Employee interviews, tape 21 : Dalton White, Jean Kabasco, Bud Bechtel.
- SCA173-GA148-21-771
- File
- 1993
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Oral history interviews recorded for the Centenary Committee.
Kaufman Footwear
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Employee interviews, tape 21 : Dalton White, Jean Kabasco, Bud Bechtel.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Oral history interviews recorded for the Centenary Committee.
Kaufman Footwear
Employee interviews : accompanying material.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the employee interviews for the Centenary Committee. Includes summaries of the interviews, a chronology of Kaufman Footwear, interview questions.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Footwear : 90th Anniversary Picnic, July 6, 1997.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of architectural drawings and plans for the Kitchener Plant of Kaufman Footwear, created between 1920 and 1996. Includes work by Albert Kahn, Barnett & Rieder and the Walter Fedy Partnership. Includes blueprints blackprints and blueline prints.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Drawings dated 1995-06-08, scale differs:
Sheet SK 1: Second floor, scheme A.
Sheet SK 2: Second floor, scheme B.
Sheet SK 3: Third floor.
Sheet SK 4: Second floor (with atrium).
Sheet SK 5: Third floor (with atrium).
Sheet SK 6: Desk layouts.
Sheet SK 7: Interior elevations.
Kaufman Footwear
Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital awards.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Material relating to awards received by W.H. Kaufman for his work for the K-W Hospital. Includes a clipping and ephemera about the the 25-year service award : "He helps keep hospital healthy," K-W Record, May 21, 1980, port. Includes a letter from Rev. Dr. Henry Opperman concerning this award, and concerning W.H. Kaufman's resignation from Health Council, dated My 22, 1980. Includes ephemera from the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital 1990 Long Service Award event which includes a mention of a tribute to William H. Kaufman.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of a small amount of material belonging to William Kaufman, relating to Kaufman Furniture Ltd. in Collingwood, Ont. and Kaufman Footwear in Kitchener, Ont. Includes biographical and topical information, agreements, clippings, correspondence, drafts, notes, reports, etc. Arranged alphabetically.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Company dinner, Dec. 16, 1985 : notes and newspaper clippings.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
W.H. Kaufman's file. Contains typed notes for remarks at a company dinner as well as a clipping reporting on new management structure at Kaufman Footwear.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Kaufman, William H. : correspondence.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Correspondence to W.H. Kaufman, including cards, clipping, one typed note, colour photocopy of a photograph.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of three portraits of William H. Kaufman, one with his father A.R. Kaufman.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Kaufman, A.R. and William H. Kaufman.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Waterloo County Health Council, 1977, Jan. to July,
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
W.H. Kaufman's file relating to his work as Chair of the Waterloo County Health Council. Includes correspondence, handwritten notes, memoranda and minutes.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Waterloo County Health Council, 1977, July to Dec.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
W.H. Kaufman's file relating to his work as Chair of the Waterloo County Health Council. Includes correspondence, handwritten notes, memoranda and minutes.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Waterloo Region Steering Committee, 1975.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
W.H. Kaufman's file relating to his work as a member of the Health and Social Planning Steering Committee of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, 1975. Includes committee correspondence, ephemera, memoranda and minutes, proceedings of the Waterloo Region Health and Social Planning Conference, Nov. 22, 1975, information on the selection process for membership on the District Health Council and Social Resources Council.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of William H. Kaufman's files relating to his work with the YMCA, local and international. Includes clippings, correspondence, agendas, minutes, reports, etc. Arranged alphabetically.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
One letter dated May 19, 1982 from Reuben Baetz, Minister of Tourism and Recreation, to W.H. Kaufman in his position as Honorary President of the Kitchener-Waterloo YMCA, congratulating him on the offical opening of the A.R. Kaufman family. Includes portfolio and news story relating to the opening.
Kaufman, William Hutton
YMCA of Kitchener-Waterloo : Environmental Learning Centre.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Material relating to W.H. Kaufman's work as a member of the K-W YMCA Environmental Learning Centre Steering Committee in 1993. Contains published material about "advanced houses".
Kaufman, William Hutton
William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation, 1998.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
GST rebate application, 1998 receipts, 1998 disbursements, 1998 bank statements, 1998 receipts and acknowledgements.
Kaufman, William Hutton
William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation : grant contracts.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman, William Hutton
William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation : year end work papers, 1996-1999
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman, William Hutton
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Fonds consists of material relating to the personal life and interests of A.R. Kaufman, as well as information about his parents and family, preserved by him. The fonds contains biographical information such as clippings, interviews and awards, scrapbooks maintained by A.R. Kaufman relating to birth control, photographs, and autobiographical accounts by A.R. Kaufman of trips taken to England and France in 1929, around the world in 1958, and to Russia in 1963. It also includes material about Jacob and Mary Kaufman in the form of clippings, biographical accounts written by A.R. Kaufman, correspondence and other material relating to their estates and photographs.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, A.R. : biographical : articles.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
One article: "The eccentric world of Alvin Ratz Kaufman" by Herc Munro from Executive (April 1962): 32-35. Includes overview of anti-union actions and Kaufman's contributions to the birth control movement.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, A.R. : biographical : Canadian Who's Who.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Consists of the Canadian Who's Who entries for A.R. Kaufman, and includes the text of one entry accompanied by a portrait by Ashley & Crippen.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, A.R. : birth certificate.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Photocopy of a "Registration of a Birth" document issued Apr. 28, 1920 for A.R. Kaufman by the Registrar General of Ontario.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, A.R. : interview for broadcast on CKCO TV, Jan. 18, 1965.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Typescript transcript (carbon) of an interview broadcast on CKCO TV, Jan. 18, 1965 regarding Kaufman being named citizen of the year.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Consists of photocopies of newspaper obituaries reporting the death of A.R. Kaufman Feb. 1, 1979.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, A.R. : Personal Files
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of fragmentary files maintained by A.R Kaufman relating to his personal life and interests. Includes an address book, correspondence, records of awards and honours received, and a report written by him as outgoing president of the YMCA ca. 1921 summarizing two years of re-organization. Arranged alphabetically.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, A.R. : Kitchener-Waterloo and Suburban Planning Board.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Consists of a letter of appreciation from the Board to A.R. Kaufman on the occasion of the dissolution of the Board. The official seal of the Board was used for the last time on this letter.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Two copies of the same portrait, each accompanied by a letter.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, A.R. : Scrapbooks : Birth Control
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Includes Mr. Kaufman's personal scrapbooks he maintained relating to birth control in general, to the Parents' Information Bureau, and to the trial of Dorothea Palmer. Also includes two scrapbooks relating to the Toronto Birth Control Clinic.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
One typescript (26 leaves, original) pastiche of pasted-in illustrations and typewritten text on the subject of birth control. Illustrations are largely from published illustrations by Attilio Mussino of Pinocchio, but illustrations from other sources are also present.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Scrapbook: "Toronto" and "Statistics".
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
One scrapbook belonging to A.R. Kaufman, containing clippings relating to birth control, primarily from Toronto newspapers. Includes clippings relating to birth control, birth control clinics, and eugenics. Also includes coverage of the launching of the Maternal Welfare League of Toronto and of two guests, Margaret Sanger and Edith How-Martyn. Includes manuscript and typescript annotations.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of autobiographical accounts by A.R. Kaufman of trips taken to England and France in 1929, around the world in 1958, and to Russia in 1963. A.R.K.'s trip accounts contain many personal observations on the economy, architecture, living conditions and way of life in the countries visited.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman Family : biographical : clippings.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Full page clipping from The Waterloo Chronicle 80th Anniversary and Historical Edition, Dec. 1936, containing three biographical pieces: "History of Mr. Jacob Kaufman," "History of Mrs. Mary Kaufman," and Report on birth control activities and procedure," by A.R. Kaufman.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, Jacob and A.R. : biographical.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Includes a biographical piece: Ronnenberg, Ernie, "Jacob and A.R. Kaufman started footwear plant in 1907," Kitchener-Waterloo record, Sept. 18, 1976, p. 7.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, Jacob : biographical : clippings.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains clippings relating to Jacob Kaufman and the history of the rubber industry in Kitchener.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, Jacob : estate : memorandum re succession duty, 1939.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Consists of correspondence and memoranda from F.W. Wegenast to A.R. Kaufman.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Two pamphlets, each with title The Ratz family : a brief record published in 1914 and 1929 respectively, on the occasion of the Ratz family reunion. Included is a ribbon for the third reunion held July 20, 1929 in Waterloo Park.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman family : 2013 accrual.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by the Kaufman family, including materials created during their personal and professional lives and by Kaufman Rubber and Footwear. Includes photographs, materials relating to the William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation, personal records, Kaufman Rubber and Kaufman Footwear records and ephemera, and three scrapbooks relating to birth control in Canada.
Kaufman Family
Kaufman, William H. : curriculum vitae.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one CV for William H. Kaufman.
Kaufman Family
Scrapbook : birth control notes.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one scrapbook, possibly kept by Helen Mary Kaufman. The scrapbook includes images with typed captions relating to the Dorothea Palmer birth control trial.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one scrapbook, possibly kept by Helen Mary Kaufman. The scrapbook includes images with typed captions relating to the birth control debate in Canada.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of materials relating to the Hospice of Waterloo Region. The William H. Kaufman Resource Centre in the hospice was funded by the William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of rejected and accepted proposals submitted to the William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of rejected and accepted proposals submitted to the William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation.
Kaufman Family
IODE baby think it over project.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of materials relating to the IODE "Baby Think it Over" project. This project involves giving "real doll" babies to high school students to help them learn parenting skills. The program was partially funded by the William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of the 2001 IODE Centennial Award, awarded to the William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation.
Kaufman Family
History of the rubber business in Kitchener.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one typed document (original, 1 p.) titled "History of the Rubber Business in Kitchener." The document gives a brief history of the rubber industry including Kaufman Rubber and Dominion.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one catalogue for Kaufman footwear.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one catalogue for Kaufman Footwear. Note that some entries have been annotated and some have been removed.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one catalogue for Kaufman footwear.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one catalogue for Kaufman footwear.
Kaufman Family
Kaufman footwear in stock catalogue.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one in stock catalogue for Kaufman footwear.
Kaufman Family
Kaufman footwear in stock catalogue.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one in stock catalogue for Kaufman footwear.
Kaufman Family
Kaufman footwear in stock catalogue.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one in stock catalogue for Kaufman Footwear.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one price list for Kaufman Footwear.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one price list for Kaufman Footwear (French edition).
Kaufman Family
Kaufman Life-Buoy footwear catalogue.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one catalogue for Kaufman Life-Buoy footwear.
Kaufman Family
Kaufman Life-Buoy outing shoes price list.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one price list for Kaufman Life-Buoy outing shoes.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one catalogue for Sorel Footwear.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one catalogue for Sorel boots.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one catalogue for Sorel boots.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one catalogue for Sorel Footwear.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of photographs created and accumulated primarily by Kaufman Rubber and Kaufman Footwear. Includes images of buildings, employees, and of an aircraft manufacturer.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
A photograph of the staff of the Kaufman Rubber Company, including Joseph M. Snyder and A.R. Kaufman.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one photograph of William H. Kaufman receiving a certificate from the YMCA.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of documentation prepared for the Department of Co-ordination and Placement at the University of Waterloo by Jack Frost on calender roll grinding.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of documentation on the DESMA injection molding unit prepared by Gary Peysar.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of diagrams for various machinery at Kaufman Footwear.
Kaufman Footwear
Maintenance report : Glasgow boilers.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of a maintenance report on heating boilers at the Glasgow
Kaufman Footwear
Memorandum regarding working conditions for Christmas shutdown.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of a memorandum prepared by Gary Peysar regarding the maintenance working conditions during the Christmas shutdown.
Kaufman Footwear
Minutes for joint health and safety committee plant 2.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of minutes for the September 30, 1999 joint health and safety committee.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of photographs of employees and events at Kaufman Footwear Includes four images of Gary Peysar, and one of employees at a retirement party ca. 1960:
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of salary information for positions at Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one time sheet for Gary Peysar for the year 2000.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of information on trade categories and grades for various positions at Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Envelope and two studio photographs of children. One of the photographs shows A. R. Kaufman as a baby and the other shows A. R. and Emma Kaufman as infants and was taken by C. Schneuker.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
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:
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Photograph of a group of 28 children with one adult by a body of water. Children are arranged in four rows either seating down, kneeling, or standing. Adult is in standing in the back row. According to annotations, one of the children standing is A. R. Kaufman. Also in photo are Ella Cook (second from left), Emma Kaufman and Martha Rieder (fourth and fifth from left).
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
By-laws of Grand River Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons No. 151 (1914) and a cheque for initiation written by Kaufman for $35.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
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)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Materials related to A. R. Kaufman’s passing. Includes newspaper clippings with obituaries and articles about him, and a funeral guest book. The guest book lists the pallbearers as: Wilfred X. Toole, Irvin E. Weber, Gerald Marr, Carl Schlote, C. D. Pequegnat and Harold Current.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman Rubber Company and professional affiliations.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Materials related to A. R. Kaufman's professional life. Includes materials related to the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA), the Kitchener Young Men Club (KYMC), and the Parents' Information Bureau mainly. Also contains photographs related to Kaufman Rubber Company, machine loads computer charts, and plans for Dominion Rubber Company stores.
Also includes some photographs related to Jean Kaufman's professional affiliations, possibly the Young Women Christian Association (YWCA).
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Professional life photographs.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Photographs of A. R. and Jean Kaufman's professional life, including Kaufman Rubber Company and other professional affiliations. Photographs are identified or identifiable as:
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Parents' Information Bureau rimes.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Materials possibly related to the Parents' Information Bureau. Includes a poem titled "#61: Simon was a simple soul" covering matters of birth control among people with low monetary means, and antiquated humorous pieces collected by A. R. Kaufman one of them referencing the birth control poem.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Brent I. Weber's file.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the Men's I-45 loafer. Includes information on the factory outlet manager's wages, a development schedule for various styles of shoes, sales distribution statistics for men's leather casuals, memoranda regarding cost, production and manufacturing of the I-45 moulds, and injection footwear.
Kaufman Footwear
Miscellaneous compounds : I.E. Weber (file 2 of 2).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains mechanical compound and mixing sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound. Originally in a binder belonging to I.E. Weber, Vice-President Manufacturing. Each page is initialled "W.H.B." (William H. Bechtel).
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains information regarding the P-81 DESMA presses and moulds. Includes memoranda regarding DESMA Industrial Machines, machine details, wear testing, and pricing. Includes correspondence to and from I.E. Weber, purchase orders, invoices, machine order and warranty information, mould drawings, advertisement clippings, notes, sizing information, insole patterns, and information on an application for the Ontario Economic Development Fund.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to P-82 moulds. Includes memoranda regarding moulds, invoices for moulds, purchase orders for moulds, and correspondence to and from I.E. Weber regarding the purchase of the moulds.
Kaufman Footwear
Piece work rates (file 1 of 2).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains piece work prices for: cutting leather; gloves; lay and cement; stripping; general shoes; shoe room; boot room; foamtread; sewing room; and the quarter room. Originally in a binder belonging to I.E. Weber, Vice-President Manufacturing.
Kaufman Footwear
Advertisements : French advertisements for 1979.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains seven single-page French advertisements for publication in magazines. Includes advertisements for Oomphies, the Real Thing, Badlanders, Packards, Foamtreads, and Sorels.
Kaufman Footwear
Aqualite : Announcing Aqualite waterproof clothing by Kaufman.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Defrosters by Kaufman : color your winter warm.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
One page advertisements.
Kaufman Footwear
Defrosters : Leather Defrosters.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains single-page advertisements for publication in magazines.
Kaufman Footwear
Packard by Kaufman : give her our best this Christmas.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear