Files relating to J.C. Penney
from the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia


  • Penney, James Cash (1875-1971), Papers, 1859-1944 (C0384) 1 folder
    http://www.umsystem.edu/whmc/invent/desc-bus.html#0384
    Compositions containing biographical material and merchandising information, written by the head of the J. C. Penney chain stores. Includes two pamphlets written by Penney, "A Brief Outline of My Early History" and "A Tribute to My Mother," and several additional pamphlets on the J. C. Penney Missouri Farms.
  • Penney, James Cash (1875-1971), Papers, 1941-1970 (C3260) 6 folders
    http://www.umsystem.edu/whmc/invent/desc-religion.html#3260
    Speeches, articles, and pamphlets by and about Penney, his moral, religious, and business interests, and his cattle farms. Folders 1-3 contain religious and moral pamphlets, and folders 4-6 contain cattle raising articles.
  • Ragsdale, Arthur Chester (1890-1969), Papers, 1961-1968 (C3330)
    http://www.umsystem.edu/whmc/invent/desc-agri.html#3330
    Notes and writings on the Department of Dairy Husbandry at the University of Missouri. Listings of chairmen/staff and teaching/research programs. Research projects, dairy extension project, and dairy production data for Missouri and the U.S. Folder 1 holds a history of the University of Missouri dairy husbandry program with a brief reference to the Foremost Guernsey Farm and herd (1952-1953) "worth a total value of approximately $750,000."
  • University of Missouri, President's Office, Papers, 1892-1966 (C2582)
    http://www.umsystem.edu/whmc/invent/desc-mu.html#2582
    Papers from the administrations of Richard Henry Jesse, A. Ross Hill, J. C. Jones, Stratton D. Brooks, Walter Williams, Frederick A. Middlebush, and Elmer Ellis. Folders 2039-2040 (General Correspondence "P") include letters from J. C. Penney, with signature, regarding the transfer of the Foremost Guernsey Farm to the university, 1937-1940, and other miscellaneous matters.
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