Nelson E. Meacham File, 1913, 1914, 1928, 1964, circa 1980s, 2007, circa 2018, January, February 2023; undated

File — Box: 7, Folder: 16

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Includes celebration of life program, card, and DVD; photographs of Norman and Lois Meacham; Nelson with cousins and other family members; Nelson in Lake Tahoe; Nelson and Lois; Nelson with childhood friends including Tom Mathiesen; Nelson playing the organ; Nelson dressed as Braer Bear while working at Disney; Raleigh and Emma Jennings; childhood photographs of Lois Jennings, and presumably Aunt Addie and grandmother; Nelson's high school graduation photograph; and others. This file also includes family history and biography of Nelson, "A Childhood Reminiscence of Nelson E. Meacham" by Thomas J. Mathiesen; and transcript of speech possibly from Nelson's celebration of life.

Dates

1913, 1914, 1928, 1964, circa 1980s, 2007, circa 2018, January, February 2023; undated

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Biographical / Historical

Nelson E. Meacham (November 10, 1946-January 16, 2023) was the grandson of Emma and Raleigh Jennings; and son of Lois Jennings and Norman Meacham. His aunt, was Irene Burns. Nelson graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1970. He would go on to work WED (Walter Elias Disney) Enterprises, which later became Walt Disney Imagineering.