Librarian
Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals
- Nineteenth century Readers' guide to periodical literature, 1890-1899, with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922 by"An author, subject and illustrator index to the material in fifty-one periodicals (1003 volumes), an index to the book reviews and a title index to the short stories, novels, plays and poems."
See Databases tab section of this Guide.
Recorded Speeches - Audio and Video
To locate recordings of speeches use the FORMAT attributes in The CAT. Limit your search to AUDIO or VIDEO. Use the keywords "Speeches, addresses" or search by the name of the speaker, e.g. Martin Luther King, William Jennings Bryan, etc... Many web sites provide audio and video clips from famous speeches. See the Web Resources section of this guide for places to start.
A Few General Collections to Try:
- Great American speeches. [videorecording] : 80 years of political oratory byBeginning with a 1912 speech by Theodore Roosevelt and ending with 1984 speeches by Mario Cuomo and Jesse Jackson, traces the history of visually recorded American oratory and discusses the evolution of how, through technology, politicians present themselves to the public. Includes commentary and film clips which place each speech in historical perspective
- Great Speeches Video SeriesLater 20th-Century political speeches, largely by Americans.
- Every tone a testimony [sound recording] : an African American aural history by2 sound discs (147 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Great speeches : today's womenmulti-volume set
Web Resources on Public Speaking
Collections of Speeches:
- Past Speakers of the: LANDON LECTURES[Kansas State University]
Presidential / Political Speeches