Eastman research materials
Creator: Eastman, George, 1854-1932
Call Number: D.139
Dates: 1854-2004
Physical Description: 8 boxes, 1 package
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

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Scope and Content
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Citation
Related Materials
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Box 1 Scrapbooks
Box 2 Whipple Scrapbooks and Memoirs
Box 3 Oral Histories
Box 4 Correspondence and Early Drafts - Library Bulletin Eastman Issue
Box 5 Correspondence and Final Drafts - Library Bulletin Eastman Issue
Box 6 Eastman - Family/Personal; Newspaper Clippings
Box 7 Newspaper Clipping File
Box 8 Stewart diaries, Brayer articles
Collection Overview
Title: Eastman research materials
Creator: Eastman, George, 1854-1932
Call Number: D.139
Dates: 1854-2004
Physical Description: 8 boxes, 1 package
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Scope and Content
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 Library Bulletin issue from the Spring of 1971, devoted entirely to Eastman, taped oral histories, and an extensive newspaper and serial file that continues to be accumulated.

The scrapbooks contain newspaper obituary articles and other articles about George Eastman and about the Eastman Kodak Company. Two of the scrapbooks belonged to Katherine Waring (Mrs. George H.) Whipple. These scrapbooks chronicle the Whipples' friendship with George Eastman. Included with the Whipple scrapbooks is an explanatory key written by Mrs. Whipple and later published in the Fall 1965 Library Bulletin. The collection also contains a set of Mrs. Whipple's childhood reminiscences, Childhood in Charleston in the Not-So-Gay Nineties, published in 1960, and an addition to these memoirs.

Two boxes contain the drafts of articles and the final copy of the Spring 1971 Library Bulletin issue about Eastman. Contributors to this issue include Marion Folsom, Howard Hanson, Harold Gleason, and Marion Gleason, among others, as well as a recipe for Eastman's famous lemon pie filling.

The newspaper and serial clipping file includes a large number of 1954 articles commemorating the centennial anniversary of Eastman's birth. In addition, there are many other articles, some published while Eastman was still alive. This clipping file has been continually updated until the present, and as new clippings are acquired they are added to the clipping file.

There is a small collection of memorabilia, including the menu for a dinner given by Colonel and Mrs. Oscar Solbert aboard the U.S.S. Leviathan in 1928. The menu bears Eastman's signature. Another dinner menu, for the Society of the Genesee dinner given in honor of Eastman in 1931, is also included. There is also a collection of photographs that was assembled for the centennial celebrations in 1954.

Subject(s):
Albums (Books)
Oral histories
Newspaper clippings
Photographs
Eastman, George, 1854-1932
Whipple, Katherine Waring
Eastman Kodak Company
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The gift of Mrs. George Hoyt Whipple, 1965 and consolidated from various files on George Eastman in the Department of Rare Books & Special Collections, 1980; Audley D. Stewart travel diaires were the gift of his son Dr. James M. Stewart, 2004.Access
The Eastman research materials is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.Use
Reproductions are made upon request but can be subject to restrictions. Permission to publish materials from the collection must currently be requested. Please note that some materials may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information contact rarebks@library.rochester.eduCitation
[Item title, item date], Eastman research materials, D.139, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of RochesterRelated Materials
The Eastman Research Materials is one of five collections of materials relating to George Eastman in the Department of Rare Books & Special Collections. The other four collections are:

D.4, the Eastman-Butterfield Collection , a set of notes, interviews and printed information gathered as the resource material for a proposed biography of Eastman;

D.85, the George Eastman House Construction Papers, 1902-1906 , which consists of correspondence, including some to and from George Eastman, agreements, contracts, etc., relating to the construction of the home of George Eastman at 350 (now 900) East Avenue, Rochester, New York;

D.137, the Lawrence Bachmann Papers , a collection of notes and a draft of a proposed biography of Eastman; and

D.138, the George Eastman Papers , composed of Eastman's correspondence, printed ephemera, and over 4,000 photographs and negatives depicting George Eastman, his family, his friends, his homes in Waterville and at 900 East Avenue, and early Kodak factories and workers.


Administrative Information
Author: Finding aid prepared by Rare Books and Special Collections staff
Publisher: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Address:
Rush Rhees Library
Second Floor, Room 225
Rochester, NY 14627-0055
rarebks@library.rochester.edu
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