- SCA173-GA260-3-45
- File
- 1918
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one price list for Kaufman Footwear.
Kaufman Family
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Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one price list for Kaufman Footwear.
Kaufman Family
Tenth annual catalogue of "Life-Buoy" brand superior quality rubber footwear, 1918-1919.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Title on cover: Kaufman Life-Buoy rubber footwear, 1918-1919.
Kaufman Footwear
Products : Catalogues : Other Companies
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of catalogues and price lists for clothing and footwear products produced by companies other than Kaufman, printed between 1921 and 1971.
Kaufman Footwear
Life-Buoy outing shoes : December 16th, 1918 : season 1918-1919 [price list].
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Parades : Kaufman Rubber Co.: Dominion Day parade float.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains one modern print copy negative of an old photograph of the Kaufman Rubber Co. Limited parade float for July 1, 1918. Identification included.
Back row, left to right: Ernie Dunbrook, Leo Cody, George Hainsworth (goaltender for the Montreal Canadians), Bernie Zuber, Ernie Ziegler, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified.
Middle row, left to right: unidentified, I.K. Weber.
Front row, left to right: unidentified, Oliver Schlegel [?], unidentified.
Kaufman Footwear
Life-Buoy rubber footwear : October first, Nineteen Eighteen [price list].
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Net price list of superior quality Life-Buoy rubber footwear : May 7th, 1917.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Catalogue and net price list, 1917-1918 : Life Buoy outing shoes : effective September 10th, 1917.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Life-Buoy outing shoes price list.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one price list for Kaufman Life-Buoy outing shoes.
Kaufman Family
Ninth annual catalogue of "Life-Buoy" brand superior quality rubber footwear, 1917-1918.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Net price list of superior quality Life-Buoy rubber footwear : March 5th, 1917.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Net price list : Life-Buoy outing shoes : December 15th, 1917.
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
Kaufman Life-Buoy outing shoes price list.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one price list for Kaufman Life-Buoy outing shoes.
Kaufman Family
Net price list of superior quality Life-Buoy rubber footwear : February 28th, 1916.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Net price list of superior quality Life-Buoy rubber footwear : May 1st, 1916.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
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
Kaufman Life-Buoy footwear catalogue.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one catalogue for Kaufman Life-Buoy footwear.
Kaufman Family
Net price list : Life-Buoy outing shoes : December 15th, 1916.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited : employees.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Group portrait of Kaufman Rubber Co. employees seen outdoors in suits and hats.
Back row, left to right: W.S. Wood, J.S. Townsend, S.G. Amero, E.A. Chalk, Jas. Bryant, A.D. Kippen, Harley Henry.
Middle row, left to right: W.H. Semple, F.W. Burril, O.J. Killam, E.E. Code, J.J. Duggan, Geo. Stockand, Frank Henderson.
Front row, left to right: J.S. Pierce, J.S. Lovell, W.E. Wing, A.R. Kaufman, Chester McLure, Murray McGowan, L.B. Hutchinson.
Kaufman Footwear
Net price list of superior quality Life-Buoy rubber footwear : May 3rd, 1915.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Life-Buoy footwear catalogue.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one catalogue for Kaufman Life-Buoy footwear.
Kaufman Family
Kaufman Life-Buoy footwear net price list.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one net price list for Kaufman Life-Buoy footwear.
Kaufman Family
Life-Buoy outing shoes : net price list : in effect January 1st, 1915.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Net price list : the Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited : March 1st, 1915.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of photographs including or taken by A.R. Kaufman between 1915 and 1930. Also includes a formal portrait of A.R. taken in the 1960's.
Kaufman Footwear
Automobile excursion : trouble with the car.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains ten original photographs, 2 brownie souvenir post card photographs, eleven reproductions, and 15 original negatives of a trip taken by Mr. Kaufman around 1915 during which there were car troubles. The reproduction envelope says "trip to Montreal" on it. None of the individuals are identified.
Kaufman Footwear
Catalogue and net price list : "Life-Buoy" superior quality outing shoes, 1915-1916.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Factory memo binder (file 2 of 2).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Binder labelled "I. Weber". Contains Kaufman footwear office memos relating to various factory and office issues including information on floor plans, parts, machinery, materials and other issues, arranged alphabetically by topic.
Kaufman Footwear
Operations : Vice-President Manufacturing : Irvin E. Weber
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Material relating to the factory and its manufacturing operations, belonging to Irvin E. Weber. According to secondary sources, Irvin E. Weber joined Kaufman in 1945. His father, Irvin K. Weber, had worked at Kaufman for 52 years, starting in 1909. Some of the material in this series belonged to Irvin K. Weber and subsequently to his son Irvin E. Weber. Includes much material, such as the compound sheets, that would have originated in the Laboratory, but concerned with ingredients and costs rather than formulae and mixing. Includes correspondence, ephemera, invoices, notes, memoranda, and clippings.
Kaufman Footwear
Factory memo binder (file 1 of 2).
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Binder labelled "I. Weber". Contains Kaufman footwear office memos relating to various factory and office issues including information on floor plans, parts, machinery, materials and other issues, arranged alphabetically by topic.
Kaufman Footwear
Net price list : The Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited : May 4th, 1914.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Life-Buoy outing shoes : net price list : in effect September 14th, 1914.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Sixth annual catalogue of Life-Buoy and Rubber-Leaf brands of rubber footwear, 1914-1915.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Current price list : The Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited : March 18th, 1914.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of material relating to Jacob and Mary Kaufman of Kitchener Ontario, belonging to their son, A.R. Kaufman. Includes clippings, estate correspondence and other papers, obituaries and one portrait of Jacob Kaufman.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
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.
Two pamphlets, each with title The Ratz family : a brief record published in 1914 and 1929 respectively, on the occasion of the Ratz family reunion. Included is a ribbon for the third reunion held July 20, 1929 in Waterloo Park.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
By-laws of Grand River Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons No. 151 (1914) and a cheque for initiation written by Kaufman for $35.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Family photographs of the Kaufman family with envelope and notes. Includes photographs of A. R. and Jean Kaufman and their children in different attitudes (with animals, cars, and posing in front of different buildings) and locations (including Port Elgin, Algonquin Park, Highland Inn - Moonlights, Rochester House and gardens, Grand River, and Cressman Woods). Also contains a poem written by Sally Jean Kaufman at the age of 9 (1926).
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Net price list : the Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited : March 10th, 1913.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Pay book of the Kaufman Rubber Co.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains lists of the staff members names, rate of pay, amount paid, and addresses.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one reprint of the Busy Berlin map of 1912. The map was reprinted in 1989 at 69% of the original size by the Kitchener Public Library.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of photographs featuring Kaufman products, taken for publicity purposes.
Kaufman Footwear
Net price list : the Kaufman Rubber Co., Limited : April 22nd, 1912.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of formal group portraits of employees taken beteen 1912 and 1928, as well as photographs and slides at staff recognition events such as milestone nights, and retirements from the 1960's to the 1990's.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains one photograph of a display booth at a trade fair.
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.
Leather-bound scrapbook with mementos of the Kaufman family history. Scrapbook is organized into two sections. First section is titled “Grandmother Kaufman’s favourite poems from Helen, Bill, and Jean Xmas 1935” and includes poems either received by Mary Eidt Kaufman or copied by her grandchildren Helen Mary, William Hutton, and Sally Jean in her honour (some poems are written in German). Second section is titled “Clippings & poems Jean and Alvin” and includes correspondence, ephemera, postcards, poems, newspaper clippings, and an invitation to A. R. and Jean Kaufman wedding.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
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
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of materials created by Kaufman Rubber and Kaufman Footwear. Includes primarily sales catalogues for Kaufman Footwear as well as ephemera, a history of the rubber business and a poster for Kaufman Lofts, which are in the old Kaufman Rubber building.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one price list for Kaufman Footwear.
Kaufman Family
Life-Buoy tennis and outing shoes for season 1911, Nov. 1st, 1910, No. 2 [catalogue].
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains one snapshot of farmers working in a field with work horses.
Kaufman Footwear
Catalogue of Life-Buoy brand rubber footwear, no. 2. 1910-1911.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of catalogues and price lists for Kaufman clothing and footwear products printed between 1909 and 2000.
Kaufman Footwear
Catalogue of Life-Buoy brand rubber footwear, no. 1, 1909-1910.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Includes "Net price list of Life-Buoy rubbers, supplement to illustrated catalogue no. 1, March 1, 1909.
Kaufman Footwear
The Kaufman Rubber Co. Ltd., Berlin, Ontario : pay book.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains employees names, hours, rate of pay, and amount paid.
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
Centenary Committee : Historical Documents
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of material collected by or submitted to the Centenary Committee for the purpose of preparing a history for the 100th Anniversary of the company. Consists of original items which might originally have been filed elsewhere but for which no adequate context was maintained or can be determined.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman, A.R. : correspondence.
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
Kaufman Rubber Company building exterior.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one photograph of the exterior of the Kaufman Rubber Co. building taken from slightly down the street.
Kaufman Family
Kaufman Rubber Company building exterior.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one photograph of the exterior of the Kaufman Rubber Co. building taken in winter. Identification from verso.
Kaufman Family
Kaufman Footwear : King. St. plant : exterior, 1907.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains one photograph of the exterior of the Kaufman Rubber Co. building with a frame house in the foreground.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Series consists of photographs of the Kaufman Footwear plant on King St. in Kitchener, Ontario as well as other plants and facilities owned by Kaufman. Includes exterior and interior views.
Kaufman Footwear
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
Kaufman family : 2013 accrual.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by the Kaufman family, including materials created during their personal and professional lives and by Kaufman Rubber and Footwear. Includes photographs, materials relating to the William H. Kaufman Charitable Foundation, personal records, Kaufman Rubber and Kaufman Footwear records and ephemera, and three scrapbooks relating to birth control in Canada.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of photographs created and accumulated primarily by Kaufman Rubber and Kaufman Footwear. Includes images of buildings, employees, and of an aircraft manufacturer.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
A photograph of the staff of the Kaufman Rubber Company, including Joseph M. Snyder and A.R. Kaufman.
Kaufman Family
Kaufman, A.R. : Kitchener-Waterloo YMCA.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Photocopy of "Report of the President, May 12th, 1921." In this report A.R. Kaufman, outgoing president of the provisional Board of directors, summarizes two years of activity re-organizing the YMCA .
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman Footwear mill rescue and testing of safeties.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one camcorder videocassette.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Nine postcards of Cairo in Egypt with annotations about the trip and an envelope.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Fifteen postcards of Vienna in Austria with annotations about the trip and an envelope.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
IBM measurement charts, diagramming templates, reference cards, card punches-verifiers, and flowcharting templates.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains 2 order forms pads and 1 folder.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Poems and humorous pieces (three) collected by A.R. Kaufman.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, Jacob and Mary : biographical.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Biographical material about Jacob and Mary Kaufman as a couple. Includes a biographical piece of unknown authorship and date with title: "Biographical sketch of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kaufman" (1. l. typescript, photocopy). Also includes a leaflet, "Dedication service: memorial window in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kaufman." The service was held March 18, 1951 at Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church, Kitchener, Ont.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, Jacob : biographical.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Includes a biographical piece of unknown authorship and date with title: "A lengthy, more personal biography of Jacob Kaufman, 1847-1920" (7. l. typescript, photocopy)
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman Rubber Company building exterior.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one photograph showing the exterior of the Kaufman Rubber factory.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one (typed, 11 pp.) history of the rubber industry and rubber manufacturing at Kaufman. Prepared by C.W. Fowler and W.H. Bechtel.
Kaufman Footwear
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Materials related to travels by A. R. and Jean Kaufman. Includes postcards of Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Austria, Thailand, India, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Ceylon, Pakistan, Danish West Indies, Martinique and Guadeloupe, Antigua, St. Lucia, Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, and Florida (United States of America) most with annotations on the verso. Also contains notes of trips covering Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Bangkok, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and Austria.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Three postcards of Istanbul in Turkey with annotations about the trip and an envelope.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Photograph album with ninety-two postcards of Danish West Indies, Martinique and Guadeloupe, Antigua, St. Lucia, Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, and Florida (United States of America).
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Stationery : credit applications.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Advertisements : artwork : proofs.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Kaufman Footwear
Hockey, 1900's : playing hockey outside of the Kaufman Rubber Co. factory building.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains one modern print copy negative and one photograph of nine men playing hockey. A.R. Kaufman is identified on the back of the photograph as second from the left.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman, A.R. : interview for broadcast by the CBC on "Business Barometer", undated.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Typescript transcript (carbon) of an interview broadcast by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation on "Business Barometer" regarding Kaufman's views on unions.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman, A.R. : trip routes and itineraries.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
One world atlas belonging to Anna S. Weber, with road maps inserted. Some contain highlighting and/or annotations regarding A.R. Kaufman's trip itineraries.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Kaufman Rubber Company interior.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one photograph showing the interior of the Kaufman Rubber factory.
Kaufman Family
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one joke about the creation of the boss.
Kaufman Footwear
Postcards of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Seven postcards of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt with annotations about the trip and an envelope.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Materials related to travels by A. R. Kaufman. Includes sixty-seven postcards of Thailand, India, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Ceylon, Pakistan, and Egypt with annotations on the verso. Also includes notes of trips covering Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Bangkok, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and Austria.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
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
Historical information : flow sheet.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Contains a flow chart for rubber goods manufacturing preparation.
Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman, A.R. : birth certificate.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Photocopy of a "Registration of a Birth" document issued Apr. 28, 1920 for A.R. Kaufman by the Registrar General of Ontario.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
History of the rubber business in Kitchener.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
File consists of one typed document (original, 1 p.) titled "History of the Rubber Business in Kitchener." The document gives a brief history of the rubber industry including Kaufman Rubber and Dominion.
Kaufman Family
Kaufman Rubber Company and professional affiliations.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Materials related to A. R. Kaufman's professional life. Includes materials related to the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA), the Kitchener Young Men Club (KYMC), and the Parents' Information Bureau mainly. Also contains photographs related to Kaufman Rubber Company, machine loads computer charts, and plans for Dominion Rubber Company stores.
Also includes some photographs related to Jean Kaufman's professional affiliations, possibly the Young Women Christian Association (YWCA).
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Professional life photographs.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Photographs of A. R. and Jean Kaufman's professional life, including Kaufman Rubber Company and other professional affiliations. Photographs are identified or identifiable as:
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Parents' Information Bureau rimes.
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Materials possibly related to the Parents' Information Bureau. Includes a poem titled "#61: Simon was a simple soul" covering matters of birth control among people with low monetary means, and antiquated humorous pieces collected by A. R. Kaufman one of them referencing the birth control poem.
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)
Part of Kaufman Family collection.
Photographs of the Kaufman family with the preeminence of A. R. Kaufman, his childhood, youth, and early marriage years. Includes photographs of A. R. Kaufman and members of his family in different attitudes and locations, including studio portraits, family photographs, and A. R.'s participation in different clubs and societies.
Photographs are identified or identifiable as:
Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)