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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
Factory manager's file
SCA173-GA171-4-9 · File · 1932-1966
Part of Kaufman Family collection.

File belonging to I.K. Weber and then I.E. Weber, consisting primarily of factory memoranda issued between 1932 and 1965. Includes three letters containing the reports of an undercover investigator in the factory in 1965-1966

Weber, Irvin Edward
Kaufman duotang.
SCA247-GA250-1-3 · File · [after 1909]
Part of Gordon Good fonds.

File consists of one red duotang with an illustration of a man in a rubber rain suit, a truck and a man working on a building advertising "Kaufman Industrial Clothing & Footwear."

Kaufman Footwear
Kaufman Family collection.
SCA173 · Collection

Consists of fonds related to the personal and professional lives of A.R. Kaufman and W.H. Kaufman, and the family-run business Kaufman Footwear.

Kaufman Family
Kaufman Footwear fonds.
SCA173-GA148 · Accession · 1907-1998
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
SCA173-GA171 · Accession · 1920-2000
Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Accrual consists of records retained by members of the Kaufman Family relating to Kaufman Footwear. Most files originated with A.R. Kaufman and include factory orders and memoranda, catalogues, material relating to shoe testing, material relating to the history of the company and photographs. Fonds contains clippings, correspondence, ephemera, publications, mss., newsletters, photographs, and videocassettes,.

Kaufman Footwear
SCA173-GA300 · Accession · 1961-2015
Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Gary Peysar during his time working for Kaufman Footwear Includes ephemera, clippings, photographs, and documentation.

Kaufman Footwear
Key tags.
SCA247-GA250-1-4a · File · [19--]
Part of Gordon Good fonds.

File consists of two metal key tags. Both read "return to Kaufman Rubber Co. Kitchener Ontario." The tags are attached to a piece of paper that reads "58 Austin or? from my key ring." One tag is stamped on the back "GO" and the other "GMC5."

Kaufman Footwear
SCA173-GA148-11-184 · File · 1993
Part of Kaufman Family collection.

Contains the master production plan for 1993. Includes production forecasts for Foamtread Casuals; Desmas; loose felt pacs; waterproof footwear; waterproof industrial footwear; Mudwalkers; Sorels; Batavia Sorels; TPR Sorels; Autoclave Sorels; UTI/TR Sorels; PVC Sorels; Jiffys; waterproof clothing; Kingtreads; Foamtread slippers; Sorel cement sport boots; Sorel Ultra injection boots; loose insoles; Defroster cements; Black Diamond steel toed boots; Sorel Laurentians; and the shipping program.

Kaufman Footwear
SCA173-GA148-3-54 · File · 1959-1961
Part of Kaufman Family collection.

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
SCA173-GA148-3-56 · File · 1959-1960
Part of Kaufman Family collection.

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
SCA173-GA148-3-59 · File · 1959-1962
Part of Kaufman Family collection.

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
SCA247-GA250-1-7 · File · 1925-1947
Part of Gordon Good fonds.

File consists of the uniform accounting manual for the rubber industry, published by the Rubber Manufacturers Association. The manual was published in 1934 and gives information on costing, sales and expense for the rubber industry. Inset into the book are:

  1. Standard costs for the rubber manufacturing industry: a supplement to the uniform accounting manual for the rubber manufacturing industry;
  2. two tss. of Report for the Canadian Rubber Footwear Manufacturers re. cost by Jenkins and Hardy. One report has minutes from the Canadian Rubber Footwear Manufacturers meeting inset;
  3. a costing memorandum;
  4. The Rubber Association of American accounting department report on costing methods for manufacture of footwear;
  5. correspondence from the Deputy Minister of Munitions and Supply regarding sub-contracted prices;
  6. two Kaufman Rubber memorandums;
  7. one advertisement for "Simplified Cost Records for Rubber Manufacture."
Good, Gordon
Voucher register.
SCA247-GA250-1-8 · File · 1925-1928
Part of Gordon Good fonds.

File consists of one voucher register for The Kaufman Rubber Company, Ltd. The register does not list vouchers, but was used for listing cutting room scrap percents for various types of fabric. Inside the front cover is pasted a list of standard calendered stocks. Note that calendered stock are fabrics that have a rubber sheet pressed into them.

Kaufman Footwear