Brice K. Meeker Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS0416

Staff Only

Content Description

The Brice K. Meeker Papers consist of reports, speeches, diplomas, slides, and photographs from conferences attended by Meeker, as well as areas where he and his family lived while he was an agricultural attaché. There is information on agriculture in the United States and the U.S.S.R. In addition, the following places are represented in photographs or slides: the Aegean Islands, Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Canary Islands, Denmark, England, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, South America, the Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, and United States.

Dates

Creation: 1948-1996
Creation: Majority of material found within 1960-1974

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical Sketch

Brice K. Meeker (1922-1988) was an assistant administrator for the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). He received a master's degree and doctorate in agricultural economics from Purdue University and began working with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1953. Meeker spent most of his career overseas with FAS and was assigned to Hungary, Hong Kong, the Soviet Union, the Netherlands, and Australia. He retired in 1983.