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Photographs taken for written standard practice reports : extra Showertog pictures not used, August 1960.

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

Photographs.

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:

  • Peysar, Gary
  • Kraft, Lorne
  • Muller, Harold
  • Hummel, George
  • Arvid, Bill
  • Bunch, Norman
  • Phelan, Tom
  • Rausch, Raimund
  • Voisin, Bill
  • Oh, Eddy

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Administration : Labour Relations

Series consists of material relating primarily to the strike of Kaufman workers in 1960 and the collective agreement in 1988 between the United Rubber Workers of America and Kaufman Footwear. Includes correspondence, memoranda, court records, clippings, and a case study.

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Piece work rates (file 1 of 2).

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).

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.

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Labels (file 1 of 2).

Contains 102 rubber labels, organized alphabetically. Originally in a binder belonging to I.E. Weber, Vice-President Manufacturing.

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Piece work rates (file 2 of 2).

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.

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Strike, 1960 : A.R. Kaufman's file.

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 : Union's proposed agreement and Labour Relations Act.

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

Kaufman, A.R. : trip around the world, 1958-1959.

Material relating to a trip by A.R. Kaufman around the world in 1958 and 1959. Consists of trip accounts, some written in the form of letters to family and friends (photocopies and carbons), manuscript and typescript notes (original and carbon) as well as a list of names and addresses.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Plans for Dominion Rubber Company.

Plans for Dominion Rubber Company plots and tire stores. Includes the plot plan for Windsor (Ontario) from February 1962, and the preliminary sketch plan no. 1 ground floor plan of Dominion Tire Store for Vancouver (British Columbia) from May 1959.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Strike, 1960 : correspondence with Union and to employees.

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

Labels (file 2 of 2).

Contains 102 rubber labels, organized alphabetically. Originally in a binder belonging to I.E. Weber, Vice-President Manufacturing.

Kaufman Footwear

Products : Advertisements

Series consists of discrete advertisements for Kaufman products, usually only a single page for insertion in catalogues, magazines, or counter displays. Includes artwork, proofs, mounted point-of-purchase advertisements.

Kaufman Footwear

Piece work rates (file 1 of 2).

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

Clippings, 1950-1969.

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.

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

Releases and memoranda.

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

Anniversaries : 50th.

Contains a newspaper clipping of an article about the 50th anniversary of the Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited and an anniversary crest.

Kaufman Footwear

Kaufman Rubbery Company : Clippings.

File consists of five clippings relating to the Kaufman Rubber Company and Kaufman Footwear. Includes clippings from the 50th anniversary of the company, as well as two clippings related a steam engine from the factory and its donation to the Region of Waterloo Museum.

Kaufman Family

Kaufman, A.R. : correspondence.

Correspondence to and from A.R. Kaufman: one letter to him from F.W. Nicks, Bank of Nova Scotia (typescript original), and one carbon typescript from him to B.D. Sandwell regarding school swings.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

William H. Kaufman fonds.

Fonds consists of records relating to the career and activities of William H. Kaufman, primarily his volunteer and charitable activities in Kitchener, Ontario. Includes correspondence, ephemera, financial records, minutes, handwritten notes, reports, etc.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Kaufman Furniture Ltd. : union.

Material relating to Kaufman Furniture Ltd. in Collingwood, Ont. and International Woodworkers of America. Includes correspondence, agreements, handwritten notes and drafts, reports, memoranda to employees and clippings.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Business Files

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

YMCA.

Materials related to A. R. Kaufman's participation in the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Canada. Includes a certificate acknowledging Kaufman's participation in the organization as director; correspondence, photograph, and newspaper clipping related to Kaufman's reception of plaque and life membership; a certificate of recognition of Kaufman’s voluntary service to the YMCA; and two photographs of the Kitchener-Waterloo YMCA building in the 1950s.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

K.R. Ro-Search written standard practice.

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

K.R. Ro-Search : written standard practice no. P-2.

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.

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Foamtread lab.

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.

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