Reminiscences of William E. Bell : oral history, 1985.

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Reminiscences of William E. Bell : oral history, 1985.

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Childhood in Arkansas; studied civil engineering at Virginia Military Institute; received MA in sanitary engineering from University of North Carolina; various posts with public health service; assignment with the Institute of Inter-American Affairs: post in Mexico 1949-1952, post in Costa Rica 1952-1954; returned to public health service; position with Montgomery County government in Maryland.

Transcript: 19 leaves.Tape: 1 cassette.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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