Eastman Butterfield Collection

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Eastman-Butterfield collection
Creator: Butterfield, Roger, 1907-1981
Call Number: D.4
Dates: 1950's
Physical Description: 9 notebooks, 4 boxes, 1 package
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Table of Contents:

Scope and Content
Subject(s)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Access
Use
Citation
Related Materials
Content List
Series I: Notebooks
Series II: Interview notes
Series III: Eastman Biography notes
Series IV: Photography
Series V: Book correspondence and agreements
Series VI: Printed material
Collection Overview
Title: Eastman-Butterfield collection
Creator: Butterfield, Roger, 1907-1981
Call Number: D.4
Dates: 1950's
Physical Description: 9 notebooks, 4 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
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.

The first eight notebooks contain notes and correspondence arranged in chronological order. These notebooks cover the period from c.1830 until George Eastman's death in 1932. The ninth notebook is comprised of a subject file of key elements of Eastman's life.

Researchers using the notebooks can determine the sources of Butterfield's information by looking at the initial code in the upper left-hand corner of each page. Butterfield's general information came either from the Eastman House (EH) or from the Eastman Kodak Company (EK) files. Material from either of these sources that was derived from examining letters (correspondence) can be distinguished by the presence of an L before the main initials (i.e. LEH and LEK). The Eastman Kodak Company further divided Eastman's letters into personal correspondence boxes and general (mostly business) correspondence boxes. LB stands for Letter Box, the general file, while PLB denotes the Personal Letter Box. Much of the Eastman Kodak Company correspondence collection had already been excerpted and transcribed by Kodak employees before Butterfield began his research. Butterfield notes in the text of the notebooks which letters he has only seen in incomplete transcribed versions. The Eastman House files were transferred to the Department of Rare Books, & Special Collections and can now be found in D.138, the Eastman (George) Papers .

The collection also contains four boxes and one package. The first three boxes include interviews, notes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and other research materials. The first box contains a series of interviews and interview notes gathered by Butterfield. The interviews shed light on Eastman's private and public life, on his management of the Eastman Kodak Company, and on the continuing development of the Company since his death. The second box contains Butterfield's notes and printed materials having to do with George Eastman himself. The third box contains notes and clippings about the development of photography in general, and some specific information about the Eastman Kodak Company. This box also contains printed material distributed by Eastman Kodak to its stockholders. The last box contains copies of Butterfield's book contracts for the writing of the Eastman biography and correspondence pertaining to the proposed book.

Subject(s):
New York (State)--Rochester
Photography
Notebooks
Eastman, George, 1854-1932
Eastman Kodak Company
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was the gift of Roger Butterfield in September, 1971.Access
The Eastman-Butterfield collection 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-Butterfield collection, D.4, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of RochesterRelated Materials
The Eastman-Butterfield Collection 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.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 Bachmann (Lawrence) Papers , a collection of notes and a draft of a proposed biography of Eastman; and

D.138, the Eastman (George) 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.

D.139, Eastman Research Materials , is a collection of miscellaneous items, including scrapbooks, taped oral histories, photographs, and an extensive newspaper clipping file. As relevant material is acquired, it will be added to this collection.


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:
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Second Floor, Room 225
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Content List
Series I: Notebooks
Volume 1 circa 1830-1878
Volume 21879-1889
Volume 31890-1895
Volume 41896-1901
Volume 51902-1906
Volume 61907-1911
Volume 71912-1918
Volume 81919-1932
Volume 9Subject file
Biographical; business; family; finances; gifts; homes; legal; patents; personal; philosophy; philanthropy; photography; travel; women; his death

Series II: Interview notes
Box 1, Folder 1C. S. Abbott
Box 1, Folder 1Gertrude Strong Achilles, daughter of Henry Strong
Box 1, Folder 1Carl W. Ackerman, biographer
Box 1, Folder 1Bill Adams, barber (?)
Box 1, Folder 1Irving Adams, early competitor of Eastman
Box 1, Folder 1Dr. Rufus A. Adams, physician, original stockholder
Box 1, Folder 1Isaac Adler, solicited by Eastman to be trustee of Bureau of Municipal Research
Box 1, Folder 1Mortimer Adler, associated on Community Chest beginning 1917
Box 1, Folder 1Carl Akeley, from Carl Akeley's Africa, by Mary L. Akeley
Box 1, Folder 1Harold E. Akerly, former employee and companion on trip
Box 1, Folder 1Linda Allard - Eastman Kodak Co., in charge of Eastman's personal files
Box 1, Folder 1Charles F. Ames, vice-president of Eastman-Kodak Co.
Box 1, Folder 1George Worthington Andrus, Eastman's brother-in-law
Box 1, Folder 1Anthonys, pioneer dealers in photographic supplies, first selling agents for Eastman
Box 1, Folder 2Leo Baekeland, chemist, inventory, gave name to bakelite plastic
Box 1, Folder 2Raymond Ball, president and then board chairman of Lincoln Alliance Bank
Box 1, Folder 2Mrs. C. Storrs Barrows, daughter of boyhood chum of Eastman
Box 1, Folder 2Rev. Dr. Murray Bartlett, former rector St. Paul's, attended by Eastman's mother, neighbor and old friend
Box 1, Folder 2Walter G. Bent, headed up English Co., business associate
Box 1, Folder 2Jacob Bernstein, stage-hand at Eastman Theatre
Box 1, Folder 2T. H. Blair, camera manufacturer, competitor of Eastman
Box 1, Folder 2Ernie E. Blake, Kodak Ltd., London, motion picture executive
Box 1, Folder 2Mrs. Carlton F. Bown, daughter of Darwin Smith
Box 1, Folder 2T. C. Bridges, author of Kings of Commerce
Box 1, Folder 2Tom Brown, retired lithographic employee
Box 1, Folder 2Frank Brownell, camera designer, longtime business associate
Box 1, Folder 2Jules Brulatour, agent for Kodak movie film, friend of Eastman
Box 1, Folder 2Dr. Harvey J. Burkhart, director of Rochester Dental Dispensary and advisor on other Eastman dental clinics
Box 1, Folder 2Charles W. Burley, assistant manager, Kodak Park
Box 1, Folder 2Roy L. Butterfield, Rochester citizen, school principal
Box 1, Folder 3George Cannan and others, old-time Kodak employees
Box 1, Folder 3John Carbutt, pioneer dry plate manufacturer
Box 1, Folder 3George A. Carnahan, judge and prominent Rochester civic figure
Box 1, Folder 3Charles D. Carruth, former engineer and Stromberg-Carlson employee
Box 1, Folder 3William Carter, coachman and early chauffeur for Eastman
Box 1, Folder 3Charles Z. Case, Kodak official in London and Rochester, in charge of "special developments"
Box 1, Folder 3Albert K. Chapman, president of Kodak
Box 1, Folder 3Marie Cherbuliez - Eastman's housekeeper from 1914 until his death in 1932
Box 1, Folder 3Fred F. Church and Melville, patent lawyers
Box 1, Folder 3Brackett Halford Clark, original stockholder, Rochester barrel stave manufacturer
Box 1, Folder 3George H. Clark, son of Brackett, longtime director of Kodak
Box 1, Folder 3Joseph Thacher Clarke, longtime employee, English and foreign expert, Eastman's traveling companion on early trips
Box 1, Folder 3Benham "Ben" Cline, old employee, photographer, married Kodak girl
Box 1, Folder 3Minnie Hoefler Cline, married Ben Cline, old employee
Box 1, Folder 3Henry Clune
Box 1, Folder 3Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cope and Emily Kilbourn Cope Johnson, cousins of Eastman
Box 1, Folder 3Stephen B. Cornell, Kodak official
Box 1, Folder 3Franklin M. Cossitt, helped Eastman design "detective camera"
Box 1, Folder 3Moses B. Cotsworth, "adviser" on calendar reform
Box 1, Folder 3T. J. Craig, old employee, manager of service department for Kodak
Box 1, Folder 3Gustav Cramer, manufacturer of photographic plates
Box 1, Folder 3D. H. Cross, pioneer dry plate manufacturer
Box 1, Folder 3Frank M. Crouch, old employee, cashier for a long time
Box 1, Folder 3G. Hanmer Croughton, early employee, saw evolution of No. 1 Kodak
Box 1, Folder 4Harry Darling, old employee, onetime general superintendent of Camera Works
Box 1, Folder 4J. Lionberger Davis, companion on 1920 trip to Japan, board chairman Security National Bank Savings and Trust Co., St. Louis, Missouri
Box 1, Folder 4Ronald C. Davison, father George was general manager of English branch of Kodak
Box 1, Folder 4William W. Day, old employee
Box 1, Folder 4Josephine Dickman, widow of British manager, longtime friend of Eastman
Box 1, Folder 4W. K. L. Dickson, aide to Edison, worked on early movie experiments
Box 1, Folder 4Herman Dossenbach, musician, Park Band leader
Box 1, Folder 4George Dryden, husband of Ellen Andrus (Eastman's niece)
Box 1, Folder 4John E. Dumont, old time photographer
Box 1, Folder 4Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Eastwood, merchant and early investor in Kodak, on early camping trips with Eastman
Box 1, Folder 4Thomas A. Edison
Box 1, Folder 4Franklin C. Ellis, public relations at Kodak
Box 1, Folder 4James Evanoff, testing department at Kodak
Box 1, Folder 5Harry W. Fell, old employee
Box 1, Folder 5Albert "Bert" O. Fenn, Rochester banker, friend, and business associate
Box 1, Folder 5Harry M. Fenn, old employee and relative (?) of Bert Fenn
Box 1, Folder 5Carl Fisher, manager of special sales for Kodak
Box 1, Folder 5Irving Fisher, Yale professor and economist
Box 1, Folder 5Gina Fisher-Hammer, author of The History of the Kodak and Its Continuations
Box 1, Folder 5Abraham Flexner, money raiser, Eastman's "highwayman"
Box 1, Folder 5B. C. Forbes, business writer
Box 1, Folder 5Charles Forbes, chemist, University of Rochester professor
Box 1, Folder 5L. S. Foulkes, Rochester chair manufacturer
Box 1, Folder 5Helen M. Fraser, employee, secretary
Box 1, Folder 5Frank E. Gannett, newspaper publisher
Box 1, Folder 5Katherine Gerling, longtime Kodak Park employee
Box 1, Folder 5Harold Gleason, Eastman's organist, later with Eastman School of Music
Box 1, Folder 5Marion Gleason, wife of Harold Gleason (now divorced), friend of Eastman
Box 1, Folder 5Edward P. Goetzman, shipping supervisor at Kodak
Box 1, Folder 5Dr. George W. Goler, Rochester health officer and public health expert
Box 1, Folder 5Hannibal Goodwin, retired clergyman, holder of film patent
Box 1, Folder 5Eugene Goossens, orchestra conductor
Box 1, Folder 5J. L. Gorham, assistant treasurer at Kodak
Box 1, Folder 6Harry Haight, industrial relations manager at Kodak
Box 1, Folder 6John Handy, former errand boy
Box 1, Folder 6Howard Hanson, composer, director of Eastman School of Music
Box 1, Folder 6Thomas Jean Hargrave, board chairman Kodak
Box 1, Folder 6Edward Harris, lawyer
Box 1, Folder 6Will Hays, motion picture "czar"
Box 1, Folder 6Jeremiah G. Hickey, president of Hickey-Freeman
Box 1, Folder 6Elizabeth Holahan, authority on architectural restoration
Box 1, Folder 6John C. Hosking, Rochester Savings Bank employee
Box 1, Folder 6David Henderson Houston, inventor, farmer
Box 1, Folder 6Anna D. Hubbell, daughter of Eastman's lawyer
Box 1, Folder 6Walter S. Hubbell, lawyer and personal friend
Box 1, Folder 6Charles E. Hutchings, old Kodak employee
Box 1, Folder 6Alice Whitney Hutchison, Eastman's secretary, started June 2, 1890
Box 1, Folder 6Charles F. Hutchison, Kodak Park official, husband of Alice Whitney
Box 1, Folder 6Frederic E. Ives, pioneer in color photography
Box 1, Folder 6A. W. Jacobs, old neighbor, businessman
Box 1, Folder 6Charles E. Johnson, old employee
Box 1, Folder 6Osa Johnson, wife of Martin Johnson, author of I Married Adventure, safari companion
Box 1, Folder 6Frances Benjamin Johnston, famous lady photographer
Box 1, Folder 6Henry F. Jones, employee
Box 1, Folder 6Lewis Bunnell Jones, longtime advertising manager at Kodak and vice-president
Box 1, Folder 7Albert David Kaiser, physician, friend of Eastman
Box 1, Folder 7Art Kelly, publicity man at Eastman Theatre
Box 1, Folder 7J. J. Kennedy, attorney, Philipp partner, handled anti-trust and patent cases
Box 1, Folder 7John Kent, early Kodak director, photographer
Box 1, Folder 7Mrs. Harold C. Kimball, friend
Box 1, Folder 7Emil Kipper, manager of American Zylonite Co.
Box 1, Folder 7Louisa J. Knorr, Mrs. Eastman's nurse
Box 1, Folder 7F. D. T. Krohn, English chemist and employee
Box 1, Folder 7E. D. Leary, businessman, lamp store (?)
Box 1, Folder 7Albert Levy, early competitor of Eastman
Box 1, Folder 7Clarence A. Livingston, superintendent University of Rochester Buildings and Grounds
Box 1, Folder 7S. T. Loveday, English executive of Kodak
Box 1, Folder 7Frank W. Lovejoy, key aide to Eastman, later president and board chairman of Kodak
Box 1, Folder 7Louis and Auguste Lumiere, French photographic pioneers
Box 1, Folder 8Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, president of MIT, 1909-1920
Box 1, Folder 8E. H. MacNamara, employee
Box 1, Folder 8F. S. Macomber, lawyer and outdoor companion
Box 1, Folder 8Charles W. Marcus, old employee, director of purchasing at Kodak Park
Box 1, Folder 8Minnie Mason, Eastman's last nurse
Box 1, Folder 8T. C. Mattison, Kodak executive in England
Box 1, Folder 8Dr. C. E. Kenneth Mees, head of Kodak research
Box 1, Folder 8Fausta V. Mengarini, sculptress
Box 1, Folder 8Carmen H. Messmore, art dealer, Knoedler's
Box 1, Folder 8George Hibbard Monroe, photographer, Eastman's instructor
Box 1, Folder 8Frank Luthor Mott, author of A History of American Magazines 1885-1905 (vol. 4)
Box 1, Folder 8Nathaniel "Nat" Myrick, longtime employee at Eastman House
Box 1, Folder 8Edward T. McDermott, old employee
Box 1, Folder 8Blake McKelvey, Rochester city historian
Box 1, Folder 9Marshall Naul, researcher
Box 1, Folder 9Beaumont Newhall
Box 1, Folder 9Evangeline (Mrs. C. W.) Newhall, college friend of Ellen Andrus Dryden; companion of Eastman
Box 1, Folder 9Rev. George E. Norton, rector of St. Paul's Church
Box 1, Folder 9Albert D. Osborne, examiner of questioned documents
Box 1, Folder 9Harvey Padelford, Eastman's last chauffeur
Box 1, Folder 9Charles Pathe, French pioneer in photography
Box 1, Folder 9H. R. Patterson, Camera Works employee, son-in-law of Frank Crouch
Box 1, Folder 9Moritz Bernard Philipp, Eastman's longtime New York lawyer
Box 1, Folder 9W. B. ("Pete") Potter, advertising manager Kodak, 1954
Box 1, Folder 9Mrs. Robert Ranlet, social figure, personal friend
Box 1, Folder 9Benjamin Rush Rhees, president, University of Rochester
Box 1, Folder 9Milton K. Robinson, assistant secretary and later secretary of Kodak
Box 1, Folder 9Rochester Savings Bank
Box 1, Folder 9George W. Rockwood, important photographer in New York City
Box 1, Folder 9Samuel Rothafel ("Roxy"), theatre manager, candidate for Eastman Theatre job
Box 1, Folder 10Edwin O. Sage, Kodak director, shoe manufacturer
Box 1, Folder 10Carl Sandburg, from The People, Yes
Box 1, Folder 10Scovill, manufacturers of cameras and supplies
Box 1, Folder 10Frank Seaman, longtime Kodak advertising agent
Box 1, Folder 10Arthur M. See, music figure
Box 1, Folder 10George B. Selden, son of patent lawyer
Box 1, Folder 10John R. Slater, University of Rochester professor
Box 1, Folder 10Leroy E. Snyder, assistant to president, Gannett newspapers
Box 1, Folder 10Oscar N. Solbert, Eastman's aide in lobbying and social matters, director of Eastman House
Box 1, Folder 10Stanley, dry plate manufacturers, steam automobiles
Box 1, Folder 10Rollin Steward
Box 1, Folder 10Dr. Audley D. Stewart, Eastman's last-doctor
Box 1, Folder 10D. H. Stewart, head of patents office, Kodak
Box 1, Folder 10Charles N. Storer, early friend of Eastman, had umbrella business in Rochester
Box 1, Folder 10Hattie Strong, second wife of Col. Henry Alvah Strong
Box 1, Folder 10Henry Alvah Strong, Eastman's longtime partner, close friend
Box 1, Folder 10W. G. Stuber, emulsion expert, president and board chairman, Kodak
Box 1, Folder 10Albert F. Sulzer, Kodak official, became a vice-president
Box 1, Folder 11Robert A. Taft, Photography and the American Scene
Box 1, Folder 11Henry L. Thayer, old employee
Box 1, Folder 11Gustave Tinlot, musician, quartet leader
Box 1, Folder 11Dundas Todd, editor, correspondent of Eastman
Box 1, Folder 11George Todd, director at Lincoln Bank
Box 1, Folder 11"Ted" Townsend, Waterville editor, columnist Utica Daily Press
Box 1, Folder 11Samuel W. Turner, inventor of daylight loading cartridge
Box 1, Folder 11Charles Turpin, Kodak employee, 1892-1932
Box 1, Folder 11Mrs. William S. Vaughn, Eastman's last organist
Box 1, Folder 11Hermann Vogel, pioneer in color photography
Box 1, Folder 11William Hall Walker, early partner of Eastman and Strong
Box 1, Folder 11A. J. Warner, son of architect, music critic at Times-Union
Box 1, Folder 11Hulbert Harrington Warner, Rochester businessman, promoter of "Warner's Safe Cures"
Box 1, Folder 11W. Earl Weller, director of Rochester Bureau of Municipal Research
Box 1, Folder 11Mrs. George H. Whipple, wife of dean of medical school, one of Eastman's young ladies in later years
Box 1, Folder 11Lawrence Grant White, architect, head of McKim, Mead White in 1940
Box 1, Folder 11Perley S. Wilcox, Tennessee Eastman Co.
Box 1, Folder 11Roger Wollin, reporter for Hearst Journal-American, at Eastman's death
Box 1, Folder 11Yawman Erbe, manufactured roll holders to Eastman's order in 1885
Box 1, Folder 11Solomon C. Young, longtime servant and Eastman's last valet
Box 1, Folder 11Adolph Zukor, motion picture pioneer
Series III: Eastman Biography notes
Box 2, Folder 1Bibliography and sources
Box 2, Folder 2Guide notes
Box 2, Folder 3Research notes and follow-ups
Box 2, Folder 4Eastman biographical information
Box 2, Folder 5Eastman letter to Rochester Telephone Co. and replies, October 2, 1922
Box 2, Folder 6Illustrations
Box 2, Folder 7Patents/Legal
Research lists and photocopies

Box 2, Folder 8Recollections connected with George Eastman
Box 2, Folder 9Travel notes
Box 2, Folder 10-11Butterfield miscellaneous notes
Box 2, Folder 12Random notes from Eastman Kodak Co. correspondence
Box 2, Folder 13Newspaper check-ups
Box 2, Folder 14Notes from newspaper articles and periodicals
Box 2, Folder 15Waterville newspaper transcriptions
Box 2, Folder 16Newspaper clippings, Eastman's death, 1932
Box 2, Folder 17General printed information
Box 2, Folder 18Miscellaneous newspaper articles
Series IV: Photography
Box 3, Folder 1Photography, general
Box 3, Folder 2Catalogues and instruction booklets
Box 3, Folder 3Manuals and price lists
Box 3, Folder 4Printed information, Kodak
Box 3, Folder 5Printed information, Kodak
"The Origin of the Name 'Kodak'"
"A Picture of Eastman Kodak" (reprint pamphlet)
"Facts about the World's Largest Organization Engaged in the Manufacture of Photographic Materials"
3 Eastman Kodak Company handbooks
Box 3, Folder 6Printed information, Kodak: Eastman Kodak Annual Reports, 1952, 1953, 1955
Box 3, Folder 7Printed information, Kodak
"The Industrial Relations Program of Eastman Kodak Company" (pamphlet)
"Kodak Park 50 Years Ago: A boy' s-eye view of 1904," by A. Whitman Crittenden
Box 3, Folder 8Newspaper clippings, Eastman Kodak Co.
Series V: Book correspondence and agreements
Box 4, Folder 1Book correspondence and agreements, 1954-1959
Series VI: Printed material
Box 4, Folder 2Congratulatory clippings on LIFE article, 1954
Box 4, Folder 3Personal correspondence relating to LIFE article, 1954-1960
Box 4, Folder 4Book: Through the Ages (June, 1924) with article on the marble in the Eastman Theatre
Box 4, Folder 5Book: The Collection of Frank Lusk Babbott, 1934
Box 4, Folder 6Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, vol. 4 no. 1 (Spring, 1962) with information of Mary Garden
Package 1Moore's Rural New York, December 3, 1870 with article and advertisement about Harvey Eastman's Eastman's College in Poughkeepsie, New York
Package 1Scientific American, September 15, 1888 with article on Kodak camera
Package 1Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, February 8, 1917 with article "Men Who Are Making America," by B. C. Forbes - biographical sketch of Eastman
Package 1Poughkeepsie Sunday New Yorker, December 1, 1946 with article "Trumpeter of the Textbooks," by Thomas A. Dugan, about Harvey Eastman


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