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American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/

Description:
This collection "consists of fifty-nine sound recordings of speeches by American leaders from 1918-1920. The speeches focus on issues and events surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidential election of 1920. Speakers include: Warren G. Harding, James Cox, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Samuel Gompers, Henry Cabot Lodge, and John J. Pershing. Speeches range from one to five minutes." Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress.

Publisher:
Library of Congress

Extra Keywords
normalcy

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Elections -- United States -- 1920
Speeches, addresses, etc., American
United States -- History
World War, 1914-1918

LII Database Information:
Record 8653 created by Karen Schneider on 08/11/2003
Last modification on 11/28/2004
Published: 08/11/2003  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/8653