Oral History Interviews with Rufus B. Burrus Longtime friend and legal counselor to Harry S. Truman; assistant county counselor, 1927-41; member, U.S. Army Reserve, 1927-75; officer in U.S. Army in World War II; attorney in private practice, 1921 to present. Interview Transcripts October 22, 1985 | November 8, 1985 | November 20, 1985 by Niel M. Johnson, Harry S. Truman Library [Notices and Restrictions] NOTICE These are transcripts of tape-recorded interviews conducted for the Harry S. Truman Library. A draft of each transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were made; therefore, the reader should remember that these are essentially transcripts of the spoken, rather than the written word. As an electronic publication of the Truman Library, users should note that features of the original, hardcopy versions of the oral history interviews, such as pagination and indexing, could not be replicated for the online version of the Burrus transcripts. RESTRICTIONS These oral history transcripts may be read, quoted from, cited, and reproduced for purposes of research. They may not be published in full except by permission of the Harry S. Truman Library. [Top of the Page | Notices and Restrictions] For questions, e-mail truman.reference@nara.gov Return to Truman Library Oral History Finding Aid Return to Archival Reference at the Truman Library

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