Archives Database

SCA173-GA148-10-137
File
1955-1973

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.

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 : 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. 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. 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. 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

OBS 200-250 (file 1 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-169a
File
1929-1965

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

OBS 250-900 (file 1 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-170a
File
1930-1944

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

OBS 250-900 (file 2 of 2).

SCA173-GA148-10-170b
File
1930-1944

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.

SCA173-GA148-10-172
File
1956-1961

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.

SCA173-GA148-10-175
File
1950-1971

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

Written standard practice no. M-3 : footwear press : general description of cloth presses and use for footwear [empty].

SCA173-GA148-10-179
File

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Written standard practice no. P-6 : Showertog production.

SCA173-GA148-10-180
File
1962

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

Business articles.

SCA173-GA148-11-181
File
1987-1989

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).

SCA173-GA148-11-182b
File
1980-1999

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Kaufman Footwear

Managing management time.

SCA173-GA148-11-183
File
1986

Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Brent I. Weber's file.

Kaufman Footwear

I-45.

SCA173-GA148-12-194
File
1984-1986

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).

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

P-81 File.

SCA173-GA148-12-200
File
1979-1981

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

P-82 moulds, 1976-1979.

SCA173-GA148-12-201
File
1976-1979

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).

SCA173-GA148-12-203a
File
1959-1969

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.

SCA173-GA148-13-209
File
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.