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Contains material relating to a speech by W.K. Toole, "A.R. Kaufman - The Man Behind the Name". Includes notes and a Kaufman Footwear 70th Anniversary booklet.

Kaufman Footwear

Kaufman, A.R. : biographical.

SCA173-GA148-8-117
File
1945-1992

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains biographical information about A.R. Kaufman. Includes newspaper clippings about A.R. Kaufman, obituaries, and a programme for an honourary luncheon.

Kaufman Footwear

Kaufman, A.R. : biographical information received from S. Bellingham.

SCA173-GA148-8-119
File
1985

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, A.R. : correspondence.

SCA173-GA148-7-91
File
1908, 1937-1968

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains correspondence to and from A.R. Kaufman, notes, memoranda and a 1908 price list. Some of the correspondence references the strike during the summer of 1960.

Kaufman Footwear

Kingtreads : safety toe footwear.

SCA173-GA148-13-225
File
[197-?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Kingtreads : safety toe footwear.

SCA173-GA148-14-457
File
[1979?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Kingtreads : the king of safety shoes.

SCA173-GA148-14-433
File
[1971]-1972

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Kingtreads : the king of safety shoes.

SCA173-GA148-14-441
File
[after 1973]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Kingtreads work boots : in stock.

SCA173-GA148-14-480
File
[1987]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Kitchener's business heritage celebration : Kaufman Footwear, 85 years of warm, dry comfort.

SCA173-GA148-19.6-679
File
1993

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains eleven photographs of the events at the Kitchener business heritage celebration, where Kaufman Footwear was honoured.

Kaufman Footwear

Kodiak.

SCA173-GA148-1-5
File
1986

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

Korker Brand canvas footwear : price list, September 1, 1921 : Hood Rubber Products Co., Inc.

SCA173-GA148-15-581
File
1921

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search : written standard practice no. M-2 : footwear outsole press.

SCA173-GA148-10-147
File
1955

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. M-4 : footwear vulcanizers etc.

SCA173-GA148-10-148
File
1955

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.

SCA173-GA148-10-149
File
1955

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-6 : electric circulating air oven.

SCA173-GA148-10-150
File
1959

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. P-1.

SCA173-GA148-10-151
File
1954-1955

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.

SCA173-GA148-10-152
File
1954-1955

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-2.

SCA173-GA148-10-153
File
1955

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-3.

SCA173-GA148-10-154
File
1955

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-3 : electroforming of copper moulds.

SCA173-GA148-10-155
File
1955

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-5.

SCA173-GA148-10-156
File
1960

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-5 : Snowbelle shell production and preparation.

SCA173-GA148-10-157
File
1960

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-6 : supplement A.

SCA173-GA148-10-158
File
[196-]

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-6 : supplement B.

SCA173-GA148-10-159
File
1964

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. R-2 : William's plasticity.

SCA173-GA148-10-160
File
1955

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.

SCA173-GA148-10-161
File
1955

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.

SCA173-GA148-10-162
File
1955

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-5 : handling, spreading and calender coating of nets.

SCA173-GA148-10-163
File
1956

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. V-1.

SCA173-GA148-10-164
File
[195-?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Written standard practice for vinyl compounding materials.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search : written standard practice no. V-1.

SCA173-GA148-10-165
File
1959-1962

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. VA-1 : footwear varnish.

SCA173-GA148-10-166
File
1955

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 report #34 : material and times : women's Welland.

SCA173-GA148-10-138
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Note on folder: "material consumption and working times for women's welland boot size 6."

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search report #35 : estimated machinery costs for 500 pair of men's and women's rubber Oxford per ten hours.

SCA173-GA148-10-139
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search report #37 : transparent upper for boots.

SCA173-GA148-10-140
File
1955

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains general compounding conclusions and remarks from development work on transparent gum upper for Bergougnan.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search report #39 : examination of hamgaper compounds.

SCA173-GA148-10-141
File
1955

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 #45 : equipment requirements : 1,000,000 pairs of footwear/year.

SCA173-GA148-10-142
File
1956

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 #46 : procedure for obtaining installation costs for production of plastic shoes.

SCA173-GA148-10-143
File
1956

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 #47 (revised) : neoprene footwear.

SCA173-GA148-10-144
File
1958

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

K.R. Ro-Search report #49 : equipment requirements for production of 250 pair boots per 9 hour day based on average men's boot (Humber type).

SCA173-GA148-10-145
File
1958

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

K.R. Ro-Search written standard practice.

SCA173-GA148-10-146
File
1955-1964

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

Labels (file 1 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-12-196a
File
1959-1970

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

Labels (file 2 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-12-196b
File
1959-1970

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

Layoffs account.

SCA173-GA300-14
File
1999

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File consists of one account by Gary Peysar of a layoffs incident in the shop.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy outing shoes : December 16th, 1918 : season 1918-1919 [price list].

SCA173-GA148-14-280
File
1918

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy outing shoes : net price list : in effect January 1st, 1915.

SCA173-GA148-14-263
File
1915

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy outing shoes : net price list : in effect September 14th, 1914.

SCA173-GA148-14-260
File
1914

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy outing shoes : net price list : season 1921 : Sept. 13th, 1920.

SCA173-GA148-14-285
File
1920

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy outing shoes : price list : April 1st, 1926.

SCA173-GA148-14-304
File
1926

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy outing shoes : September 9th, 1918 : season 1918-1919 [price list].

SCA173-GA148-14-278
File
1918

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy outing shoes, season 1922 : net price list : September 19th, 1921.

SCA173-GA148-14-289
File
1921

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy outing shoes, season 1923 : net price list : February 14th, 1923.

SCA173-GA148-14-294
File
1923

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy rubber footwear : January 15th, 1919 [price list].

SCA173-GA148-14-282
File
1919

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Includes an announcement dated Aug. 28, 1919 regarding leather prices.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy rubber footwear : March 1st, 1921.

SCA173-GA148-14-288
File
1921

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy rubber footwear : October first, Nineteen Eighteen [price list].

SCA173-GA148-14-279
File
1918

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy super quality vulcanized rubber clothing manufactured by Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited.

SCA173-GA148-14-335
File
[193-?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Life-Buoy tennis and outing shoes for season 1911, Nov. 1st, 1910, No. 2 [catalogue].

SCA173-GA148-14-255
File
1910

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

L.L. Bean : Christmas, 1990.

SCA173-GA148-16-593
File
1990

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

L.L. Bean : Spring, 1990.

SCA173-GA148-16-594
File
1990

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

L.L. Bean : vacation, 1990.

SCA173-GA148-16-595
File
1990

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

L.L. Bean : winter sporting specialties 1991.

SCA173-GA148-16-596
File
1991

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

LVI

SCA173-GA148-10-168
File
1926-1967

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

Machinery diagrams.

SCA173-GA300-15
File
1961-1987

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File consists of diagrams for various machinery at Kaufman Footwear.

Kaufman Footwear

Machinery inventory list.

SCA173-GA300-16
File
2000

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File consists of one machinery inventory list created by Gary Peysar before Kaufman Footwear went bankrupt.

Kaufman Footwear

Maintenance goals.

SCA173-GA300-17
File
1998

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File consists of a list of goals for the maintenance department of Kaufman Footwear for the year 1998.

Kaufman Footwear

Maintenance report : Glasgow boilers.

SCA173-GA300-18
File
1998

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File consists of a maintenance report on heating boilers at the Glasgow

Kaufman Footwear

Managing management time.

SCA173-GA148-11-183
File
1986

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Brent I. Weber's file.

Kaufman Footwear

Manufacturing.

SCA173-GA148-5-72
File
1991-1997

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains material relating to the manufacturing of splashguards. Includes memoranda, order information, and 10 photographs of splashguards, includding 2 polaroid snapshots. Identified are Bev McFarlane and Harold Lauber.

Kaufman Footwear

Marketing.

SCA173-GA148-2-42
File
1988

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains memoranda and summaries for marketing management meetings. Includes labels.

Kaufman Footwear

Master batch compounds : I.E. Weber.

SCA173-GA148-12-197
File
1947-1953

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains master batch 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.E. Weber, Vice-President Manufacturing. Each page is initialled "W.H.B." (William H. Bechtel).

Kaufman Footwear

Meisel, Pearl : retirement from Accounts Receivable, 1960.

SCA173-GA148-19.3-637
File
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

Memoranda.

SCA173-GA148-1-6
File
1953-1956, 1968

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains memoranda, mainly from I.K. Weber, regarding sales, and pricing of Kaufman products.

Kaufman Footwear

Memorandum regarding working conditions for Christmas shutdown.

SCA173-GA300-19
File
1996

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

Men's Executreads by Kaufman : safety toe dress Oxfords.

SCA173-GA148-13-226
File
[197-?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Middle management bonus plan.

SCA173-GA300-20
File
1982-1991

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File consists of one middle management bonus plan for the years 1982-1991.

Kaufman Footwear

Milestone Night.

SCA173-GA148-19.3-638
File
[199-?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains fifty-eight negatives and fifteen photographs of a milestone event to honour employees. Includes several unidentified individuals in formal group portraits and casual group snapshots of the event.

Kaufman Footwear

Milestone Night, 1990.

SCA173-GA148-19.3-639
File
1990

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains slides taken for Milestone Night. Includes slides of Kaufman memorabilia such as catalogues and newspaper clippings.

Kaufman Footwear

Milestone Night, 1992.

SCA173-GA148-19.3-640
File
1992

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains formal portraits of people honoured on Milestone Night. Identified are:
Back row, left to right: Don Mayburry, Waldemar Betker, Larry Tierney, John Juhasz, Gerry MacKenzie, Art Loverock, Warren Roeder, Jurgen Walther.
Front row, left to right: George Klooster, Lepa Sop, Linda Deluso, Maria Andrei, Mat Filevski, Jean Kilbasco, Dorothy Schlosser.

Kaufman Footwear

Milestone Night, 1992.

SCA173-GA148-19.3-641
File
1992

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains slides taken for Milestone Night. Includes pictures of newspaper articles and signs for Milestone Night.

Kaufman Footwear

Milestone Night, 1995.

SCA173-GA148-19.3-642
File
1995

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains slides of employees for Milestone Night. Includes some slides of employees names who received awards for loyal service: Stanislav Kristovic, Fred Bridgman, and William Struth.

Kaufman Footwear

Miner Rubber Footwear catalogues and price lists.

SCA173-GA148-15-582
File
1968-1971

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains 4 Miner Rubber Footwear catalogues for the years 1968-1971 and price lists from 1970.

Kaufman Footwear

Miner Rubber Footwear, 1971-1972.

SCA173-GA148-15-583
File
1971

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Minutes for joint health and safety committee plant 2.

SCA173-GA300-21
File
1999

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File consists of minutes for the September 30, 1999 joint health and safety committee.

Kaufman Footwear

Miscellaneous.

SCA173-GA148-12-198
File
1980-1983

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains material relating to marketing and management leadership strategies. Includes workshop and conference information, photocopies of business related articles, newspaper clippings, a memorandum outlining the marketing strategies for Oomphie shoes, statistics and surveys relating to the footwear business.

Kaufman Footwear

Miscellaneous compounds : I.E. Weber (file 1 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-12-199a
File
1938-1963

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

Miscellaneous compounds : I.E. Weber (file 2 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-12-199b
File
1938-1963

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

Mr. A.R. Kaufman : President and General Manager.

SCA173-GA148-19.1-615
File
[192-]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Photograph of A.R. Kaufman posed for the camera while seated at a large wooden desk in his office.

Kaufman Footwear

Murals.

SCA173-GA148-19.6-680
File
[199-?]

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains three photographs of two different Kaufman murals in the progress of being painted.

Kaufman Footwear

National sales meeting.

SCA173-GA148-2-43
File
1993

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains materials regarding the Kaufman Footwear national sales meeting. Includes agenda, presentation materials, 1993 catalogues, and product information.

Kaufman Footwear

Net price list : Life-Buoy outing shoes : December 15th, 1916.