- SCA173-GA148-19.7-706
- File
- 1991
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains six photographs of an unidentified facility.
Kaufman Footwear
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Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains six photographs of an unidentified facility.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains 206 photographs of various footwear making processes, corresponding to written standard practice numbers. Some photographs are missing, and some were never pasted into the binder.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice : new Showertog oven construction.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains three negatives of the construction of the Showertog oven. Includes two unidentified males.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports : glove making negatives.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains nine negatives depicting the process of glove making. Includes one unidentified male.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports : rubber clothing department.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains four negatives depicting the rubber clothing department with unidentified women at work.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains three negatives and nineteen photographs of the Showertog making process. Includes unidentified employees performing these tasks. Also includes captions on each photograph describing the step in the process.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains photographs regarding written standard practice numbers P-2-34 to P-2-39 and M-6-4 to M-6-6. Showertog operating equipment and accessories represented in the photographs include mold carts, oven carts, a cooling fan, flame reinforcing units, a heel seat unit, oven control panel, fan mount and drive, and a frame hood.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports : prints and negatives regarding plating.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains one negative and photograph of what is identified on the envelope as a rectifier, rheostat and tank and are associated with report P-3.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains fourteen negative and one photograph of the production of Snowbelle boots. Includes machinery and women at work on various stages of the boot. Identified on an accompanying card as related to report number P-5.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains original negatives and a number of cut up photographs taped together to make a panorama of a machine or production line.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains three negatives of machinery and processes, most likely for a written standard practice report. Includes one unidentified man at work.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains twenty negatives and eleven photographs of the rubber boot making process, machinery and facilities.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains one photograph of a display booth at a trade fair.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains two colour snapshots of a display booth at a trade fair?
Kaufman Footwear
Historical display : footwear.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains one photograph of an historical display of Kaufman footwear through the years.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains one photograph of an historical display taken for the centenary file.
Kaufman Footwear
Plaisted Expedition photographs.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains photographs of the Plaisted Expedition, including a portrait of Ralph Plaisted.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Oral history interviews recorded for the Centenary Committee.
Kaufman Footwear
Employee interviews, tape 5 : Walter Cook, John Beder.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Oral history interviews recorded for the Centenary Committee.
Kaufman Footwear
Employee interviews, tape 7 : Pearl Uttley, Lloyd Koehler, Alex Erdman, Evelyn Habel.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Oral history interviews recorded for the Centenary Committee.
Kaufman Footwear
Employee interviews, tape 12 : Dorothy Henrich, Bill Plompski, Carl Schlote, Dorothy Ludolph.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Oral history interviews recorded for the Centenary Committee.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Oral history interviews recorded for the Centenary Committee.
Kaufman Footwear
Employee interviews, tape 18 : Joe Bodi, Gordie Good, Joe Dymtryshn.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Oral history interviews recorded for the Centenary Committee.
Kaufman Footwear
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
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.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
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.
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 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 spiral bound publicity package containing sample advertisements for 1975.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Footwear co-operative advertising kit.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Advertising kit with sample advertisements.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains an advertising portfolio in French for Kingtread boots. Includes advertisement copies and a letter to the retailer.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Footwear Limited : advertising campaigns.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains advertising campaigns for Oomphies, Foamtreads, Snowbelles, and the Export.
Kaufman Footwear
Strike, 1960 : University of Western Ontario case study.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the 1960 strike as prepared for a University of Western Ontario business case study. Includes background on the Kaufman strike, copies of correspondence and memoranda relating to the strike, and photocopied newspaper clippings.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of material relating to the administration of personnel, primarily salary information. Contains paybooks from 1909 to 1912, cheque information, unclaimed wage information and pay worksheets.
Kaufman Footwear
The Kaufman Rubber Co. Ltd, Berlin, Ontario : pay book.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains employees names, hours worked, rate of pay and addresses.
Kaufman Footwear
The Kaufman Rubber Co. Ltd., Berlin, Ontario : pay book.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains employees names, rate of pay, hours worked and amount paid.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains information regarding employees salaries. Includes a list of employee earnings at rates in excess of $2,500 per year.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains three Truckfest programmes for 1992, 1993, and 1994.
Kaufman Footwear
Dushore plant, Dushore Pennsylvania (file 1 of 2).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the Kaufman Dushore plant, in Dushore Pennsylvania. Includes press releases regarding closure of the plant, newspaper articles and clippings, meeting agendas, business cards, printed emails and facsimiles, memoranda, correspondence, employee information including wage and salary information, cost analysis, building lease information, invoices, and bills.
Kaufman Footwear
Dushore plant, Dushore Pennsylvania (file 2 of 2).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the Kaufman Dushore plant in Dushore Pennsylvania. Includes phone numbers, wage information, employee policies, memoranda, maps of Pennsylvania, bills and invoices, correspondence, job descriptions, insurance policy paperwork, building lease information, and copies of facsimiles.
Kaufman Footwear
Sherbrooke, Québec plant : Oomphies shoes.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the Sherbrooke, Québec plant. Includes correspondence, advertisements, memoranda, and product review.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains the Kaufman Rubber (Ontario) Limited Group Hospital and Surgical Insurance Plan.
Kaufman Footwear
Waterloo County Grand River Park Ltd : certificate for 50 shares, signed by Homer Watson.
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
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains a memo. Notice about the 1984 Kaufman Christmas party.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains newspaper clippings (some photocopies) re 50th anniversary or the company, Kaufman history, also appointments of Kaufman employees.
Kaufman Footwear
Employees : photographs received.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains 4 photographs, two of an employee recognition event, one of a truck, and one of a social event. Includes identification of one photo as belonging to Harry Johnston.
Kaufman Footwear
Historical information : flow sheet.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains a flow chart for rubber goods manufacturing preparation.
Kaufman Footwear
Historical information : standard scale of last measurements.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains a one-sheet description of the standard scale of the last measurements.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman, A.R. : biographical information received from S. Bellingham.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains three articles on A.R. Kaufman's role regarding birth control sent by Susan Bellingham to Mr. Wilfrid X. Toole.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Footwear Building : history and heritage designation.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the history of the Kaufman building on King Street. Includes newspaper clippings about the building, and about its designation under the Ontario Heritage Act. Includes invitations to a ceremony in honour of this designation, and a magazine article about the architect, Albert Khan. Includes 1 photograph of a painting of the Kaufman building.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
One copy of a descriptive booklet "The Kaufman Rubber Company", containing photographs of the factory and descriptions of work carried out. Also contains a publication about the history of the Kaufman Footwear company titled "William H. Kaufman Inc".
Kaufman Footwear
Rubber conference, Berlin, Ont., 1916.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains The Shoe and Leather Journal for 1916, with a photocopy of the article on a conference held in Berlin and hosted by Kaufman Rubber Co.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the Centenary Committee's research on archives and conservation. Includes correspondence to and from committee members, memoranda, newsletters, conservation publications, and newspaper clippings.
Kaufman Footwear
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
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
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
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
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 : 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-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. 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. 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. 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. 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-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. 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
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, 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
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
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
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
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.
File belonging to Brent I. Weber. Contains clippings and photocopies of business related articles to be read by Kaufman staff.
Kaufman Footwear
Business articles and magazines (file 2 of 6).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
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
Point-of-purchase mounted advertisements : Foamtreads.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Point-of-purchase mounted advertisements : Packards.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Point-of-purchase mounted advertisements : Sorels.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Sorel : Snowboard boots : EXO Sorel.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Net price list : Life-Buoy outing shoes : December 15th, 1916.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Net price list of superior quality Life-Buoy rubber footwear : in effect January 5th, 1917.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Life-Buoy rubber footwear : October first, Nineteen Eighteen [price list].
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear