Memories : autobiography / by Robert Barr ; edited and transcribed from audio tapes by his son, Robert Barr, Jr., 1980.

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Memories : autobiography / by Robert Barr ; edited and transcribed from audio tapes by his son, Robert Barr, Jr., 1980.

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An autobiography of Robert Barr describing his childhood in Glasgow, Scotland; service in the army during World War I and in India; immigration to the United States in 1923; work with the U.s. Army Corps of Engineers in the Yukon territory; and family life in North Tarrytown, New York. Includes appendix of genealogical charts and copies of photographs.

1 v. (177 p.)

New-York Historical Society

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