Archives Database

SCA173
Collection

Consists of fonds related to the personal and professional lives of A.R. Kaufman and W.H. Kaufman, and the family-run business Kaufman Footwear.

Kaufman Family

Kaufman Footwear fonds.

SCA173-GA148
Accession
1907-1998

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Fonds consists of material relating to the history, operation and products of the Kaufman Rubber Company, later Kaufman Footwear. Includes catalogues of products, documentation of formulae, compounds, in-house "written standard practice" manuals illustrating industrial processes. Includes corespondence, clippings, ephemera, memoranda, photographs, publications, reports, and sound recordings.

Kaufman Footwear

Administration

SCA173-GA148-1
Series
1927-1986

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Series consists of material relating to the administration of various aspects of Kaufman Rubber operations from 1927 to 1986. There are many gaps and the files are from several departments. Includes annual production reports from 1933 to 1955, sales reports from 1932-1964, records of special orders, government contracts, memoranda, and cost accounting information.

Kaufman Footwear

Cost accounting manager : G.R. Good.

SCA173-GA148-1-1
File
1967-1969

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains material relating to the cost accounting manager, G.R. Good. Includes memoranda, design sheets, mill room day staff allowance, line balance procedure, production calculations, and shoe room rates.

Kaufman Footwear

Vendor's permit.

SCA173-GA148-1-11
File
1968

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

1 vendor's permit, framed, for Kaufman Footwear Industries.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-12
File
1933-1934

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains the tennis production report and the rubber production report. Includes lines of shoes or boots with the number of pairs sold and what countries they were sold in.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-13
File
1934-1935

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains the tennis production report and the rubber production report. Includes lines of shoes or boots with the number of pairs sold and what countries they were sold in.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-14
File
1935-1936

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains the tennis production report and the rubber production report. Includes lines of shoes or boots with the number of pairs sold and what countries they were sold in.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-15
File
1936-1937

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains the tennis production report and the rubber production report. Includes lines of shoes or boots with the number of pairs sold and what countries they were sold in.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-16
File
1937-1938

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains the tennis production report and the rubber production report. Includes lines of shoes or boots with the number of pairs sold and what countries they were sold in.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-17
File
1938-1939

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains the tennis production report and the rubber production report. Includes lines of shoes or boots with the number of pairs sold and what countries they were sold in.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-18
File
1939-1940

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains the tennis production report and the rubber production report. Includes lines of shoes or boots with the number of pairs sold and what countries they were sold in.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-19
File
1940-1941

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains the tennis production report and the rubber production report. Includes lines of shoes or boots with the number of pairs sold and what countries they were sold in.

Kaufman Footwear

Cost accounting manager : G.R. Good : correspondence.

SCA173-GA148-1-2
File
1957-1960

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains correspondence to and from G.R. Good.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-20
File
1941-1942

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains the tennis production report and the rubber production report. Includes lines of shoes or boots with the number of pairs sold and what countries they were sold in.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-21
File
1942-1943

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold, both in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-22
File
1943-1944

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-23
File
1944-1945

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-24
File
1945-1946

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-25
File
1946-1947

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-26
File
1947-1948

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-27
File
1948-1949

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-28
File
1949-1950

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-29
File
1950-1951

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Government costs.

SCA173-GA148-1-3
File
1965-1988

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains information on government contracts for footwear including R.C.M.P. overboots, flying boots, O.P.P. shoes, firemen boots, army boots, and aviation boots.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-30
File
1951-1952

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-31
File
1952-1953

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-32
File
1953-1954

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Year production reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-33
File
1954-1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a production report for the calendar year. Includes a list of product lines, with the number of products sold in the domestic market and as exports.

Kaufman Footwear

Kaufman Kingtreads : sample guide.

SCA173-GA148-1-4
File
1972

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Memorandum to United Co-operatives of Ontario.

Kaufman Footwear

Kodiak.

SCA173-GA148-1-5
File
1986

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a "Key competitor analysis" of the footwear industry in written and chart form, an overview of the Canadian footwear industry, an analysis of specific product markets, and an analysis of competing brands. Includes summary notes from a Kodiak division working session.

Kaufman Footwear

Memoranda.

SCA173-GA148-1-6
File
1953-1956, 1968

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains memoranda, mainly from I.K. Weber, regarding sales, and pricing of Kaufman products.

Kaufman Footwear

Purchase orders.

SCA173-GA148-1-7
File
1927-1949

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains purchase orders from Kaufman to Ontario Die Co. and Levene Die Co.

Kaufman Footwear

Sales reports.

SCA173-GA148-1-8
File
1932-1964

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains sales lists of various lines of shoes with totals. Binder belonging to C.D.P.

Kaufman Footwear

Smith Transport Ltd. : system map.

SCA173-GA148-1-9
File
[1957?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Operations : Factory, Laboratory

SCA173-GA148-10
Series
1921-1971

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Series consists of material relating to rubber compounding and manufacturing processes and procedures at Kaufman Rubber Co. Includes binders of formulae and instructions owned and/or written by W.H. Bechtel, J. C. Howard Irvin K. Weber, as well as research reports on production requirements, "Written standard practice" reports illustrating production and processes. These include photographs.

Kaufman Footwear

Air pres[sure cures], 116-[180] (file 1 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-131a
File
1924-1941

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound.

Kaufman Footwear

Air pres[sure cures], 116-[180] (file 1 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-131b
File
1924-1941

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound.

Kaufman Footwear

Compound sheets.

SCA173-GA148-10-132
File
1954-1961

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total weight of the compound. All sheets initialled by W.H.B. (William H. Bechtel).

Kaufman Footwear

Compound sheets.

SCA173-GA148-10-133
File
1954-1969

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total weight of the compound. Also includes mixing instructions.Sheets initialled by W.H.B. (William H. Bechtel).

Kaufman Footwear

Compound sheets, #200-1 to #240-6 (file 1 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-134a
File
1927-1948

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets for various materials. Each sheet explains the amount of each ingredient that goes into the compound and how much the compound costs.

Kaufman Footwear

Compound sheets, #200-1 to #240-6 (file 2 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-134b
File
1927-1948

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets for various materials. Each sheet explains the amount of each ingredient that goes into the compound and how much the compound costs.

Kaufman Footwear

Compounds 200-220 : I.K. Weber.

SCA173-GA148-10-135
File
1928-1958

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets with a list on each sheet of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound. Originally in a binder belonging to I.K. Weber. Each page is initialled by J.C. Howard.

Kaufman Footwear

Duplicate compounds : open heat, steam (file 1 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-136a
File
1921-1931

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound, all signed J.C. Howard.

Kaufman Footwear

Duplicate compounds : open heat, steam (file 2 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-136b
File
1921-1931

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound, all signed J.C. Howard.

Kaufman Footwear

Foamtread lab.

SCA173-GA148-10-137
File
1955-1973

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets for the Foamtread lab with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound. Also includes mixing instructions. Binder sheets initialled by W.H.B. (William H. Bechtel) and/or C.S.F.

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search report #34 : material and times : women's Welland.

SCA173-GA148-10-138
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Note on folder: "material consumption and working times for women's welland boot size 6."

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search report #35 : estimated machinery costs for 500 pair of men's and women's rubber Oxford per ten hours.

SCA173-GA148-10-139
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search report #37 : transparent upper for boots.

SCA173-GA148-10-140
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains general compounding conclusions and remarks from development work on transparent gum upper for Bergougnan.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search report #39 : examination of hamgaper compounds.

SCA173-GA148-10-141
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains examination of hamgaper compounds : black upper gum, black soling, and yellow soling. Includes tensile, aging, and abrasion tests, and a compound sheet.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search report #45 : equipment requirements : 1,000,000 pairs of footwear/year.

SCA173-GA148-10-142
File
1956

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Note on folder: "Equipment requirements for 400,000 pairs of Buskins a year; 200,000 child's Welland per year; 250,000 of men's Humber per year; and 150,000 women's plastic Showertogs per year."

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search report #46 : procedure for obtaining installation costs for production of plastic shoes.

SCA173-GA148-10-143
File
1956

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Note on folder "Procedure for obtaining installation costs for production of plastic shoes and minimum and maximum costs for plastic shoemaking installation."

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search report #47 (revised) : neoprene footwear.

SCA173-GA148-10-144
File
1958

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains revised report on neoprene footwear. Includes instructions for building men's black neoprene fraser short, and compound sheets.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search report #49 : equipment requirements for production of 250 pair boots per 9 hour day based on average men's boot (Humber type).

SCA173-GA148-10-145
File
1958

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search written standard practice.

SCA173-GA148-10-146
File
1955-1964

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Written standard practice no. P-3, "Electroforming of copper moulds for use in vinyl footwear production"; Written standard practice no. P-7, "Methods of model making for moulds for use in slush moulding of vinyl footwear"; Written standard practice no. P-6, "Showertog production and sequence of operations on K.R. Unit #3 pertaining to shoes of the basic type known as Sprite flat and Snowbelle." Includes 10 vinyl samples, and 61 photographs.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search : written standard practice no. M-2 : footwear outsole press.

SCA173-GA148-10-147
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Note on folder "General description of outsole presses and use for footwear," by W.H. Bechtel. Includes 30 photographs.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search : written standard practice no. M-4 : footwear vulcanizers etc.

SCA173-GA148-10-148
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Note on folder "Information about footwear vulcanizers, control instruments, air circulation, vent or vacuum cures, vulcanizer cars, etc., as applied to footwear curing, also curing cycles," by William H. Bechtel. Includes 18 photographs, and some blueprint drawings of machinery.

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. M-5 : boot conveyors.

SCA173-GA148-10-149
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains written standard practice for the "Construction and operation of boot conveyors," by William H. Bechtel. Includes 6 photographs and some blueprint drawings of machinery.

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. M-6 : electric circulating air oven.

SCA173-GA148-10-150
File
1959

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains written standard practice for the electric circulating air oven. Includes blueprint drawings of the oven and its dimensions.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search : written standard practice no. P-1.

SCA173-GA148-10-151
File
1954-1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Written standard practice for plastisol-coated cotton glove production. Includes equipment and material requirements, costs, methods, lay-out, and production results. Includes 22 photographs.

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. P-1 : plastic coated fabric gloves.

SCA173-GA148-10-152
File
1954-1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains written standard practice for "Plastic coated fabric glove production equipment and material requirements, costs, methods, lay-out, and production results," by R.V. Klassen and W.H. Bechtel. Includes plastisol formula sheets, and 19 photographs.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search : written standard practice no. P-2.

SCA173-GA148-10-153
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Written standard practice for vinyl footwear production (showertog) by a slush moulding process using vinyl plastisols. Includes equipment and material requirements, costs, methods, lay-out, and production results for showertog type footwear. Includes 54 photographs.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search : written standard practice no. P-3.

SCA173-GA148-10-154
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Written standard practice for electroforming of copper moulds for use in vinyl footwear production. Includes 11 photographs.

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. P-3 : electroforming of copper moulds.

SCA173-GA148-10-155
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains written standard practice for "Electroforming of copper moulds for use in vinyl footwear production," by R.V. Klassen and W.H. Bechtel.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search : written standard practice no. P-5.

SCA173-GA148-10-156
File
1960

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Written standard practice for snowbells shell production and preparation. Includes written standard practice for insertion of sock on "women's iceland", "women's alaska", and "women's suburban". Includes 13 photographs.

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. P-5 : Snowbelle shell production and preparation.

SCA173-GA148-10-157
File
1960

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains written standard practice for "Snowbelle shell production and preparation," by R.V. Klassen. Includes 13 photographs and some blueprint drawings of machinery.

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. P-6 : supplement A.

SCA173-GA148-10-158
File
[196-]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains written standard practice for "Showertog production and sequence of operations on K. R. unit #3. This pertains to shoes of the basic type known as Sprite except with heels requiring a built-in heel cup."

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. P-6 : supplement B.

SCA173-GA148-10-159
File
1964

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains written standard practice for "Plastic footwear production and sequence of operations on K. R. unit #3. This pertains to shoes of the basic type known as Snowbelles, i.e., with reinforced counter and insole built in." Includes 5 photographs.

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. R-2 : William's plasticity.

SCA173-GA148-10-160
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains written standard practice for "Plasticity and recovery of rubber and rubber-like materials by the Williams Parallel Plate Plastometer at K. R. Co.," by G.H. Thompson and W.H. Bechtel. Includes 12 photographs and some 4 graphs.

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. R-3 : N.B.S. abrasion.

SCA173-GA148-10-161
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains written standard practice for a "Standard method of test for abrasion resistance of rubber compounds at K.R. Co.," by G.H. Thompson and William H. Bechtel. Includes 5 photographs.

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. R-4 : the use of GR-S in rubber footwear.

SCA173-GA148-10-162
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains written standard practice for the use of GR-S in rubber footwear with general information and compounding information, by William H. Bechtel.

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. R-5 : handling, spreading and calender coating of nets.

SCA173-GA148-10-163
File
1956

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains instructions for handling, spreading and calendar coating of nets or knitted fabrics, by W.H. Bechtel.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search : written standard practice no. V-1.

SCA173-GA148-10-164
File
[195-?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Written standard practice for vinyl compounding materials.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search : written standard practice no. V-1.

SCA173-GA148-10-165
File
1959-1962

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Written standard practice for vinyl compounding material, plastisol formula sheet for red plastisol for boots, and plastisol compound sheets with 15 plastisol samples.

Kaufman Footwear

K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. VA-1 : footwear varnish.

SCA173-GA148-10-166
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains written standard practice: "The manufacture of black rubber footwear varnish," by W.H. Bechtel. Includes 66 photographs.

Kaufman Footwear

Kaufman Rubber Co. Ltd. : plastic shoe development work, 1951, 1952, 1953, by R.V. Klassen, W.H. Bechtel.

SCA173-GA148-10-167
File
1951-1953

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains information on electroforming of copper molds, slush molding of shoes, development of plastisols, and clear plastic rainboot types.

Kaufman Footwear

LVI

SCA173-GA148-10-168
File
1926-1967

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains information on the following : cement house instructions, preparation of silk screen inks, lacquer specifications, notes on linseed oils, miscellaneous formulations, silicone specifications, and touch-up paint. Sheets initialled by W.H.B. (William H. Bechtel).

Kaufman Footwear

OBS 200-250 (file 1 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-169a
File
1929-1965

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound. Sheets initialled by W.H.B. (William H. Bechtel) and/or J.C.H. (J.C. Howard).

Kaufman Footwear

OBS 200-250 (file 2 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-169b
File
1929-1965

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound. Sheets initialled by W.H.B. (William H. Bechtel) and/or J.C.H. (J.C. Howard).

Kaufman Footwear

OBS 250-900 (file 1 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-170a
File
1930-1944

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound, signed J.C. Howard.

Kaufman Footwear

OBS 250-900 (file 2 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-170b
File
1930-1944

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound, signed J.C. Howard.

Kaufman Footwear

Obsolete foam tread compound binder.

SCA173-GA148-10-171
File
1953-1966

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets for the obsolete foam tread, with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound on each sheet, all signed "W.H.B." Originally in a binder belonging to W.H. Bechtel.

Kaufman Footwear

Plastisol formula specification sheets.

SCA173-GA148-10-172
File
1956-1961

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains plastisol formula specifications and compound sheets for various forms of plastisol. R.V. Klassen's factory binder.

Kaufman Footwear

Pleating of pockets into vinyl shoes by means of heat.

SCA173-GA148-10-173
File
1959-1960

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains instructions for pleating of pockets into vinyl shoes with illustrations.

Kaufman Footwear

Regular O[pen] H[eat] compounds, #1-79.

SCA173-GA148-10-174
File
1920-1926

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound, signed J.C. Howard. J.C. Howard's binder.

Kaufman Footwear

Ro-Search confidential rubber compounds.

SCA173-GA148-10-175
File
1950-1971

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains compound sheets for confidential technical data with a list of the materials used for the compound. By Ro-Search Inc., Waynesville, North Carolina.

Kaufman Footwear

Testing and analysis of rubber procedures.

SCA173-GA148-10-176
File
1953-1958

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains procedures for abrasion testing of raincoat materials using the Taber Abraser; chemical analysis of rubber products and interpretation of analysis; process for adhesion tests; tests for cements and fabrics; various cleaning and testing processes for glass and copper; instructions for mixing emulsion, testing cork, vulcanized rubber, and gasoline as well as preparing sulfur and silk screen inks. Also includes colour bleeding tests for leather, and instructions for mixing plastisol.

Kaufman Footwear

Written Standard Practice drawings : P-2-25-a to P-2-25-P11 : automatic mould aligner.

SCA173-GA148-10-177
File
1960

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains parts lists and blueprints of drawings of machinery and parts lists for the automatic mould aligner.

Kaufman Footwear

Written standard practice no. M-1 : apron mill : general description and construction of apron mill attachment.

SCA173-GA148-10-178
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains 12 drawings of the Adamson mixing mill describing construction.

Kaufman Footwear

Written standard practice no. M-3 : footwear press : general description of cloth presses and use for footwear [empty].

SCA173-GA148-10-179
File

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Written standard practice no. P-6 : Showertog production.

SCA173-GA148-10-180
File
1962

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains written standard practice for "Showertog production and sequence of operations on K.R. unit #3. This pertains to shoes of the basic type known as Sprite flat," by W.H. Bechtel.

Kaufman Footwear

Operations : Vice-President, Manufacturing : Brent I. Weber

SCA173-GA148-11
Series
1980-1999

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Series consists of material from the office of Brent I. Weber, Vice-President Manufacturing. Consists primarily of topical materials on business, and one file of production forecasts for 1993.

Kaufman Footwear

Business articles.

SCA173-GA148-11-181
File
1987-1989

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File belonging to Brent I. Weber. Contains clippings and photocopies of business related articles to be read by Kaufman staff.

Kaufman Footwear

Business articles and periodicals (file 1 of 6).

SCA173-GA148-11-182a
File
1980-1999

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a) business articles, b) footwear articles, c) issues of footwear periodicals. Also includes some production tools such as tax guides and metric conversion tools.

Kaufman Footwear

Business articles and magazines (file 2 of 6).