On June 11-13, 1976 an interview with Adolph Stuber was conducted by Reese Jenkins, a Visiting Associate Professor of History at the University of Rochester and an authority on twentieth century science and technology. W. Allen Wallis also participated for the first half hour and made Super 8 sound films of over an hour of conversation. The collection includes several transcripts of the interview, related correspondence, a Super 8 motion picture film with sound track, and recordings of the interview.
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Condax family papers, circa 1940's-1990's 20.0 Linear feet
Frequently referenced throughout the Condax Family Papers, the George Eastman House changed their name to the George Eastman Museum in 2015.
This collection consists of his experiments and notes during the time he was researching cellulose and cellulose derivatives.
Eastman-Butterfield collection, 1950's 9 notebooks
The Eastman-Butterfield Collection consists of a series of notes in nine notebooks, four boxes, and one package. Roger Butterfield assembled the notes in the early 1950s to serve as the resource material for a proposed biography of George Eastman. Although Butterfield never wrote the Eastman biography, he did publish an article, "The Prodigious Life of George Eastman," in the April 26, 1954 issue of Life magazine.
This collection houses a variety of items directly related to George Eastman (1854-1932). There are several scrapbooks, the drafts and a final copy of The University of Rochester
The Edna M. Green Papers consist of material relating to an unsuccessful discrimination suit brought by Green against Eastman Kodak Company.
Elizabeth Brayer papers, circa 1990-2006 1.5 Linear feet
The Elizabeth Brayer Papers consists of two series: Draft Manuscripts and Printed Materials. Within the first series there are four complete drafts of Brayer's biography of George Eastman. Johns Hopkins University Press published Brayer's book titled, George Eastman, a Biography, in 1996. In 2006 the University of Rochester Press reprinted it. The second series consists of a photocopy of the script: George Eastman in Focus.
George Eastman papers, 1854-1932 12 boxes
The collection of George Eastman's correspondence consists of over 700 letters. The first letter by him is dated November 20, 1864 and the last March 11, 1932. A little over half of the letters are personal ones to his mother and niece. Occasionally there are references in these letters to business affairs, especially in the early letters to his mother. There is a sprinkling of business letters, both to Mr. Eastman and to others by him. The rest of the collection is made up of 75th (1929) and 77th (1931) birthday greetings (including ones in 1929 from President Herbert Hoover and Thomas A. Edison), and "thank you" letters from friends to whom he had sent copies of his book, Chronicles of an African Trip, published privately in 1927, and of his biography, George Eastman, by Carl W. Ackerman, which was published in 1930.
The Graver Kodak employee collection, 1920-2012, contains material pertaining to the Kodak Company as gathered by Nicholas M. Graver during his time as an employee there. The materials, arranged in a single series, include newspaper clippings regarding Kodak (1945-1976), advertisements, correspondence from Terrence W. Faulkner regarding the bankruptcy of the Eastman Kodak Company (2012), and several notebooks from Graver logging phone calls regarding sales, customer service and troubleshooting issues with Kodak cameras and film.
This scrapbook includes photographs, wedding and baby announcements, newspaper clippings and notes related to life events of the women who worked in the Ordering Department.