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, 1926-1930; science reporter, New York TIMES, 1930-1964; 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. Digitized microfiche also contains Reminiscences of William Leonard Laurence, 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

Subjects

• Bruns, Scott, interviewer.
• Editors--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Journalists--Interviews.
• Laurence, William Leonard, 1888---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