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Factory memo binder (file 1 of 2).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Binder labelled "I. Weber". Contains Kaufman footwear office memos relating to various factory and office issues including information on floor plans, parts, machinery, materials and other issues, arranged alphabetically by topic.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the Desma 721-12 station rotary automatic bottoming machine for the direct injection of one-colour soles from thermoplastic materials to shoe uppers. Includes ordering information, payments, shipping, discussions about use of machinery, memoranda regarding production and machinery, newspaper clipping on machine, and correspondence to I.E. Weber.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Binder belonging to I.E. Weber, Vice-President, Manufacturing. Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound. These are all initialled "W.H.B." (W.H. Bechtel, Laboratory).
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Binder belonging to I.E. Weber, Vice-President, Manufacturing. Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound. These are all initialled "W.H.B." (W.H. Bechtel, Laboratory).
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Binder belonging to I.E. Weber, Vice-President, Manufacturing. Contains compound sheets with a list of the materials used for the compound and the total cost of the compound. These are all initialled "W.H.B." (W.H. Bechtel, Laboratory).
Kaufman Footwear
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. Originally in a binder belonging to I. Weber. Pages not initialled.
Kaufman Footwear
Compound sheets and notes from J.C.H.
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. Includes notes by J.C. Howard. Originally in a binder labelled "I. Weber".
Kaufman Footwear
Bottom : TPR : vinaflex : Galaxy.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the bottom of the men's TPR, and Galaxy shoes. Includes correspondence to and from I.E. Weber, memoranda regarding the Galaxy and TPR bottoms, production and manufacturing details, sizing information, invoices, notes, drawings of moulds, advertisement clippings, Maple Leaf Shoe catalogue, and 3 photographs.
Kaufman Footwear
Operations : Vice-President Manufacturing : Irvin E. Weber
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Material relating to the factory and its manufacturing operations, belonging to Irvin E. Weber. According to secondary sources, Irvin E. Weber joined Kaufman in 1945. His father, Irvin K. Weber, had worked at Kaufman for 52 years, starting in 1909. Some of the material in this series belonged to Irvin K. Weber and subsequently to his son Irvin E. Weber. Includes much material, such as the compound sheets, that would have originated in the Laboratory, but concerned with ingredients and costs rather than formulae and mixing. Includes correspondence, ephemera, invoices, notes, memoranda, and clippings.
Kaufman Footwear
Production control, Brent Weber.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains the master production plan for 1993. Includes production forecasts for Foamtread Casuals; Desmas; loose felt pacs; waterproof footwear; waterproof industrial footwear; Mudwalkers; Sorels; Batavia Sorels; TPR Sorels; Autoclave Sorels; UTI/TR Sorels; PVC Sorels; Jiffys; waterproof clothing; Kingtreads; Foamtread slippers; Sorel cement sport boots; Sorel Ultra injection boots; loose insoles; Defroster cements; Black Diamond steel toed boots; Sorel Laurentians; and the shipping program.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Brent I. Weber's file.
Kaufman Footwear
Business articles and magazines (file 6 of 6).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Business articles and magazines (file 5 of 6).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Business articles and magazines (file 4 of 6).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Business articles and magazines (file 3 of 6).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Business articles and magazines (file 2 of 6).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Business articles and periodicals (file 1 of 6).
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
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
Operations : Vice-President, Manufacturing : Brent I. Weber
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
Written standard practice no. P-6 : Showertog production.
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
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
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.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains parts lists and blueprints of drawings of machinery and parts lists for the automatic mould aligner.
Kaufman Footwear
Testing and analysis of rubber procedures.
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
Ro-Search confidential rubber compounds.
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
Regular O[pen] H[eat] compounds, #1-79.
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
Pleating of pockets into vinyl shoes by means of heat.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains instructions for pleating of pockets into vinyl shoes with illustrations.
Kaufman Footwear
Plastisol formula specification sheets.
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
Obsolete foam tread compound binder.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
K-R Ro-Search : written standard practice no. VA-1 : footwear varnish.
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
K.R. Ro-Search : written standard practice no. V-1.
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. V-1.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Written standard practice for vinyl compounding materials.
Kaufman Footwear
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. R-4 : the use of GR-S in rubber footwear.
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-3 : N.B.S. abrasion.
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-2 : William's plasticity.
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. P-6 : supplement B.
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. P-6 : supplement A.
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-5 : Snowbelle shell production and preparation.
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-5.
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-3 : electroforming of copper moulds.
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-3.
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-2.
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-1 : plastic coated fabric gloves.
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-1.
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. M-6 : electric circulating air oven.
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. M-5 : boot conveyors.
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-4 : footwear vulcanizers etc.
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-2 : footwear outsole press.
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.
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
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
K.R. Ro-Search report #47 (revised) : neoprene footwear.
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
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 #45 : equipment requirements : 1,000,000 pairs of footwear/year.
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 #39 : examination of hamgaper compounds.
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 #37 : transparent upper for boots.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains general compounding conclusions and remarks from development work on transparent gum upper for Bergougnan.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
K-R Ro-Search report #34 : material and times : women's Welland.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Note on folder: "material consumption and working times for women's welland boot size 6."
Kaufman Footwear
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
Duplicate compounds : open heat, steam (file 2 of 2).
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 1 of 2).
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
Compounds 200-220 : I.K. Weber.
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
Compound sheets, #200-1 to #240-6 (file 2 of 2).
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 1 of 2).
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
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
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
Air pres[sure cures], 116-[180] (file 1 of 2).
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).
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
Operations : Factory, Laboratory
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
Smith Transport Ltd. : system map.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains sales lists of various lines of shoes with totals. Binder belonging to C.D.P.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains purchase orders from Kaufman to Ontario Die Co. and Levene Die Co.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains memoranda, mainly from I.K. Weber, regarding sales, and pricing of Kaufman products.
Kaufman Footwear
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
Kaufman Kingtreads : sample guide.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Memorandum to United Co-operatives of Ontario.
Kaufman Footwear
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains correspondence to and from G.R. Good.
Kaufman Footwear
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
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
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