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Kaufman Family collection. File
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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.

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Anniversaries : 50th.

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

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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.

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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)

Clippings, 1950-1969.

Contains newspaper clippings (some photocopies) re 50th anniversary or the company, Kaufman history, also appointments of Kaufman employees.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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)

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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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

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

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

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.

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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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Photographs taken for written standard practice reports.

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.

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Golden wedding anniversary.

Materials related to the 50th wedding anniversary of A. R. and Jean Kaufman celebrated on August 12, 1961. Includes photographs of the couple printed on paper and a photograph of the couple with their three children, a printing plate for the invitations with a printed envelope, and a wedding anniversary guest book used to record guests and printed by Hutchings & Patrick Limited (Ottawa, Canada). On the second page of the guest book, there is a metal medal pasted that reads “50th / Kaufman’s ‘61’.”

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Stationery.

Contains computer cards, parcel notes, merchandise tags, cardboard notices and letterhead.

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Kaufman Rubber Co. : introduction to EDP.

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".

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Kaufman, A.R. : biographical : articles.

One article: "The eccentric world of Alvin Ratz Kaufman" by Herc Munro from Executive (April 1962): 32-35. Includes overview of anti-union actions and Kaufman's contributions to the birth control movement.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

Kaufman, A.R. : trip to Russia and Europe, July 9 to Aug. 14, 1963.

Material relating to a seminar to Russia in 1963 conducted by Dr. Jerome Davis, "Promoting Enduring Peace." Contains an itinerary and a photograph of participants. Includes a list of individuals to whom A.R. Kaufman distributed his impressions of the trip, the replies he received as well as the impresions of others sent to him in return. Includes clippings and news stories about Russia collected by A.R. Kaufman up to 1967.

Kaufman, A. R. (Alvin Ratz)

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