v. 1. The political arena. The farmer and the Republican Party (1908) / William Howard Taft
Address to the American Indians (1913) / President Woodrow Wilson
Address to the Boys' Progressive League (1913) / Former President Theodore Roosevelt
Inaugural address (1933) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Inaugural address (1937) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Election eve campaign speech (1944) / Governor Thomas E. Dewey
Inaugural address (1949) / President Harry S. Truman
"Checkers" speech (1952) / Senator Richard Nixon
Presidential campaign address (1952) / Governor Adlai Stevenson
Republican Convention address (1956) / Dwight D. Eisenhower
Presidential debate (1960) / Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon
Presidential campaign address (1964) / Senator Barry Goldwater
Address to the nation (on not seeking reelection) (1968) / President Lyndon B. Johnson
Presidential campaign address (1968) / Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Inaugural address (1969) / President Richard M. Nixon
Resignation address (1973) / Vice President Spiro Agnew
Resignation address (1974) / President Richard M. Nixon
Democratic Convention acceptance speech (1976) / Governor Jimmy Carter
Inaugural address (1981) / President Ronald Reagan
Keynote address for the Democratic Convention (1984) / Governor Mario Cuomo
Address to the Democratic Convention (1984) / Reverend Jesse Jackson.
v. 2. The changing world. First recorded promotional message on the Edison Phonograph (1906) / Len Spencer
The German peril (1917) / Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany James Gerard Watson (i.e. James Watson Gerard)
Address from France (1918) / General J.J. "Black Jack" Pershing
On Lindbergh's return to the U.S. (1927) / President Calvin Coolidge and Charles Lindbergh
Abdication address (1936) / King Edward VIII
On his return from the Munich Conference (1938) / Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
On the occasion of Germany's occupation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia (1938) / Chancellor Adolf Hitler
Declaration of war with Germany (1939) / Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
First radio address as prime minister (1940) / Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Declaration of war against Japan (1941) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The first bomb attack on Japan (1945) / President Harry S. Truman
Address to Congress (1951) / General Douglas MacArthur
On the fall of Dien Bien Phu (1954) / Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
Announcement of the launching of Sputnik (1957) / Radio Moscow
The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) / President John F. Kennedy
Confrontation over presence of Russian missiles in Cuba (1962) / U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson
On signing of the Civil Rights Bill (1964) / President Lyndon B. Johnson
Eulogy for Robert F. Kennedy (1968) / Senator Edward Kennedy
The end of the Vietnam War (1973) / President Richard M. Nixon
On commencement of the bombing of Iraq (1991) / President George Bush.
v. 3. The dreams, the inspirations, the accomplishments. The ideal republic (1923) / William Jennings Bryan
On the future of women in flying (1931) / Amelia Earhart
Farewell to baseball (1939) / Lou Gehrig
Address to the nation on the R.A.F. (1940) / Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Greetings to the children of England (1940) / Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret
Farewell to baseball (1947) / Babe Ruth
Address to Congress (1958) / Casey Stengel
Farewell address (1961) / President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Inaugural address (1961) / President John F. Kennedy
The first American in earth orbit (1962) / Lt. Col. John Glenn
Address to civil rights marchers in Washington, D.C. (1963) ["I have a dream ... "] / Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
Christmas greeting from space (1968) / Astronaut Frank Borman
The moon landing (1969) [" ... one small step for man ... "] / Astronaut Neil Armstrong
Address to Congress (1974) / Hank Aaron
Address to the nation on the Berlin Wall (1987) / President Ronald Reagan.
v. 4. Best of times, worst of times. Address on U.S. neutrality / Charles Lindbergh
Address to the Chicago Irish Fellowship Club / Joseph McCarthy
The kitchen debate / Richard M. Nixon, Nikita Khrushchev
Farewell to fans (the payola scandal) / Alan Freed
Concession speech / Richard M. Nixon
On black power / Malcolm X
Address to the yippie convention / Jerry Rubin
Press conference on the riots at the Democratic convention / Richard Daley
Address on Vietnam War protests / Spiro Agnew
Address to the women of America / Gloria Steinem
On releasing the Watergate tapes / Richard M. Nixon
Testimony at the Iran-Contra hearings / Oliver North.
