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Finding Historical Speeches @ Pitt
This guide will help students find historic speeches on a variety of subjects.
Transcribed Speeches
Subject Headings
General Books
Online Resources
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Audiovisual Resources
Political Rhetoric
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Subject Headings
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at to find collections of speeches:
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Oratory
Political Oratory
General Books
American Political Rhetoric : Essential Speeches and Writings on Founding Principles and Contemporary Controversies
by
Peter Augustine Lawler (Editor); Robert Martin Schaefer (Editor)
Call Number: JK21 .A462 2010
ISBN: 9781442202948
Publication Date: 2010-09-16
Essential Documents of American History, Volume I
by
Bob Blaisdell (Editor)
Call Number: online
ISBN: 0486811816
Publication Date: 2016-04-06
Essential Documents of American History, Volume II
by
Bob Blaisdell (Editor)
Call Number: online
ISBN: 9780486809083
Publication Date: 2016-04-21
Representative American Speeches Series
Call Number: PS668 R45
Publication Date: 1937-2011
Speech Index : an index to collections of world famous orations and speeches for various occasions
by
Charity Mitchell
Call Number: AI3 .S96
ISBN: 0810815184
Publication Date: 1990-06-01
The Words That Shook the World : 100 years of unforgettable speeches and events
by
Richard Greene; Florie Brizel
Call Number: PN6122 .G75 2002
ISBN: 0735202966
Publication Date: 2002-10-01
Online Resources
Vital Speeches of the Day
This journal reprints major speeches. Access available from 1934-present.
ISSN: 0042-742X
Speeches on Social Justice
A focused list of speeches on social justice from the So Just website.
Subject-Specific Books
From Megaphones to Microphones : Speeches of American Women, 1920-1960
by
Sandra J. Sarkela; Susan Mallon Ross; Margaret A. Lowe
Call Number: PS663.W65 F76 2003
ISBN: 0275977722
Publication Date: 2003-08-30
Great Speeches by Native Americans
by
Bob Blaisdell (Editor)
Call Number: E98.O7 G74 2000
ISBN: 0486411222
Publication Date: 2000-06-20
The Will of a People : A Critical Anthology of Great African American Speeches
by
Richard W. Leeman (Editor); Bernard K. Duffy (Editor)
Call Number: online
ISBN: 9780809330577
Publication Date: 2012-02-21
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