Reminiscences of Jacques Barzun : oral history, 1963.

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Reminiscences of Jacques Barzun : oral history, 1963.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309721064

Childhood in Passy, 1910-20; "salons" and "soirees" ; observations on French artistic movements of the decade; poetry and painting; effect of World War I on artists; Guillaume Apollinaire, Jean Cocteau.

Transcript: 206 leaves.Tape: 3 reels.

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

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

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