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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 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
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. 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
Super quality rubber footwear, 1955-1956.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
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
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains instructions for handling, spreading and calendar coating of nets or knitted fabrics, by W.H. Bechtel.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Footwear : machine shop : Mike Mueller making plastic moulds.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains two modern print copy negatives and one modern reproduction photograph of Mike Mueller at work in the Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited factory.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Foamtreads : Canada's finest house shoes.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports : Showertog making conveyor.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains eight photographs and negatives of what is identified on the envelope as the "Showertog making conveyor (automatic dumping)". Also identified are a flame thrower activator and another piece of equipment that is identified as "large" but the rest of the description is not ledgible.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Rubber Co. Ltd, Kitchener, Ont. : plot plan / Barnett & Rieder, Architects.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contents:
Sheet 1: Plot plan, Nov. 1956, scale 1" to 40' (7 copies).
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
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
Super quality industrial rubber clothing, footwear and gloves : price list : June 1, 1956.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Super quality waterproof footwear and Foamtread house shoes, 1956-1957.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Chaussures imperméables et Foamtread souliers de maison, 1956-1957.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
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 announcements, memoranda, news releases, correspondence, and notes regarding events at Kaufman Footwear. Includes a memorandum to employees on the change of the name in 1964.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains a newspaper clipping of an article about the 50th anniversary of the Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited and an anniversary crest.
Kaufman Footwear
Smith Transport Ltd. : system map.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Super quality waterproof footwear and "Foamtread" house shoes, 1957-1958.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Qualité supérieure : chaussures imperméables et "Foamtread" souliers de maison, 1957-1958.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Super quality waterproof footwear and Foamtread house shoes, 1958-1959.
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.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
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
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
Piece work rates (file 1 of 2).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains piece work prices for: back hand cutting; gum hand cutting; handle die cutting; outsole cutting; clicker cutting; packing room; trimming; sole table; fur trimm; heel room; quarter room; tennis; and suspenders. Originally in a binder belonging to I.E. Weber, Vice-President Manufacturing.
Kaufman Footwear
Piece work rates (file 2 of 2).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains piece work prices for: back hand cutting; gum hand cutting; handle die cutting; outsole cutting; clicker cutting; packing room; trimming; sole table; fur trimm; heel room; quarter room; tennis; and suspenders. Originally in a binder belonging to I.E. Weber, Vice-President Manufacturing.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Strike, 1960 : A.R. Kaufman's file.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the 1960 strike. Includes correspondence to A.R. Kaufman and from the union to employees. Includes discussion of the strike by a management training class, memoranda, observations and statements written by A.R. Kaufman, a CKCO TV transcript regarding the strike, and a union negotiation timeline.
Kaufman Footwear
Strike, 1960 : A.R. Kaufman's file.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the 1960 strike. Includes correspondence to and from A.R. Kaufman, newspaper clippings, memoranda, and a telegraph.
Kaufman Footwear
Strike, 1960 : Union's proposed agreement and Labour Relations Act.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains files relating to the 1960 strike : A.R. Kaufman's files. Includes a copy of the Labour Relations Act, a Canadian Rubber Footwear brochure, the final draft of Kaufman's proposed union agreement, correspondence, a CBC broadcast transcript of an interview with A.R. Kaufman, and 2 "Outlook" newsletters.
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
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains 102 rubber labels, organized alphabetically. Originally in a binder belonging to I.E. Weber, Vice-President Manufacturing.
Kaufman Footwear
Piece work rates (file 2 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
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains 1 paste-up advertisement for the High Overall boot.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains 102 rubber labels, organized alphabetically. Originally in a binder belonging to I.E. Weber, Vice-President Manufacturing.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Qualité supérieure : chaussures imperméables et "Foamtread" souliers de maison, 1959-1960.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Strike, 1960 : correspondence with Union and to employees.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the 1960 strike : A.R. Kaufman's file. Includes correspondece with the Union, the Department of Labour, and to employees. Includes copies of the Labour Relations Act prosecution against Kaufman Rubber Co. Limited, and Supreme Court records.
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
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
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
Super quality waterproof footwear and Foamtread house shoes, 1959-1960.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains five photographs of an unidentified process and machinery. Includes unidentified employees.
Kaufman Footwear
Historical information : events.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains one ms. list of events in the history of Kaufman Footwear, including the 1953 flood, the 1960 strike, and the 1967 Indianapolis race.
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
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
Super quality waterproof footwear, Foamtread house shoes, 1960-1961.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Qualite superieure : chaussures impermeables, Foamtread souliers de maison, 1960-1961.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
A.R. Kaufman, unidentified man standing in a field.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Informal snapshot of A.R. Kaufman and an unidentified man standing in a field.
Kaufman Footwear
Meisel, Pearl : retirement from Accounts Receivable, 1960.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Photograph of Pearl Meisel at a desk, next to a flower arrangement, on her retirement from Accounts Receivable.
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
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains photographs depicting the Showertog making process and machinery. Includes several unidentified females. Includes identification of process steps and machinery on envelope: a) large pump, b) squeeze bottle use, c) reinforcing high heel, d) turntable, head of #3, e) unit #3 drain, f) squeeze bottle use, g) large [illedgible], h) stripping Snowbelle, i) draining Snowbelle and first fill.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited : group portrait.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Group portrait of nine unidentified men in suits.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains eleven photographs of processes and machinery most likely taken for a written standard practice report. Includes several unidentified employees at work.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains ten photographs of equipment and machinery which are all labeled 136D.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains negatives and photographs of taken for written standard practice reports.
Kaufman Footwear
Strike, 1960 : local 88 injunction evidence.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the 1960 strike injunction evidence. Includes supreme court records, copies of the injunction, and affidavits. A.R. Kaufman's file.
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
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
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
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.
Contains four formal portraits of A.R. Kaufman, two different poses, one of one pose and three of another.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains six negatives of photographs most likely taken for a written standard practice report. Includes photographs of assembly line and machinery. A note on the original envelope connects these negatives to reports M-5-1-2-3-4 and -6 and M-5-5.
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains fourteen negatives and ten photographs of an unidentified process and the materials used in that process, most likely taken for a written standard practice report.
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
Step up to Kingtreads crafted by Kaufman of Kitchener.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Advertising portfolio directed at retailers.
Kaufman Footwear
Employee photographs : Clarissa Jarmolchuc [Jarmolchuk].
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains an envelope with Clarissa Jarmolchuc's [i.e., Jarmolchuk] name on it containing with three snapshots of unidentified Kaufman Footwear employees.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Kingtreads : in-stock lines.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Advertising directed at retailers.
Kaufman Footwear
Qualité superieure : chaussures impermeables et Foamtread souliers de maison, 1961-1962.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Strike, 1960 : transcript, Mary Hertel vs Kaufman Rubber.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains material relating to the 1960 strike. Includes court transcript of Mary Hertel vs Kaufman Rubber (Ontario) Limited. Includes correspondence from A.R. Kaufman to P.D. Isbister.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Footwear : Packard division : Fall-Winter, 1961.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of diagrams for various machinery at Kaufman Footwear.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Super quality waterproof footwear and Foamtread house shoes, 1961-1962.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman : industrial vulcanized waterproof clothing and footwear.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman canvas footwear 1962-63 : new price list, effective Sept. 24, 1962.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Super quality waterproof footwear, 1962-1963.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains computer cards, parcel notes, merchandise tags, cardboard notices and letterhead.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Rubber Co. : introduction to EDP.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains one informal photograph of Kaufman Rubber Co. Limited's introduction to electronic data processing. Identification on back of photograph. Left to right: IBM representative, Bernard Currie, C.E. Schlote. Includes note on verso of photograph : "IBM DP Publication library copy".
Kaufman Footwear
Photographs taken for written standard practice reports.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains two photographs of what is identified on verso as "cracker mill base showing fabricated up".
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Kingtreads : in-stock lines.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Advertising directed at retailers.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman presents Packard shoes, slippers, Foamtread slippers, Kingtread work boots for 1962.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
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.
Kaufman Footwear
Qualité superieure : chaussures imperméables, 1962-1963.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear