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Gettysburg Address
by Abraham Lincoln
Available on: Digital Download
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation...
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Speech by Gandhi
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Online Audio
Mohandas Gandhi, recorded in Kinglsey Hall, London 1931, giving a spiritual message to the world.
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Gandhi Audio Library
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Digital Download
Gandhi speeches and recordings provided by the Mahatma Gandhi Research and Media Serivce Archive.
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Crash Course on Jewish History
by Rabbi Ken Spiro
Available on: Online Audio
Journey through the pages of time—from the Jewish perspective. Vivid, illuminating, and always entertaining, Rabbi Ken Spiro presents a "Crash Course in Jewish History"...
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Address to the United Nations General Assembly
Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio | Online Video
"We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind."
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Walking Out of History
by John Rabe
Available on: Online Audio
28 men lost in Antarctica for almost two years, fighting ice and the ocean. The world gave them up for dead; but every one of them survived.
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Modern Art History
by Jeanne Willette
Available on: Digital Download
In Liberal Arts and Sciences courses, students cultivate the critical tools they need to become well-informed, well-rounded artists and designers.
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World War II Audio: 1941-1944
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Available on: Online Audio
Listen to audio selections from World War II with speeches and newscasts given by world leaders.
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Introduction to Visual Culture
by Jeanne Willette
Available on: Digital Download
This course introduces students to the major methodological and critical approaches used in art history and criticism.
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Ideas Lecture: Jared Diamond
by Dr. Jared Diamond
Available on: Online Audio
An audience of 850 attended the Ideas Lecture on 2 June 2005 to listen to the remarkable scientist, thinker and historian Jared Diamond present the Ideas Lecture.
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Oral History on India's Independence Movement
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Digital Download
Millions of Indians participated in the struggle for independence from the British Empire who witnessed and were part of the large nonviolent movement, led by Mahatma Gandhi.
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Unmasking Stalin
by Robert Rand
Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio
Winston Churchill said that Russia is a riddle, wrapped inside a mystery, inside an enigma.
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God and the State
by Mikhail Bakunin
Available on: Digital Download
Bakunin’s most famous work, published in various lengths, this version is the most complete form of the work published hitherto.
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The History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides
Available on: Digital Download
The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens) in the 5th Century BC.
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Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities Faculty Lecture Series
Available on: Digital Download
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities fosters excellence by stimulating and supporting innovative, interdisciplinary work across the boundaries of departments, schools, and colleges.
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9/11 Major Speeches and Interviews
by George W. Bush
Available on: Online Audio
Listen to speeches and interviews following 9/11.
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The Gandhi Museum Audio-Visual Archive
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Digital Download
The Gandhi Museum Audio Visual section maintains a large collection of audio-visual tapes, records, CDs and films related to Mahatma Gandhi & Freedom Movement.
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Decadence: Ancient and Modern
by Russell Kirk
Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program assists in sponsoring lectures each year at the college, university, and preparatory school levels.
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Peter Lamborn Wilson Lecture, Plowing the Clouds
by Peter Lamborn Wilson
Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio
A Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture on the role of the poet in interpreting archaeology, anthropology, and human pre-history.
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Political Speeches of the 1960s
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Available on: Online Audio
Listen to audio selections from the 1960s with speeches given by world leaders.
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Political Speeches of the 1970s
by Gloria Steinem
Available on: Online Audio
Listen to audio selections from the 1970s with speeches given by world leaders.
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Comparative Insights: Marshall Plan, Japan, and Iraq
by John W. Dower
Available on: Online Video
John Dower sees a world of difference between a shattered Japan that accepted U.S. occupation, and fractious Iraq, which continues to buck under American leadership.
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World War II Audio: 1938-December 6, 1941
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Available on: Online Audio
Listen to audio selections from World War II with speeches and newscasts given by world leaders.
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Elie Wiesel: Tragedy of the Believer
by Elie Wiesel
Available on: Digital Download
A survivor of the Holocaust, in which he lost most of his family, Wiesel is a seminal chronicler of that event and its meaning.
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Political Speeches of the 1950s
by Richard M. Nixon
Available on: Online Audio
Listen to audio selections from the 1950s with speeches given by world leaders.
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