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Record Group: 3 C Record Sub-Group: 13 Records Title: UMC; College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources; Extension Education Department; Professor John Gillespie Gross Papers Dates: 1967-1985 Volume: 1 cubic foot, 1.25 linear foot Scope and Content Note (A84-78; A97-17) This Record Sub-Group contains a sampling of the personal and professional papers of University of Missouri-Columbia Extension Education Department Chairman, John Gross. Included in this Sub-Group are publications, course materials, activity reports and personal and professional correspondence from the period of his chairmanship, 1971-1982. Biographical Note: Professor John Gross received his BS in Agriculture from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1942. He earned his MS in Extension Education, also at UMC, in 1962. In 1967, the University of Nebraska, at Lincoln, awarded Gross a Ph.D. in Adult Education. Gross served as Clinton County, Missouri Balanced Farming Agent from 1955 to 1959, and as Harrison County Extension Director from 1959 to 1965. From 1967 to 1971, Gross taught Extension Education courses at UMC, first as an Assistant and then an Associate Professor. He was chosen as Department Chairman in 1971 and served in that position through 1982. The focus of much of Professor Gross's scholarship was evaluation of Extension Education. He also edited a series of departmental reviews entitled "Training and Staff Development Special Report" (this Sub-Group contains numbers 4-5, 19-21, 23-30, and 32-46). Gross was also appointed by UMC to the North Central Computer Institute Evaluation Committee which produced a "Survey of Computer Use by North Central Land Grant College of Agriculture Faculty." Series Descriptions: This Sub-Group is not divided into separate record series. Arrangement follows the original, topical order. Inventory Box 1 FF 1 - Personal Vita, 1977 FF 2 - Extension Education Correspondence, 1967-1984 FF 3 - Extension Education Correspondence, 1983-1985 FF 4 - Missouri Extension Activity Reports, 1973-1983 FF 5 - Training and Staff Development Special Report, 1969-1972 FF 6 - Training and Staff Development Special Report, 1972-1982 FF 7 - John Gross Publications, 1969-1980 FF 8 - Evaluation of Swine Improvement Program in Harrison County by John Gross, 1960 FF 9 - Publications, Cooperative Surveys, and Evaluations, 1971-1981 FF 10 - Course Materials for Extension Education 403, 1971-1984 FF 11 - Course Materials for Extension Education 403, 1971-1984 FF 12 - Course Materials for Extension Education 403, 1977-1984 FF 13 - Course Materials for Extension Education 403, 1977-1984 FF 14 - Course Materials for Extension Education 405, 1973-1978 FF 15 - Course Materials for Extension Education 406, n.d. Restrictions Note: 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. Consultations with legal counsel, both in-house and external, are protected by the attorney/client privilege and will not be released. Search our Holdings