Oral History Interview
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Joseph Enterprises, Inc. (San Francisco, California)
label: Collection Creator
content: Pedott, Joseph, 1932-2023
setName: label: See more items in
content: Joseph Pedott Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: April 2008
label: Date
content: 2004 September
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0898, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series 1, Oral History Interviews, September 2004 and April 2008, were conducted with Joseph Pedott by John Fleckner, NMAH archivist. The 2004 interview discusses his life and business career in Chicago and San Francisco and the development of the Chia Pet and other products.  The 2008 interview focuses on the move of Chia Pet manufacturing to China and Pedott's ongoing relationship with its manufacturer.  He also discusses marketing strategies and changes brought about by drug store consolidation and the emergence of big box stores.  There is a detailed abstract for the first interview and a transcript for the second.