The resources listed
in the general
Biographical
Sources page
are likely to include
information on well-known
people in the fields
of speaking, oration,
and communications.
These are biographies
in the library
that are specifically
about speakers:
Hispanic
AmericanVoices (1997):
Books 2nd floor, call number E184.S75 H564 1997.
Women
Public Speakers
in the United
States, 1925-1993
: a bio-critical
sourcebook.
Reference 1st floor, call number HQ1412 .W68 1994.
Native
North American
literature:
includes biographical and critical information on native orators from
the United States and Canada from historical times to the present. Reference
PS508.I5 N38 1994.
Also search
keywords for
the communities
to which your
speaker belongs,
plus the word "biography": "african
americans biography" or "politicians
biography," etc.
National
Communication Association
The purpose of this international non-profit association is to promote
study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the artistic,
humanistic, and scientific principles of communication.
NorthWest Communication Assocation
This northwest (including three Canadian provinces) non-profit scholarly
organization promotes humanistic, scientific, and artistic approaches to
communication.
Institute
for Civic Discourse
and Democracy
The Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy (ICDD) is a research group
that engages in education, research, preservation, and facilitation of
communication that fosters civic involvement, improves the quality of political
communication, and increases understanding of the connection of communication
to democracy.
See the
MLA section and the
Tools & guides section of the Style & Citation Manuals resource page.
