J. C. Penney papers, circa 1800-2000.

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J. C. Penney papers, circa 1800-2000.

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Mr. Penney's personal papers include correspondence, speeches, clippings, genealogies, greeting cards, photographs, and other items from James C. Penney, his third wife, Caroline A. Penney, and other family members. Mr. Penney opened the Golden Rule store in Kemmerer, Wyoming, in 1902. That one store evolved into the JCPenney Company. These materials include not only his business speeches and correspondence, but also information on his dairy farms, livestock interests, and philanthropies including Penney Farms, the Penney Retirement Community, and the J.C. Penney Foundation.

110 boxes, including 950 photographs (39 cubic feet)

Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6811601

Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Penney family.

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Penney, Caroline A.

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Penney, J. C. (James Cash), 1875-1971

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J.C. Penney, merchant and chain store executive, was born James Cash Penney, Jr., in Caldwell County, Missouri, the son of James Cash Penney, Sr., a farmer, minister, and civic leader, and Mary Frances Paxton. Three years after Penney was born, his family (which included twelve children) moved from their farm on 390 acres to Hamilton, a nearby town of 2,000 residents on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. They continued raising cattle and food on the farm and began participating...

J.C. Penney Co.

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