Oral history project interview transcript, 1973.

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Oral history project interview transcript, 1973.

In this interview with Charles R. Long and Annette Hervey, Robbins discusses his career as a plant physiologist and administrator at the University of Missouri and the New York Botanical Garden, the relationship of the Garden to the City of New York, and the nature of scientific research, among other topics.

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