Penney received an honorary degree in Animal Husbandry from the University of Missouri. The Archives of the University of Missouri-Columbia is required by law and Board of Curator's policy to restrict access to some files and information. Student records are held as confidential under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and by University policy. Faculty promotion and tenure records and Academic Personnel files are restricted for 75 years, or the lifetime of the individual. All grievance, disciplinary, and medical records are treated as confidential files.
Arrangement follows the original, topical order.
Event was used to present research discoveries to farmers. J.C. Penney Correspondence 1950-1970. Also included are notations for hatch Farm wages and sales, and for purchases of breeding animals, hay and equipment.