Oral history interview with Prescott Sheldon Bush, 1966
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Prescott Sheldon Bush, 1966
Abstract
Yale; World War I; early business experience, investment banking; W.A. Harriman & Co., 1926-31, Brown Brothers Harriman, from 1931, role of private banking; early political activities, Republican Party in Connecticut; Senator, 1952-62; committees, legislation, Randall Commission on tariff and trade; campaign of 1956, development of Republican platform; impressions of President Eisenhower, John Fost er Dulles, Senators Robert A. Taft and Joseph McCarthy, Averell Harriman, Robert Roosa
Legislators--United States; Bankers; Investment banking; Banks and banking; United States Politics and government 1953-1961; Connecticut Politics and government 20th century; Bush, Prescott Sheldon, 1895-1972; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co; United States. Congress
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1966
Physical Description
454 pages
Note (Biographical)
Banker, senator
Note
Interviewed by John T. Mason, Jr. on July 1, July 7, July 22, August 1, September 28, October 7, and October 21, 1966