Series 7: Speeches, 1912-1950 (continued)
Speeches by Others
F 1 Speech: "The WPA in County Road Programs" (February 2, 1940).
Perry Fellows. Given to the 37th Annual Convention of the American Road Builders' Association.
F 2 Speech: "Robert L. Doughton, of North Carolina--Long Tenure of Service" (March 26, 1940).
By John Rankin. Speech in honor of Representative Doughton's service as a member of the House of Representatives.
F 3 Speech: "Federal Aid Secondary System" (April 18, 1940).
By N. F. McCoy. Discusses the selection process to determine which secondary systems should be targeted for road improvement.
F 4 Speech: "We Learned a Lesson" (January 29, 1941).
By General Robert Lee Bobbitt. Discusses the planning for road improvement projects, especially as they relate to national defense goals.
F 5 Speech: "Must Outlaw Further Defense Strikes and Eliminate Excess War Profits" (March 16, 1942).
By Jed Johnson. Repudiates labor strikes in war industries and the call for a 40-hour week.
F 6 Speech: "Prairies Afire" (April 6, 1942).
By Jed Johnson. Refers to a speech given by Wilburn Cartwright regarding Oklahomans' anger about labor strikes.
F 7 Speech: "The Arts in War Time" (May 19, 1942).
By Duncan Phillips. Discusses the uplifting power of art during the turmoil of war.
F 8 Speech: Address to the Southern Members of Congress (June 18, 1942).
By Thomas Wallner, President Southern States Industrial Council. Discusses the threat of plant closings brought about by war restrictions.
F 9 Speech: "The Welfare Federation Program" (November 1, 1942).
By O.J. Fox. Campaign speech for re-election of Senator Josh Lee.
F9B Speech: "The House of the Future." (Feb. 3, 1943).
By Bror Dahlberg.
F 10 Speech: "Not Tired Nor Untried." (July 19, 1944).
By Robert S. Kerr. Discusses the successful government led by the Democratic party and the need to retain Democratic leaders in the coming election.
F 11 Speech: "If I Had Your Chance" (June 8, 1947).
By Paul Garrett. Delivered to the 88th Commencement of Whitman College.
F 12 Speech: "A Summary of the Operation of the Reorganization Act" (July 26, 1947).
By A. S. Mike Monroney.
F 13 Speech: "Radio Talk" (February 1948).
By Richard West. Discusses various topics including African American voting, federal funding to state colleges, the insidious nature of taxes, etc.
F 14 Speech: "Radio Talk" (September-October 1948).
By Richard West. Several issues. Discusses various topics such as union labor, Communism, Congressional elections, etc.
F 15 Speech: "Radio Talk" (November 1948).
By Richard West. Several issues. Discusses various topics such as the labor lobby, President Truman's election, the Texas tideland oil property, a federal bill to end segregation, etc.
F 16 Speech: "Radio Talk" (December 1948).
By Richard West. Discusses various political and economic topics.
F 17 Speech: "Radio Talk" (January-February 1949).
By Richard West. Discusses the new and continuing fight against Communism, the increase in taxes on large corporations, etc.
F 18 Speech: "Radio Talk" (March-July 1949).
By Richard West. Discusses interaction between races, lynching debate, labor politics, veterans returning to college, etc.
F 19 Speech: "What Do You Want . . . How Do You Expect to Get It?" (October 25, 1949).
By Fred G. Gurley, the president of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway System. This address was given at the annual dinner of the Associated Traffic Clubs of America in Houston, Texas.
F 20 Speech: "Dick West Reports" (July 9, 1950).
By Richard West. Discusses the atom bomb, the Korean crisis, Communism in America, etc.
Speech Materials
F 21 Speech Materials: Agriculture (n.d.).
Farm Bill to reorganize the Department of Agriculture; wheat farming in the Philippines
F 22 Speech Materials: Agriculture (n.d.).
Pamphlets by John A. Simpson, Pres. National Farmers' Union
F 23 Speech Materials: Road Legislation (n.d.).
F 24 Speech Materials: Children's Day (n.d.).
Clippings; pamphlet; newsletter from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Baptist Church
F 25 Speech Materials: Christmas (n.d.).
Clippings and pamphlets; reader of Washington Irving's writings about Christmas, entitled Christmas Eve and Christmas Day."
F 26 Speech Materials: Father's Day (n.d.).
Newspaper clippings
F 27 Speech Materials: Democratic Party (n.d.).
Clippings referring to activities and current events involving the party
F 28 Speech Materials: National Economy (n.d.).
Newspaper clippings; taxes; Congressional budgeting
F 29 Speech Materials: Folsom Training School, Smithville, Oklahoma (n.d.)
Pamphlets and newsletters.
F 30 Speech Materials: Jokes (n.d.).
Cartoons; newspaper clippings of Will Rogers stories; miscellaneous clippings of jokes
F 31 Speech Materials: Jokes and Anecdotes (n.d.).
F 32 Speech Materials: Ku Klux Klan (n.d.).
Pamphlets supporting the philosophical ideology of the Ku Klux Klan
F 33 Speech Materials: Labor Day (n.d.).
Pamphlets and clippings
F 34 Speech Materials: Labor (n.d.).
Clippings; poems and editorials about the American laborer
F 35 Speech Materials: Memorial Day (n.d.).
Pamphlets and articles
F 36 Speech Materials: Miscellaneous (n.d.).
F 37 Speech Materials: Brudder Gardner's Stump Speeches and Comic Lectures (n.d.).
Includes a variety of speeches and lectures some of which have the speaker identified.
F 38 Speech Materials: Mother's Day (n.d., 1937).
Magazine and newspaper clippings; editorials celebrating mothers on Mother's Day; To Mother with Love (1937); songs, poems, and sayings
F 39 Speech Materials: National Defense (n.d.).
Clippings; cartoons from World War II period; editorials and articles discussing American projects to promote national defense
F 40 Speech Materials: Oklahoma (n.d.)
Newspaper clippings specific to state issues; editorials regarding farming issues, gasoline taxes, and political candidates.
F 41 Speech Materials: Political (n.d.).
Clippings; biographical pamphlets about T.P. Gore, Ira Hersey, and others
F 42 Speech Materials: Prohibition (n.d.).
Pamphlets for and against the return of prohibition legislation decisions
F 43 Speech Materials: Public Speaking (n.d.).
Materials for a public speaking course; instructional pamphlets; quizzes over public speaking materials
F 44 Speech Materials: Roads (n.d.).
Magazine clippings; articles about superhighways, road improvement projects, and secondary road projects.
F 45 Speech Materials: Roads (n.d.).
Newspaper clippings; federal aid for road improvement, highway project cancellations, and road-related injuries and accidents.
F 46 Speech Materials: Roads (n.d.).
Pamphlets; reports on traffic conditions, road safety; reports on road construction materials; reports on national highway policies
F 47 Speech Materials: Roads (n.d.).
Pamphlets on roads as national defense and federal aid to highway projects; articles from the American Highways Convention publication
F 48 Speech Materials: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (n.d.).
F 49 Speech Materials: School (n.d.).
Speeches from high school students; written notes for speeches to give at various commencements; editorials; articles about the importance of education
F 50 Speech Materials: Socialism (n.d.).
Clippings; pamphlet "Debate on Socialism"; flier about Socialism and Christianity
F 51 Speech Materials: Speakers Handbook (n.d.).
Outline of speeches developed by the Oklahoma Speakers Bureau o be used as an example for speech topics
F 52 Speech Materials: Thanksgiving (n.d.).
F 53 Speech Materials: Veterans (n.d.).
Clippings about veterans' benefits; tribute to veterans' contribution in World War II
F 54 Speech Materials: World War II (n.d.).
Pamphlets and articles; editorials about the history of the war
F 55 Speech Materials: Ready-Made Speeches by George Hapgood, Esq. (1907).
Includes 30 different occasions for speech-making.
F 56 Speech Materials: Analysis of Oratorical Style by R. E. Pattison Kline; American Correspondence School of Law, Chicago, Ill. (1916).
A volume in the Public Speaking Library Series; has information on oratorical style with excerpts from famous orators.
F 57 Speech Materials: Congressional Record (March 14, 1929).
F 58 Speech Materials: The People's Business (1930)
Discusses issues before the national legislature in 1930
F 59 Speech Materials: Tariff (June 25, 1930).
The Rawleigh Tariff Bureau (newsletter); discusses the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill
F 60 Speech Materials: Congressional Record (May 3, 1930).
Notes an amendment regarding agricultural tariffs
F 61 Speech Materials: Speakers Library Magazine (1931)
Magazine developed as a source for speech topic suggestions, instructional guidance on speech development, and presentation techniques.
F 62 Speech Materials: Speakers Library Magazine (1932).
Magazine developed as a source for speech topic suggestions, instructional guidance on speech development, and presentation techniques.
F 63 Speech Materials: Oklahoma State Penitentiary (June 30, 1932).
Annual report: gives demographic statistics about the penitentiary's population.
F 64 Speech Materials: Flag Day (1933).
F 65 Speech Materials: Fourth of July (1933).
Newspaper clippings; poems, and editorials celebrating the Fourth of July.
F 66 Speech Materials: Speakers Library Magazine (1933).
Magazine developed as a source for speech topic suggestions, instructional guidance on speech development, and presentation techniques.
F 67 Speech Materials: Speakers Library Magazine (1934).
Magazine developed as a source for speech topic suggestions, instructional guidance on speech development, and presentation techniques.
F 68 Speech Materials: Anecdotes, How to Make Them Perform in Public. Edited by Maxwell Droke (1934).
Includes a variety of humorous stories.
F 69 Speech Materials: Speakers Library Magazine (1935).
Magazine developed as a source for speech topic suggestions, instructional guidance on speech development, and presentation techniques.
F 70 Speech Materials: Scribner's Magazine (December 1936).
Includes Wilburn Cartwright's speech "The Motorist Girds for War."
F 71 Speech Materials: Speakers Library Magazine (1936).
Magazine developed as a source for speech topic suggestions, instructional guidance on speech development, and presentation techniques.
F 72 Speech Materials: Talk Tactics or How to Win with Speech; A Handbook for Public Speakers. (1936).
Discusses different approaches in speech-making with appropriate examples.
F 73 Speech Materials: Hints and Hits for Public Speakers (1936).
Includes speaking tips as well as anecdotes; has several handwritten notations by Cartwright
F 74 Speech Materials: Absentee Voting Law (1937).
Pamphlet encouraging citizens to be involved in voting--includes voting statistics from the decade
F 75 Speech Materials: Speakers Library Magazine (1937).
Magazine developed as a source for speech topic suggestions, instructional guidance on speech development, and presentation techniques.
F 76 Speech Materials: Ready Made Speeches and Toasts (1937).
This is one of the Popular Books Series; is for instruction and for entertainment
F 77 Speech Materials: Congressional Record (December 9, 1937).
Notes Cartwright's speech "Help the Farmer"; notes a speech by Dewey Johnson regarding federal highway aid
F 78 Speech Materials: Harlow's Weekly (1937-1938).
F 79 Speech Materials: Speakers Library Magazine (1938).
Magazine developed as a source for speech topic suggestions, instructional guidance on speech development, and presentation techniques.
F 80 Speech Materials: Congressional Record (May 5, 1938).
Discusses the Federal Aid Road Act
F 81 Speech Materials: Speakers Library Magazine (1940-1945).
Magazine developed as a source for speech topic suggestions, instructional guidance on speech development, and presentation techniques.
F 82 Speech Materials: Democratic Digest (October-November 1940).
Articles on the current political events and interactions between the Republican and Democratic parties
F 83 Speech Materials: American Highways (October 1941).
Journal published by the American Association of State Highway Officials
F 84 Speech Materials: Congressional Record (June 10, 1942).
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