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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Contains correspondence to and from G.R. Good.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Memorandum to United Co-operatives of Ontario.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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).

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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."

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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."

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Written standard practice for vinyl compounding materials.

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

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

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

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).

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).

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).

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Contains 12 drawings of the Adamson mixing mill describing construction.

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.

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.

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

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.

Brent I. Weber's file.