Peterson Monument Company records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: S4459

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence files and invoices; 15 photographs of grave markers including a few of prominent Duluthians, and a flatbed truck pulled by eight horses transporting a crated slab of stone - four drivers and two additional men are in the picture; accounting records include 1928-1929 comparative balance sheet and January 1930 to August 1931 trial balance sheets, IRS tax records of 1927 to 1930 plus the invoices which include everything from newspaper advertising costs to stone cutting supplies. Apparently a bid was offered from the Oneota Cemetery Soldiers Monument: a file of correspondence survives. Work with various Duluth area cemeteries is found in the correspondence inconsistently with either the cemetery name or the name of the superintendent. There are some orders from families and details appropriated to the occasion. Quarries and stone works from other states are represented in the collection as suppliers of raw stone and subcontracted work. A small file contains marketing/display information from a couple of companies.

Dates

1914-1931

Creator

Peterson Monument Company (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

The Peterson Monument Company began as the P.N. Peterson Granite Company in about 1904. Initially managed by a B.T. Green, in 1905 Anton M. Peterson was the manager with the site at 203-205 East Superior Street. In 1918, perhaps 1917, the name is changed to A.M. Peterson Granite Company. Anton's brother, P.N. Peterson has died and Anton takes over the Duluth business. P.N. Peterson was from St. Paul. It is unclear if he ever resided in Duluth.

Extent

1.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains correspondence files and invoices; 15 photographs; accounting records including 1928-1929 comparative balance sheet and January 1930 to August 1931 trial balance sheets, IRS tax records of 1927 to 1930 plus the invoices which include everything from newspaper advertising costs to stone cutting supplies.

Physical Location

This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.

General

This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library, and are on permanent loan from the St. Louis County Historical Society.