Watch/496.aspx

Series contains audio recordings of lectures by photographers and filmmakers that took place as part of the Kodak Chair Lecture series at Ryerson University in the 1999-2000 academic year. Lectures were recorded in both audio and video formats. The lecture schedule was as follows:

Sandy Skoglund (American photographer), October 22, 1999
Linda Troeller (American photographer), November 5, 1999
John Gosssage (American photographer ), November 12, 1999
Suzy Lake (American-Canadian photographer, videography and performance artist), January 28, 2000
Jim Goldberg (American photographer), February 11, 2000
Ken Josephson (American photographer), March 3, 2000
Johan Van Der Keuken (Dutch documentary filmmaker & photographer), March 10, 2000
Alain Fleisher (French filmmaker and photographer), March 17, 2000

Item is a glass negative of the moon. There is a circle around the moon, along with a line on one side.

Item is an automatic coloured magic lantern slide containing several hand painted glass slides that could be rotated against each other with a small attached hand crank. Hand crank appears to be made of wood, as does the mount.

Item is a magic lantern slide with a depiction of a very large fish on it. There is a bridge nearby and a building. The style is decalomania. Item comes in a wooden frame with a sticker on it. Sticker has two leaves on it.

Item is a wooden frame with a sticker on it. Sticker has two leaves on it and a logo in the middle with the initials "E.P." Sticker also has writing on it"(first words illegible) . . . und Zigenbock."

Items depict scenes from along the Canadian Pacific Railway, people, locations, animal, the sun, tombs, ships, indigenous Peoples, cities and trails. Wooden box has the word Songs on it.

Item is a magic lantern slide done in the Decalcomania or Chromolitho style. Image shows rowboats, powered by 2-3 men, and a couple of bigger ships, as well as a dock.

Item is a hand painted, medium format lantern slide with 4 images illustrating a boy swatting a man with a net.

Item consists of 2 hand painted, medium format lantern slide with 8 individual images. Illustrations resemble Punch and Judy cartoons.

Item is a hand painted, medium format lantern slide with 4 tableaus in one illustration depicting winter scenes in a village. Produced by Ernst Plank, Germany.

Item consists of 2 hand painted Magic Lantern Slides, each depicting a story in 4 circular images. Slides show frogs, cats and dogs swimming, driving cars and riding bicycles. Produced by Gebruder Bing, Nuremberg.

Item is a hand painted, medium format lantern slide with 8 individual images

Item is a glass negative of a child, who is posing with hands resting in front.

Items are dry plate negatives covering a wide variety of focuses, including group pictures, horses, buildings and railways

Item is a dry plate negative depicting 9 adults and children posing during a tug of war game.

Item is a dry plate negative depicting a man canoeing on a river under a canopy of trees.

Item is a dry plate negative depicting a group of 11 men posing with shotguns.

Item consists of 51 exposed dry plate negatives depicting family photographs of women, children, and pets.

Item is standard dry plate plate negative of a group portrait.

Item consists of two wet plate negatives of an archaeological site that has been edited for printing using paper and retouching (particularly in the sky).

This file contains two copies of the promotional pamphlet for Damude's 2001 photography exhibition "Meditations on the Blue Planet" held at the Alliance Francaise de Toronto.

File includes promotional material, VHS tapes, and manuscript notes from 1988 to 1990 related to Visions in View, a series of commercial/industrial photography seminars offered by Kodak.

Series contains pamphlets, cards, catalogues and booklest produced by photographers as handouts between 2000 and 2005. Artists include:

Lili Almog
Matthre Barlow
Mette Bersang
Beth Block
Joergen Brandt
Brittain Bright
Andrew Buurman
Catherine Cameron
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Marcelo Coelho
Lois Conner
Michael Corridore
Vincent Delbrouck
Gair Dunlop
Beth Dow
Sebastian Friedman
Johannes Galert
Moyrah Gall
Edouard Glissant
Jules Greenberg
Myar Greene
Kyna Gourley
Linda Hansen
Mark Edward Harris
Heinrich Heidersberger
German Herrera
April Hickox
Julia Hoerner
Michael Itkoff
Adam Jeppeson
Max Kandhola
Misty Keasler
Karen Keating
Jens Knigge
Michael Kolster
Oliver Krebs
Bob Kubiak
James Lerager
Rania Matar
Heather McMlintock
Beatrice Minda
Rizwan Mirza
Edgar Moreno
Huong Ngo
Christian Nielinger
Dan Nelken
Rachel Papo
Mary Parisi
Patricia Pastore
Gilles Perrin
Liv Carle Mortenesen
Liza Nguyen
Elizabeth Orbutt
Betty Press
Susan Raab
David Ramkalawon
Scully & Osterman
Sole, Magdalena
Kristopher Stallworth
David Star
Amy Stein
Wei Leng Tay
Mogens Ulderup
Jim Vecchi
Carla Williams
Dennis Witmer

Pawel Zak

Series contains pamphlets, maps, guides and publications for cultural sites and photographic exhibitions between 2000 and 2005. Venues include:

Bath Abbey, England
The Boston Public Library
East Lambrook Manor Garden, England
The Finnish Museum of Photography
Forma International Centre of Photography, Milan
Glastonbury Abbey, England
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Centre, University of Texas at Austin
Harvard University Art Museums
The High Desert Museum, Bent Oregon
Horn Park Gardens, Dorset
International Visual Society Association
Japanese Gardens, Portland
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Museum fur Photographie, Berlin
National Film Theatre, London
National Museum of Natural History, Washington
National Trust, UK
Oregon History Centre
Peabody Essex Museum
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Pittock Mansion, Portland
Parnham House, England
Portland Art Museum
Salvadore Dali Museum, Florida
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo
The Tate Modern, London
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
University of Oxford Botanic Garden

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Series contains pamphlets, press releases, invitations and publications for photographic exhibitions at museums, galleries, festivals and universities in the United States and some abroad, between 1985 and 1999. Venues include:
621 Gallery, Tallahassee
Akron Art Museum
Amon Carter Museum
Bibliotheque Nationale de France, site Francois-Mitterrand
Bronx Museum of Art
California Museum of Photography
The Corcoran Gallery of Art
Denver Art Museum
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia
The Flagler Museum
George Eastman House, Rochester <BR>
Grey Art Gallery, New York University
Haas Gallery of Art, Bloomsburg University
Hood Museum of Art, Darmouth College
The International Center of Photography, New York,
James Howe Gallery, New Jersey
Kanagawa Arts Festival, Japan
Klebenov Gallery
Lehigh University Art Galleries
Missoula Art Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
The National Trust, UK
Octagon Galleries, Bath
Photographic Resource Centre Boston
Rose Art Museum, Brandis University
Seattle Art Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Washington
Southeast Museum of Photography
Taft Museum, Cincinnati
Tozzer Library, Harvard University
University Gallery at the University of Massachusetts
University of Southern Main
Wellesley College Museum
Wolfsonian, Miami Beach

Folder contains published material by the RULA Special Collections including posters, pamphlets, brochures etc.

File part contains instructional information on the use of Kodak densitoemters and how to use density readings for black-and-white and colour printing.

File contains instructional booklets published by Eastman Kodak on how to photograph in certain situations. Topics include: astrophotography; composition; photographing flowers; winter, flash, underwater, travel, night, close up and tropical photography; photography through binoculars; and photography the television.

Seris contains catalogues, price lists and advertisements for various photographic equipment available for sale from various companies, with a concentration on early 20th century companies, particularly from the Rochester, New York area.

The techniques of the masters videoconference series poster for Denis Reggie's lecture "Staging the Set, Telling a Story".

The techniques of the masters videoconference series poster for David Ziser's lecture "Staging the Set, Telling a Story".

The techniques of the masters videoconference series poster for Jane Evelyn Atwood's lecture "Cross Cultural Experiences".

The techniques of the masters videoconference series poster for Sheila Metzner's lecture "Images to Stir the Soul"

The techniques of the masters videoconference series poster for Marilyn Bridges' lecture "Seeing the World from Different Perspectives".

The techniques of the masters videoconference series poster for Rudy Muller's lecture "Staging the Set, Telling a Story".

The technicques of the masters videoconference series poster for William S. McIntosh's lecture "Learn How Unsusual Settings Have Created The Portrait of Success".

The techniques of the masters videoconference series poster for Jerry Uelsmann's lecture "A Remarkable Blending of Image and Imagination".

The techniques of the masters videoconference series poster for Sebastiao Salgado's lecture "A Salute to Black-and-White".

The techniques of the masters videoconference series poster for Moneta Sleet's lecture "Cross Cultural Experiences".

File consists of 2 contact sheets and 2 prints featuring images of a life-sized cutout french advertisement at the Image Centre in Toronto for Kodak Colorwatch System, featuring an image of a man holding a baby standing beside a dog wearing a birthday hat and sunglasses and a stuffed Kosmic the Kolorkin mascot toy.

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.

File includes a blank multiple choice "Achievement Test" on the subject of photography and a blank form letter addressed to the Eastman Kodak Company, used to recommend students for enrollment in the Young Photographers League.

File contains press releases and press kits prepared by Eastman Kodak Company communications department between 1976 and 1989. Most press releases pertain to Kodak products and provide tips on various forms of photography and subject matter. However, some releases pertain to events in Kodak's corporate history, such as corporate anniversaries. Eastman Kodak's Corporte Information department changed its name to Corporate Communicatons in 1979 and then to Communications and Public Affairs between 1983 and 1987.

Series consists of unpublished textual records produced as a result of the day-to-day operations of Kodak Canada from 1896 to 2005. Records pertain to the company's corporate operations, financials, plant, equipment, and supplies, communications, human resources and industrial relations activities, employee activities, and Heritage Collection and Museum. Series includes notes, correspondence, ledger and account books, financial statements, reports, recipes and instructions, contracts and agreements, publication drafts and mock-ups, lists and inventories, and other manuscript, typescript, and computer-created textual materials produced by Kodak Canada employees, contractors, and correspondents.

Item is the inaugural issue of Studio Light/Commercial Camera, published by Eastman Kodak Company in 1969. A continuation of the company's Studio Light publication, the magazine was designed as a resource for professional photographers.

File consists of bound volumes containing both the American and Canadian editions of Studio Light, published by Eastman Kodak Company, from 1934 to 1940. The publication was targeted toward professional photographers.

File consists of bound and unbound issues of Studio Light, published by Eastman Kodak Company, from 1914 at 1932 and from 1975 to 1988. The publication was targeted toward professional photographers. Some issues missing.

File contains issues of the Canadian Edition of Studio Light, published by Eastman Kodak Company, from 1909 to 1929. The publication was launched in 1909 and was targeted toward professional photographers. File includes vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1909) to vol. 21, no. 10 (Dec. 1929). The original name of the publication was Studio Light and the Aristo Eagle. The name was changed to Studio Light in February, 1910.

Item is the September 1992 issue.

Item is vol. 17, no. 1.

File consists of bound and unbound volumes of Kodakery: a magazine for amateur photographers, published monthly by Eastman Kodak Co. File includes: Sept. 1920 to Aug. 1921; June, Aug., Nov. and Dec. 1925; and Jan. 1926.

Item is issue no. 3.

Collection includes vol. XXVI, no. 9 (Sept. 1922).

Item is a pamphlet designed to accompany a Sinar course on large-format photography. The pamphlet provides an overview of the course syllabus, illustrations of common problems with large-format photography, and space for participants to write notes.

Item is an illustrated promotional pamphlet detailing major events in the history of Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company's Australian subsidiary.

Item is a colour illustrated brochure outlining Eastman Kodak Company's equipment manufacturing facilities and capabilities.

Item is a leaf of promotional text that originally accompanied a set of reproductions of the July 20, 1969 lunar landing. The text outlines the role of Kodak film in this landing and in space exploration in general. Photographic reproductions are missing.

Item is an illustrated colour brochure profiling Kodak's operations and history in Canada. Includes overview of photographic film and paper manufacturing process.

Item is an illustrated brochure promoting photographic technology and history and profiling Kodak in Canada and around the world.

Item is a colour illustrated pamphlet, published by Eastman Kodak Company in 1953, promoting Kodak colour products for professional photographers.

Sub-sub-series contains documents used as reference material for Kodak Canada's Corporate Communications department and also potentially by the Kodak Canada Heritage Collection and Museum between approximately 1970 to 2005. Sub-sub-series contains articles photocopied from various publications or printed from websites, including articles published by Kodak--such as articles from Kodak magazine--and articles published externally. Sub-sub-series also includes: mission statements, organizational charts and other strategic documents for both Kodak Canada Inc. and Eastman Kodak Co.; print-outs and photocopies of Kodak Customer Service pamphlets; and reproduced advertisements and photographic images. Because the Corporate Communicatons department was closely associated with the Kodak Heritage Collection and Museum, a similar file of Museum Reference Material was likely also consulted by employees of Corporate Communications.

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.

1 Delineascope glass slide projector in original case.

Item consists of 4 Magic Lantern Slides, each depicting a story in 4 images. Designed by German illustrator Theodor von Kramer

The book consists of artistic photographs and text, with an accompanying DVD of snow, rain, light, and wind in moving images and still photographs, including those projected on building exteriors. File also contains a news release on the book.

Snow, Rain, Light, Wind : Weathering Architecture is a component of a larger project investigating "material innovations in architecture within the context of local and global climate and its changes...entitled, 'Malleable Matter.' " Filiz Klassen,Weathering Architecture.

Item consists of two glass, black and white lantern slide depicting the Pulpit of the Borham-ed-din and El Deir (Petra). Both printed by the Palestine Exploration Fund (England).

Item consists of one glass lantern slide of a carved stone ossuary. Likely from an art history teaching set.

Item consists of one glass plate negative of a group of 9 seminary students.

Item consists of one glass plate autochrome of a pathway, residential building and flowering trees.

Item consists of one glass plate autochrome of studio still life scene.