Full body portrait of an unidentified woman, possibly Mary Eidt 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.

A modern print of a Ratz family portrait taken around 1900. Mary Kaufman is in the back row, second from the right.

One certificate of appreciation from the YWCA Kitchener-Waterloo appointing Mary Kaufman as honorary president of the organization. The certificate is signed by past-presidents including Bertha Lang, Sarah Lang, Martha Rieder, Lottie Pequegnat, Caroline Augustine, Rosie Pollock, Sara Breithaupt and others.

A snapshot of four women standing in front of a stone wall in an unidentified Middle Eastern country.

Left to right: Louise Breithaupt, Edna Augustine, Emma R. Kaufman, and Mary Kaufman.

A snapshot of Mary Eidt Kaufman and her three sisters quilting outside 22 Margaret Avenue in Kitchener, Ontario.

Left to right: Emma Sutter, [Clara?], Mary Kaufman, Adeline Hill.

Studio portrait of Mary Eidt Kaufman and her daughters (left to right) Emma Ratz Kaufman and Edna Louise Augustine.

A poem by Mary Kaufman dated March 17, 1930.

Newspaper obituary of Mary Kaufman, December 24, 1943 and "Tribute to Mrs. Mary Kaufman," read at the funeral service by Milton G. Geil.

A valentine's card sent to Mary Kaufman in 1874. Also includes a Christmas card from Mary Kaufman [ca. 1920] with a Japanese Christmas card to her attached and one pink and blue embroidered book mark

Material relating to the opening and naming of "Mary's Place", the K-W Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) residence named in Mary Kaufman's honour in 1990. Includes 2 snapshots, correspondence, photocopies of 1937 news clippings about the opening of the "new wing" and photocopies of clippings from 1970, the 100th anniversary of the Y.W.C.A. of Canada.

5 page computer printout of "Mary Ratz Kaufman, Grandmother Kaufman, Dec. 14, 1856-Dec. 24, 1843," containing recollections by Mary Ham.

Three press clippings related to Mary Kaufman.

"Information extracted for genealogy" from the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, Office of the Registrar General.

A press clipping related to Mary Kaufman from December 14, [1938?].

A photocopy of a paper by Susan Montanen, Beth Moore Milroy, and Susan Wismer titled, "Community-building in Berlin: Mary Eidt Ratz Kaufman, 1856-1943." The paper was published by the Waterloo Historical Society in 1990.

A portrait of the Kaufman family during Mary Eidt Kaufman

A portrait of the Kaufman family during Mary Eidt Kaufman

Portrait of Mary Eidt Kaufman seen seated in an armchair and looking at camera.

Snapshot of Mary Kaufman seated on a chair in the middle of a yard, hands in lap and looking at camera.

Head and torso studio portrait of Mary Eidt Kaufman seen looking at camera, seated and wearing a fur stole around shoulders.

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

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.

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.

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.

One item of personal correspondence from Emma Kaufman to her mother Mary Kaufman dated January 1, 1937. Also includes four reports relating to the activities of the Tokyo Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.). One report was written by Lena M. Ferrar and is dated to February 12, 1937. One report was written by Kato San's on the trip to Belgium, Holland, and France between May 18 and June 2, 1937. Two reports were written by Emma Kaufman; dated May 6, 1937 and September 19, 1937. The report by Emma Kaufman dated Sept. 19, 1937 discusses mobilization in Japan.

Six pieces of personal correspondence from Emma Kaufman to her mother Mary Kaufman, brother A.R. Kaufman and sister Edna (holograph, typescript, and carbons), one of which discusses the situation in Shanghai, China and another the situation in Formosa.

Also includes six reports relating to activities of the Tokyo Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.), three by Emma Kaufman, two by Margaret Hockin and one unsigned. Also contains a typed transcript with title, "The psychology of Christian personality" by Ernest M. Ligon.

Photograph taken during a Kaufman family trip to Egypt in 1929 showing (left to right) Emma Kaufman, Louisa Breithaupt, Mary Kaufman, Edna Augustine on camels with a pyramid and the Great Sphinx of Giza in the background, and local adult and child tour guides at front.

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

Image of (left to right) Emma Ratz Kaufman, Mary Eidt Kaufman, Edna Louise Augustine and Jean Kaufman standing together outdoors, possibly on the grounds of a church.

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).

Photograph of (left to right) Mary Kaufman and Barbara Augustine standing with grandchildren John Ross and Mary Caroline Augustine. The group is seen outdoors standing on a snow-lined walkway between two buildings and are dressed for cold weather.

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.

Snapshots of various members of the Augustine, Ham and Kaufman families. Many of the photographs have inscriptions on the verso identifying the names of family members in the photographs including: Mary Eidt Kaufman, Emma Ratz Kaufman, Edna Louise Augustine, Albert William Augustine, Mary Ham, Albert Jacob Augustine and, John Ross Augustine.

A portrait of the Augustine family.

Left to right: Mary Ham, Edna Louise Augustine, Albert Jacob Augustine, John Ross Augustine, Mary Eidt Kaufman.

A photograph of the Augustine and Kaufman families taken on December 25, 1941 in front of 22 Margaret Ave. Kitchener, Ontario.

Back row, left to right: Albert William Augustine, Mary Eleanor Kaufman (Merritt), Edmond Kaufman, Bernard Sandwell, Robert Kaufman, Carl Kaufman, Alvin Ratz Kaufman, Milton Ratz Kaufman.

Middle Row, left to right: Mary Caroline Augustine, Edna Louise Augustine, Helen Mary Sandwell, Jean Kaufman (wife of A.R. Kaufman), Jean Kaufman (Koetsier), Emma Ratz Kaufman, Edith Kaufman (wife of M.R. Kaufman), John Ross Augustine.

Front row, left to right, seated: Mrs. Hutton, Mary Kaufman.