Title: Peter Staub Letter

Date/Date Range :   1875 August 26

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection houses a letter written by Peter Staub, then the mayor of Knoxville, to the Trustees of East Tennessee University in reference to Knoxville's inability to collect outstanding taxes.

Call number: MS-0979

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This letter is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections department.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Peter Staub Letter, MS-0979,University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

This collection consists of one folder.

Peter Staub was a Swiss native who settled in Knoxville in 1856. At the age of 29, he opened a tailoring shop. Fourteen years after arriving in Knoxville, the Swiss government appointed him consul for the state of Tennessee. He was elected mayor of Knoxville on two separate occasions, serving in 1875-1876 and again in 1881-1882. He proved a civic-minded leader who helped the city of Knoxville grow tremendously. Staub died on May 18, 1904 from injuries he sustained in a carriage accident.

This collection houses a letter written by Peter Staub, then the mayor of Knoxville, to the Trustees of East Tennessee University in reference to Knoxville's inability to collect outstanding taxes.

• Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History.
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
• East Tennessee University.
• Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Politics and government.