Meador, Joel Tom, 1943-1986

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The son of Schleicher County, Texas, rancher and oilman Cecil Meador and Williwood Bridwell Meador, Joel Tom Meador (1943-1986) was a Boy Scout during his childhood. A speleo-historian and avid collector of cave history, Meador was named a National Speleological Society Fellow in 1969.

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"Notes and News." NSS News Vol. 28, No. 2 (February 1970): 15.

" The Williwood Meador Collection: Pancho Villa and the Border Revolution ." Angelo State University West Texas Collection. Accessed April 5, 2011.

From the guide to the Meador, Joel Tom, Papers 87-076., [ca. 1957-1970], (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

The son of Schleicher County, Texas, rancher and oilman Cecil Meador and Williwood Bridwell Meador, Joel Tom Meador (1943-1986) was a Boy Scout during his childhood.

A speleo-historian and avid collector of cave history, Meador was named a National Speleological Society Fellow in 1969.

From the description of Meador, Joel Tom, Papers, [ca. 1957-1970] (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 772633190

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Birth 1943

Death 1986

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