An Analysis and Evaluation of Selected Public Speeches of John James Ingalls, by Ray Harold Sandefur
Overview
This Ph.D. thesis for the State University of Iowa by Ray Harold Sandefur is an "attempt to make a rhetorical analysis of Ingalls' speaking techniques in some fifteen senatorial speeches and two Kansas speeches." Sandefur's main concern was primarily with the materials and methods by means of which Ingalls on the platform was able to gain belief and move to action. Rhetorical, historical, and evaluative methodology was employed.
Dates
- Creation: 1950
Creator
- Sandefur, Ray Harold (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume (572 leaves, [15] leaves of plates, bound, illustration ) : Typescript, carbon copy ; 28 cm
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
According to Sandefur, the study involved eight main points: 1) the speaker's background and influencing factors in his early life in Massachusetts and Kansas; 2) his personality, methods of speech preparation, and delivery; 3) historical currents which acted as forces upon the speaker's thinking; 4) the occasions; 5) the speeches themselves in the light of basic promises, types of arguments with their supporting materials, and refutations; 6) the structure of the speeches; 7) their style; and 8) the effectiveness of the Senator's speaking.
Physical Location
RH MS D224
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from KB H2 IN4SP
Bibliography
Subject
- Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900 (Person)
Geographic
- Title
- Guide to the Ray Harold Sandefur Collection
- Subtitle
- An Analysis and Evaluation of Selected Public Speeches of John James Ingalls, by Ray Harold Sandefur
- Author
- jss 10/82; mg 2004
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1774744044
- Preferred citation
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Ray Harold Sandefur Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS D224, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository