Scope and Contents The David P. Barr Papers are more a collection of memorabilia than a comprehensive body of material illustrating his life. There is little correspondence and only two notebooks as well as a few reprints. His 17-year career at Washington University is almost completely undocumented.Still, the collection has several interesting items. Barr's reminiscences given to the Columbia University Oral History Program in 1964 tell his story in his own words. A journal kept by a fellow...