Oral history interview with Prescott Sheldon Bush, 1966
- Name
- Bush, Prescott Sheldon, 1895-1972 (Interviewee)
- Mason, John T., 1909-1998 (Interviewer)
- Title
- 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
- Collection Name
- Eisenhower administration project
- Subjects
- 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
- Note (Provenance)
- Prescott Sheldon Bush, Gift 1966
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13752451
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-kqme-za66
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.