Archives Database

Year production reports, 1954-1955.

SCA173-GA148-1-33
File
1954-1955

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, 1953-1954.

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, 1952-1953.

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, 1951-1952.

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, 1950-1951.

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

Year production reports, 1949-1950.

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, 1948-1949.

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, 1947-1948.

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, 1946-1947.

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, 1945-1946.

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, 1944-1945.

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, 1943-1944.

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, 1942-1943.

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, 1941-1942.

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, 1940-1941.

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

Year production reports, 1939-1940.

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, 1938-1939.

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, 1937-1938.

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, 1936-1937.

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, 1935-1936.

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, 1934-1935.

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, 1933-1934.

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

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

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. 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 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

Working file, 1992-1998.

SCA173-GA148-9-130
File
1992-1998

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains material relating to the Centenary Committee's research on creating Kaufman Footwear archives. Includes newsletters, flyers, newspaper clippings, correspondence to and from committee members, memoranda, notes, and articles. Includes 1 photograph.

Kaufman Footwear

Work sheets : pay 22 - pay 26 : October - December, 1975.

SCA173-GA148-4-69
File
1975

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains work sheets with employees names and hours worked for pay periods 22-26, October to Decmeber 1975.

Kaufman Footwear

William H. Kaufman Inc.

SCA173-GA148-20-750
File
[199-]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains copies of a 4 page pamphlet entitled "William H. Kaufman Inc."

Kaufman Footwear

Waterproof clothing : Oily yellow neoprene cape before dry cleaning.

SCA173-GA148-19.9-743
File
[after 1970]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains one negative of an unidentified male wearing a neoprene cape.

Kaufman Footwear

Waterproof and canvas footwear price list, March 25, 1947.

SCA173-GA148-14-342
File
1947

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Waterloo County Grand River Park Ltd : certificate for 50 shares, signed by Homer Watson.

SCA173-GA148-7-94
File
1914

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a certificate for 50 shares of the Waterloo County Grand River Park Ltd company signed by Homer Watson. Includes a note from 1979 that states that the shares have no value because the Waterloo County Grand River Park Ltd company does not exist anymore.

Kaufman Footwear

Vulcanizing department.

SCA173-GA148-19.1-622
File
[192-]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains one photograph of the vulcanizing department "showing one of the steam vulcanizers where rubber footwear is cured under pressure".

Kaufman Footwear

Video Recordings

SCA173-GA148-22
Series
1995-1997

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Series consists of three video recordings documenting the Kaufman Footwear 90th anniversary picnic in 1997, the Oktoberfest Parade in 1997 and the dedication of a mural in 1995.

Kaufman Footwear

Vibram pistons.

SCA173-GA148-12-206
File
1975-1983

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains material relating to the Vibram type sole pistons. Includes memoranda regarding Vibram pistons and lug soles, and Vibram sole production and manufacturing details. Includes correspondence to and from I.E. Weber, information on P-82 steel toe moulds, blueprints of a lug sole engraving, and notes regarding the Vibram sole pistons.

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

Vehicles : car maintenance schedule.

SCA173-GA148-7-93
File
1953-1960

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a car maintenance schedule for a 1950 Desoto blue sedan that was sold by Kaufman Rubber Co. to Stan Graber and was guaranteed for two years.

Kaufman Footwear

Varsity Grads : one of greatest teams of all.

SCA173-GA148-19.4-670
File
1948

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains two modern print copy negatives and one photograph of a newspaper article about the Varsity Grads, Canada's Olympic team from 1928. Caption includes the identification of the players.
Left to right: Charlie Delahey, Rogers Plaxton, Frank Fisher, Ross Taylor, Hugh Plaxton, John (Red) Porter, Dr. Joe Sullivan, Dr. Lou Hudson, Bert Plaxton, and Stuffy Mueller. Also mentioned, but not in the photograph, are Dave Trottier, Frank Sullivan and Grant Gordon.
It is unknown what connection this photograph has to Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited.

Kaufman Footwear

Uttley, Pearl.

SCA173-GA148-19.3-648
File
[199-?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains one photograph of Pearl Uttley.

Kaufman Footwear

U.S. Rubber Co. 1918.

SCA173-GA148-15-585
File
1918

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

U.S. Rubber Co. 1918 catalogue with models of rubber shoes, boots, and overshoes.

Kaufman Footwear

Unidentified individuals receiving vaccinations.

SCA173-GA148-19.3-647
File
[1996?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains snapshots of various unidentified individuals receiving vaccinations of some kind, possibly flu shots?

Kaufman Footwear

Unidentified facility.

SCA173-GA148-19.7-706
File
1991

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains six photographs of an unidentified facility.

Kaufman Footwear

Unclaimed wages.

SCA173-GA148-4-68
File
1930-1964

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains material relating to unclaimed wages. Includes recipts, lists of unclaimed wages returned to the accounting department, memoranda, and employees' statements of earings and deductions.

Kaufman Footwear

Twenty-third annual catalog of Life-Buoy superior quality rubber footwear, 1931-1932.

SCA173-GA148-14-312
File
1931

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Rubber clothing is included at the end of this catalogue.

Kaufman Footwear

Twenty-second annual catalog of Life-Buoy superior quality rubber footwear, 1930-1931.

SCA173-GA148-14-311
File
1930

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Twenty-fourth annual catalog : Kaufman quality rubber footwear, 1933-1934.

SCA173-GA148-14-317
File
1933

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Twenty-first annual catalog of "Life-Buoy" superior quality rubber footwear, 1929-1930.

SCA173-GA148-14-309
File
1929

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Twenty-fifth annual catalog : Kaufman quality rubber footwear, 1934-1935.

SCA173-GA148-14-319
File
1934

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Twentieth annual catalog of "Life-Buoy" superior quality rubber footwear, 1928-1929.

SCA173-GA148-14-307
File
1928

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Twelfth annual catalogue of "Life-Buoy" superior quality rubber footwear, 1920-1921.

SCA173-GA148-14-283
File
1920

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Truckfest programmes.

SCA173-GA148-5-78
File
1992-1994

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains three Truckfest programmes for 1992, 1993, and 1994.

Kaufman Footwear

Truckfest 93 : promotional material.

SCA173-GA148-5-77
File
1993

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains material regarding Kaufman's promotion of their Splashguards at Truckfest 93. Includes product information, product availability, memoranda, pamphlets, a 1993-1994 Splashguard catalogue, and 22 photographs.

Kaufman Footwear

Trade categories and grades.

SCA173-GA300-30
File
1988

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File consists of information on trade categories and grades for various positions at Kaufman Footwear

Kaufman Footwear

Tour of Breithaupt tannery, Hastings, Ont.

SCA173-GA148-19.3-646
File
1965

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains one informal portrait of a group standing outside of a building, in front of Breithaupt Leather trucks, on a tour of the Breithaupt tannery in Hastings, Ontario.

Left to right: unidentified Breithaupt employee, unidentified Breithaupt employee, George Banton, Don Comfort, Raymond Boucher, unidentified, Jim Jolly, unidentified, Marc Seguin, Don Keast, Frank Packard, Leo McNamee, Don Mugford, Mr. Breithaupt (President of Breithaupt Leather), I.E. Weber (Vice President, Manufacturing of Kaufman Footwear Limited).

Kaufman Footwear

Timesheet for Gary Peysar.

SCA173-GA300-29
File
2000

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File consists of one time sheet for Gary Peysar for the year 2000.

Kaufman Footwear

Thirteenth annual catalogue of "Life-Buoy" superior quality rubber footwear, 1921-1922.

SCA173-GA148-14-286
File
1921

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

The Sorel Laurentian collection, 1996.

SCA173-GA148-14-539
File
1996

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

The shoemaking department, showing a section where light rubbers are lasted.

SCA173-GA148-19.1-620
File
[192-]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains one photograph of the shoemaking department.

Kaufman Footwear

The shoemaking department.

SCA173-GA148-19.1-621
File
[192-]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains one photograph of the shoemaking department, with "a corner of the boot lasting section with boots under construction".

Kaufman Footwear

The rubber footwear industry.

SCA173-GA148-8-126
File
[198-?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains a short history of the rubber footwear industry by Kaufman Footwear.

Kaufman Footwear

The rubber footwear industry.

SCA173-GA300-25
File
[19--]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File consists of one (typed, 11 pp.) history of the rubber industry and rubber manufacturing at Kaufman. Prepared by C.W. Fowler and W.H. Bechtel.

Kaufman Footwear

The Kaufman Rubber Company Limited : Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

SCA173-GA148-20-748
File
[192-]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains 3 Kaufman Rubber Company booklets providing information about the company. 2 booklets are from box 16. One booklet has a leather cover, 2 have paper covers.

Kaufman Footwear

The Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited : The new "Life-Buoy" lines ... [price list].

SCA173-GA148-14-298
File
[1924?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains one advertisement card with prices for the new Life-Buoy lines, named Whiterock, Tanrock, Durban. "Whiterock" appears in the catalogue for the first time in 1924-1925.

Kaufman Footwear

The Kaufman Rubber Co. Ltd., Berlin, Ontario : pay book, January 1909 to March 31st 1910.

SCA173-GA148-4-61
File
1909-1910

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains employees names, hours, rate of pay, and amount paid.

Kaufman Footwear

The Kaufman Rubber Co. Ltd., Berlin, Ontario : pay book, April 1st 1911 to March 31st 1912.

SCA173-GA148-4-63
File
1911-1912

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains employees names, rate of pay, hours worked and amount paid.

Kaufman Footwear

The Kaufman Rubber Co. Ltd, Berlin, Ontario : pay book, April 1910 to March 31st 1911, 1 year.

SCA173-GA148-4-62
File
1910-1911

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains employees names, hours worked, rate of pay and addresses.

Kaufman Footwear

The Kaufman Rubber Co. Ltd. : cheque book, January 1922-.

SCA173-GA148-4-65
File
1922-1930

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains lists of employees and cheque numbers and cheque amounts.

Kaufman Footwear

The Independent Rubber Co., Limited, Merritton Ontario : High-grade Speed King outing shoes, 1922.

SCA173-GA148-15-580
File
1922

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

The home of "Life-Buoy" rubber footwear : there is no substitute for Life-Buoys, ask for them by name.

SCA173-GA148-14-303
File
1926

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

The home of Life-Buoy rubber footwear : there is no substitute for Life-Buoys, ask for them by name.

SCA173-GA148-14-297
File
[1923 or 1924?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

One flyer, direct mail advertising, announcing new pressure cure process.

Kaufman Footwear

The Footprint.

SCA173-GA148-20-745
File
1987-1995

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains material assembled for possible inclusion in the employee newsletter, The Footprint. Includes letter from the Canadian Olympic Association regarding Kaufman's sponsorship of the Canadian Olympic Team at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer. Also includes photocopied articles and notes.

Kaufman Footwear

The Footprint.

SCA173-GA148-20-746
File
1992-1998

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

6 issues of the Kaufman Footwear newsletter, The Footprint: Fall 1992, Summer 1996, Fall 1996, Winter 96/97, Winter 97/98, Spring 1998. Includes a list of all issues and summary of contents.

Kaufman Footwear

The boss.

SCA173-GA300-2
File
[19--]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File consists of one joke about the creation of the boss.

Kaufman Footwear

The black art of rubber compounding.

SCA173-GA148-20-744
File
1930-1933

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains "The black art of rubber compounding" chat numbers 18-23. 2 copies of chat number 22.

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

Tenth annual catalogue of "Life-Buoy" brand superior quality rubber footwear, 1918-1919.