Reminiscences of William Leonard Laurence : oral history, 1957.

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Reminiscences of William Leonard Laurence : oral history, 1957.

Early years in Czarist Russia and Germany; dreams of flying; arrival in United States, 1905, and first jobs; experience at Harvard as student and tutor, 1908-1917; World War I experiences.

Transcript: 148 leaves.

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