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...

The 20th century has been probably the most well documented century we have ever known.

The human voice is an incredible tool: It persuades, it reports and it inspires.

Controversy always dogs an upheaval of the status quo, and the 20th century has brought many upheavals in American society...

In his first official appearance as Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations.

The Republican national convention meeting in Chicago renominated Hoover on the first ballot, June 16, 1932.

An ardent foe of the Roosevelt administration and The New Deal, Louisiana Senator Huey Long delivered a series of radio addresses based on his concept “Every Man A King” and “Share The Wealth”

A debate between Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes and columnist Gen. Hugh S. Johnson on the subject “Is Democracy In Peril”.

Collects great historical speeches from 1900 to 1999.

Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1900 to 1953.

Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1953 to 1969.

Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1970 to 1999.

FBI directon J. Edgar Hoover delivers an address on the threat of subversives and “fifth columnists” infiltrating the United States.

Jimmy Carter, former Governor of Georgia was the first man from the deep South to be elected President in over a century and a quarter.

President Carter addresses the Society of Newspaper Editors on the subject of inflation and the current economic conditions in the country.

The first of two days of testimony given by the President of the United Mine Workers Union, John L. Lewis discussing the topic of Mine Safety, a subject of much concern over the recent series of mine disasters plaguing the country.