Manuscripts Collection
F.H. Peavey & Company was established at Sioux City, Iowa, in 1874 by Frank H. Peavey. Minneapolis became headquarters of the firm in 1884. The name of the business was changed to Peavey Company in 1962. The firm went public in 1973 and , in 1982, was acquired by ConAgra, Inc.
The records document the growth and development of Peavey's system of line and terminal elevators; its flour and feed milling operations; the acquisition and operation of country elevators in the Midwest; and its diversification into food processing and specialty retailing operations. There are records relating to the predecessor firm of F.H. Peavey & Company.
These records are organized into the following seven sections:
Accession number: 11,938; 13,244; 13,702; 14,149; 15,247; 15,749
Processed by: David B. Peterson, May 1990, September 1997, and August 2000
Catalog ID number: 08-00010786
Includes depictions of Central Elevator (Minneapolis), Republic Elevator (Minneapolis), Monarch Elevator (Minneapolis), Union Elevator (Omaha, Nebraska), Midland Elevator (Kansas City, Missouri), Pacific Coast Elevator (Portland, Oregon), Interior Elevator (Minneapolis), a "typical country elevator," and a Peavey Grain Line Company railroad box car.
"Peavey System."
Includes "Peavey System."
For Ultrasonic sound apparatus.
Selling shareholders, 1972-1973. Includes miscellaneous earlier and later support documents.
Regarding name change to Peavey Company.
IVR merged into Brownberry in 1972.
The Cable Company.
A California milling complex?
Includes Great Western United Corporation, 1968-1969.
(Omaha, Neb.)
(Springfield, Mo.)
(Los Angeles, Calif.)
Formerly Peavey Company of Omaha.
KM/Van Dusen Harrington.
Company not clearly identified.
Includes Sioux City Street Railway Company.
Some blank certificates discarded.
Minneapolis office copy.
Includes corporate documents, advertisements, newspaper clippings, historical anniversary items; Occidental-brand flour.
See also Peavey Brothers, Box 40.
Agricultural.
Formerly King Midas Mill Co.
Includes subsidiaries.
Includes The Van Dusen-Harrington Co., Atlas Elevator Co., Atlas Lumber Co., National Elevator Co., Pioneer Steel Elevator Co., and King Midas Mill Co.
Includes Van Dusen (1890-1936), Atlas Elevator Company (1916-1935), Atlas Lumber Company, (1907-1936), King Midas Mill Company (1924-1936), National Elevator Company (1916-1936), Pioneer Steel Elevator Company, (1901-1934), and Apple River Mill Company (1929-1932).
Primarily obituaries.
Lucia Louis Peavey Heffelfinger copy. Primarily obituaries.
Ogontz School for Young Ladies, Philadelphia.
Company not clearly identified.
Employee newsletter.
Includes Peavey Grand Theatre.
A California milling complex?
Rolled linen drawings labeled "St. Anthony Fire Proof Elevator, Minneapolis, Minn." Prepared by The Barnett & Record Company, engineers and contractors.
Public relations presentations; industry-related films; kinescopes of commercials; wheat referendum; "Montana Bar Assoc." discussions; Peavey centennial (1974); "coop. Tax".