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One portrait from a painting of Jacob Kaufman "taken off large picture in office, Dec. 2, 1971".

A portrait of Jacob Kaufman.

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.

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)

Includes biographical material written about Jacob Kaufman. One is a transcript of a "Biographical sketch" written at the time of his death in 1920 (2. l., typescript); the other is "History of Jacob Kaufman, Dec. 1, 1936" (4 l., typescript carbon), and the published version from the Waterloo Chronicle : "History of Mr. Jacob Kaufman" Also includes a letter from A.R. Kaufman to John Kaufman dated March 8, 1938.

Studio portrait of Jacob Kaufman and Mary Eidt Kaufman possibly taken to record their marriage in 1877. Jacob is seen standing next to a seated Mary, his hand on the back of her chair.

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.

Includes a biographical piece: Ronnenberg, Ernie, "Jacob and A.R. Kaufman started footwear plant in 1907," Kitchener-Waterloo record, Sept. 18, 1976, p. 7.

Contains clippings relating to Jacob Kaufman and the history of the rubber industry in Kitchener.

A leaflet concerning the Zion Evangelical Church memorial window presented in memory of Jacob and Mary Kaufman. Includes a biographical synopsis of Jacob and Mary Kaufman.

Postcard photograph showing Mary and Jacob Kaufman seated in two rickshaws operated by local drivers.

Consists of correspondence and memoranda from F.W. Wegenast to A.R. Kaufman.

File consists of one clipping from the September 18, 1976 edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record on Jacob and A.R. Kaufman.

A modern print of a Ratz family portrait taken around 1909. Edna Louise Augustine, Emma Ratz Kaufman, Mary Eidt Kaufman and Jacob Kaufman are present in the photograph.

An album containing snapshots of the Albert William Augustine family, their relatives and friends between 1931 and 1938, assembled by Edna Louise Augustine. Includes photographs taken at Jacob and Mary Kaufman's home at "Lexington," later known as "Kaufman's Flats." Also includes summer photographs taken in the Muskokas.

Photographs recording a trip to Japan taken by Jacob and Mary Kaufman and their daughter Edna Louise Augustine, accompanying their other daughter Emma Ratz Kaufman who was returning to Japan to work with the Young Women

File consists of three studio portraits and a snapshot of Emma Kaufman, and one studio portrait of Emma and Alvin R. and with three unidentified people. Some portraits are mounted.

File consists of cards accumulated by Martha Rieder announcing the deaths and funerals of family members and friends. Several empty envelopes are also present.

• Anthes, Catharina (d. November 24, 1894)
• Anthes, John S. (d. April 13, 1915)
• Anthes, Franklin, Norman (d. October 16, 1915)
• Anthes, Magdalena (d. May 20, 1914)
• Anthes, Martin (d. April 10, 1891)
• Breithaupt, Catharine (d. July 5, 1910)
• Baumann (d. November 25, 1918)
• Herlan, Caroline (d. March 12, 1889)
• Herlan, F., Rev. (d. January 4, 1889)
• Kaufman, Jacob (d. April 20, 1920)
• Kimmins, Eva Wilhelmina (d. July 8, 1919)
• Knechtel, Daniel L. (d. July 10, 1913)
• Merner, Charles Frederick (d. December 25, 1913)
• Merner, Christian (d. February 17, 1912)
• Rieder, Lauretta Elizabeth (d. April 2, 1908)
• Rieder, Samuel (d. November 27, 1912)
• Rieder, Talmon Henry (d. April 15, 1922)
• Strasser, Seloma Anthes (d. March 7, 1921)
• Weber, Aaron D. (d. May 7, 1916)
• Zeller, Noah (d. February 8, 1914)
• Zurbrigg, Clinton Berge (d. February 1, 1921)

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:

• Image of children visiting the police department (ca. late 1800s),
• Two studio photographs of A. R. Kaufman in his youth (ca. early 1900s),
• Studio photograph of an unidentified bride (possibly Jean Kaufman) (ca. 1910s),
• Studio photograph of Jacob's and Mary Eidt Ratz Kaufman's family, including their four children (September 1912),
• Photograph of possibly Mary Eidt Ratz Kaufman, taken by Panabaker Home Portraits (early 1900s),
• Photograph of A. R. and Jean Kaufman with two of their children and one of the grandmothers (early 1900s),
• Reproduction of the wedding picture from Edna Louise Kaufman and Albert William Augustine (1918),
• Reproduction of photograph of the King Edward School class of 1933, taken by Denton Studio (1933),
• Two photographs of young women identified as Geneva and Mary Hayward, but who are possibly Helen Mary and Sally Jean Kaufman (early 1900s),
• Photograph of Jean Kaufman with Mrs. Taye Shidachi Kiachi, Mrs. Jsuji (?), Miss Cruikshank, and Mac Livett (?) (May 1930),
• Studio photograph of the Kaufman family showing Mary Eidt Ratz Kaufman, Emma Kaufman, A. R. Kaufman and his family, and Milton Kaufman and his family (first half of 20th Century),
• Studio photograph of an unidentified woman (possibly Jean Kaufman) (first half of 20th Century),
• Studio photograph of an unidentified woman (possibly Edna Louise Augustine) (first half of 20th Century),
• Studio photograph of A. R. Kaufman, taken by Ashley & Crippen Photographs (first half of 20th Century),
• Coloured drawing of "Beechome," A. R. Kaufman's summer cottage built on the banks of the Grand River (ca. 1916),
• Photograph of Beechome (Christmas 1950).