Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A1198
Pet, Inc. (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, circa 1890s-1980. 8 boxes
Founded in the late nineteenth century at Helvetia Milk in Highland, Illinois, by the Latzer
family; moved to St. Louis and reestablished as Pet, Inc., sold to The Pillsbury Company,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the 1995.
Records related to the history of Pet, Inc.; includes some Latzer family historical materials.
Pet, Inc., records transferred to The Pillsbury Company when Pillsbury purchased Pet, Inc., in
1995. The records were then turned over to Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Latzer in 1995, with the
understanding that they could be donated to appropriate repositories. Latzer family papers
collected by Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Latzer.
Pet, Inc., trademarks and patents are and remain the property of The Pillsbury Company,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Finding aid available.
Associated Pet, Inc., and Latzer family materials at the Highland Archives (Illinois); the Latzer
Homestead Museum (Illinois); the Louis Latzer Memorial Library (Illinois); the University of
Illinois; and with the Louis A. Latzer family.
Cite as: Pet, Inc., Records, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1199
Peters, John.
Scrapbook, circa 1927-1934. 1 box
At one time was chief clerk of the register's office assisting St. Louis Mayor Dickmann and
the mayor's secretary, 1933.
Loose scrapbook of clippings, mementoes, invitations, cards, etc. Also contained are
photographs and newsclippings regarding the dedication of the Federal Building (St. Louis),
1933, and the political campaign of Mayor Dickmann.
Cite as: John Peters Scrapbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1200
Peterson, Charles.
Collection, 1936-1989. 1 folder (approximately 50 items)
Architectural historian and planner for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial when it
was first established.
Information regarding the destruction of St. Louis river front for memorial; history of park;
information on Old Courthouse and Cathedral.
Cite as: Charles Peterson Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1202
Peterson, Cyrus A. (1848- ).
Battle of Pilot Knob research collection, 1862-1914. 12 boxes; 4 oversize folders
Cyrus A. Peterson was born March 30, 1848, in Burke County, North Carolina, and moved to
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, with his family in 1860. He graduated from the Missouri Medical
College in 1878 and worked as a physician in St. Louis. In the early 1900s he began gathering
data on the Battle of Pilot Knob, mostly in the form of correspondence and personal narratives of
Union veterans, which resulted in the publication of a book he co-authored titled Pilot Knob: The
Thermopylae of the West, published in 1914. Dr. Peterson also served as Missouri Historical
Society president from 1905 to 1906. He died November 19, 1915, in St. Louis.