Ambassador to Cameroon (1960-1966) also accredited to Togo (1960-1961).
Oral History Interview (1971): Barrows completed one interview for the John F. Kennedy Library on 2/4/1974, where he discusses issues surrounding the 1961 plebiscite to determine the fate of British Cameroon, U.S.-Cameroon relations during the John F. Kennedy administration, and differences in State Department policy towards Francophone and Anglophone African nations, among other issues.