Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Edward L. R. Elson, 1969Biographical NoteClergyman
Scope and ContentsChildhood; experiences as 7th Army chaplain, World War II; relationship of Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight Eisenhower with Presbyterian Church; personal knowledge of Middle Eastern countries and leaders; establishment of American Friends of the Middle East; Eisenhower funeral; election as Chaplain of the Senate
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1988
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