Gordon Skene Sound Collection Audio

Addressing a gathering at the State Fair in Newton Iowa, Adlai Stevenson speaks on the subject of farm subsidies and the state of rural America during a whistle-stop campaign appearance.

For his second nomination as President, having made an unsuccessful bid in 1952 with John Sparkman as his running mate, Adlai Stevenson attempted a second bid for the Presidency in 1956.

Fears of a cold war turning hot were rampant from the late 1940’s to the 1980’s and no fear was greater than the fear of a nuclear war and whether or not we were prepared for one.

With compulsory induction into Military service during World War 2 a thing of the past, the new threats to security and the Cold War atmosphere with the Soviet Union caused many to reconsider reinstating the draft.

In a bid to strengthen US. Relations with Latin-America, the Kennedy Administration launched the Alliance for Progress.

The 1948 Presidential campaign began in earnest with Governor Thomas Dewey and Governor Harold Stassen vying for the nomination of the Republican Party.

General Eisenhower speaks at an enthusiastic gathering at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles during his successful 1952 bid for the Presidency.

Dwight D. Eisenhower won th Republican party's nomination for president on the first ballot, gathering 845 convention votes and defeating his chief opponent, Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio.

This collection represents some of the most well-known speeches of the 20th century, spanning the years 1908-1991.

Before radio, the only way a candidate could get his message across to the voters was by criss-crossing the country and speaking directly to the people...