Oral history interview with William Leonard Laurence, 1964.

Biographical Note

Science editor; interviewee d.1977

Scope and Contents

Experiences in New York, N.Y. journalism: New York WORLD, 1926-30; science reporter, New York TIMES, 1930-64; notable stories covered, including discovery of neutron, new elements, Harvard 300th Anniversary Conference; coverage of development of atomic energy: Manhattan Project, tests, dropping of bomb; Pulitzer Prizes, medical reporting

Subjects

• Bruns, Scott, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Editors--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Journalists--Interviews.
• Laurence, William L., 1888-1977--Interviews.
• Medicine--Research.
• New York times.
• Nuclear energy.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Reporters and reporting.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972