5 Linear Feet, Summary: 5 ft. (4 records cartons, 15 in. each)
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, publications, photographs, and other papers (1965-95) of Dr. Joanna Strosnider
Nesselroad documenting the organization and administration of the nation's first Head Start Program. Dr. Nesselroad began
the first Head Start Program in McDowell County in 1965, and has served as West Virginia's regional training officer and as
a national consultant for the Program. There are also letters, newspaper clippings, publications, photographs, slides, and
other papers (1930-86) of a former West Virginia University Agriculture professor, W.W. Armentrout. Subjects include milk
production and distribution, agricultural economics, broiler industries, and the West Virginia University College of Agriculture.
Also includes financial records of the Armentrout Memorial.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Joanna Nesselroad Papers, A&M 3264, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.