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Kaufman Family collection. Kaufman, William Hutton
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William Hutton Kaufman files.

Materials related to William Hutton Kaufman (A. R. and Jean Kaufman’s son). Includes birth certificate, certificates and photographs from the Royal Canadian Air Force, certificates and photographs from the Delta Upsilon Fraternity and the University College Men's Residence, marriage certificate between William Hutton Kaufman and Sara Kathleen Hall, materials related to the Kitchener-Waterloo Gyro Club (pamphlets with information, constitution, and certification of induction of William Hutton Kaufman to the club), and two reproductions of photographs of Kaufman in his later years.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Scrapbook.

Leather-bound scrapbook with mementos of the Kaufman family history. Scrapbook is organized into two sections. First section is titled “Grandmother Kaufman’s favourite poems from Helen, Bill, and Jean Xmas 1935” and includes poems either received by Mary Eidt Kaufman or copied by her grandchildren Helen Mary, William Hutton, and Sally Jean in her honour (some poems are written in German). Second section is titled “Clippings & poems Jean and Alvin” and includes correspondence, ephemera, postcards, poems, newspaper clippings, and an invitation to A. R. and Jean Kaufman wedding.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Interviews : Kaufman, William H and Irvin E. Weber.

Contains material relating to interviews done by Frances Hoffman with W. Kaufman and Irvin E. Weber, separately and together. Includes correspondence with Frances Hoffman, drafts, notes, transcripts and a release form signed by Weber.

Kaufman Footwear

Golden wedding anniversary.

Materials related to the 50th wedding anniversary of A. R. and Jean Kaufman celebrated on August 12, 1961. Includes photographs of the couple printed on paper and a photograph of the couple with their three children, a printing plate for the invitations with a printed envelope, and a wedding anniversary guest book used to record guests and printed by Hutchings & Patrick Limited (Ottawa, Canada). On the second page of the guest book, there is a metal medal pasted that reads “50th / Kaufman’s ‘61’.”

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Family photographs.

Family photographs of the Kaufman family with envelope and notes. Includes photographs of A. R. and Jean Kaufman and their children in different attitudes (with animals, cars, and posing in front of different buildings) and locations (including Port Elgin, Algonquin Park, Highland Inn - Moonlights, Rochester House and gardens, Grand River, and Cressman Woods). Also contains a poem written by Sally Jean Kaufman at the age of 9 (1926).

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Family photographs.

Photographs of the Kaufman family with the preeminence of A. R. Kaufman, his childhood, youth, and early marriage years. Includes photographs of A. R. Kaufman and members of his family in different attitudes and locations, including studio portraits, family photographs, and A. R.'s participation in different clubs and societies.
Photographs are identified or identifiable as:

  • Image of children visiting the police department (ca. late 1800s),
  • Two studio photographs of A. R. Kaufman in his youth (ca. early 1900s),
  • Studio photograph of an unidentified bride (possibly Jean Kaufman) (ca. 1910s),
  • Studio photograph of Jacob's and Mary Eidt Ratz Kaufman's family, including their four children (September 1912),
  • Photograph of possibly Mary Eidt Ratz Kaufman, taken by Panabaker Home Portraits (early 1900s),
  • Photograph of A. R. and Jean Kaufman with two of their children and one of the grandmothers (early 1900s),
  • Reproduction of the wedding picture from Edna Louise Kaufman and Albert William Augustine (1918),
  • Reproduction of photograph of the King Edward School class of 1933, taken by Denton Studio (1933),
  • Two photographs of young women identified as Geneva and Mary Hayward, but who are possibly Helen Mary and Sally Jean Kaufman (early 1900s),
  • Photograph of Jean Kaufman with Mrs. Taye Shidachi Kiachi, Mrs. Jsuji (?), Miss Cruikshank, and Mac Livett (?) (May 1930),
  • Studio photograph of the Kaufman family showing Mary Eidt Ratz Kaufman, Emma Kaufman, A. R. Kaufman and his family, and Milton Kaufman and his family (first half of 20th Century),
  • Studio photograph of an unidentified woman (possibly Jean Kaufman) (first half of 20th Century),
  • Studio photograph of an unidentified woman (possibly Edna Louise Augustine) (first half of 20th Century),
  • Studio photograph of A. R. Kaufman, taken by Ashley & Crippen Photographs (first half of 20th Century),
  • Coloured drawing of "Beechome," A. R. Kaufman's summer cottage built on the banks of the Grand River (ca. 1916),
  • Photograph of Beechome (Christmas 1950).

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)