The Reagan Era Primary Sources
Historical documents. What clues can you gather about the time, place, players, and culture?
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Transcript—and audio!—of Ronald Reagan's "A Time for Choosing" speech, 1964.
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Transcript of Ronald Reagan's First Inaugural Address, 1981.
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We've got an entire learning guide on Reagan's 1983 anti-Soviet Union speech.
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Transcript of Ronald Reagan's speech to the British Parliament, 1982, in which he predicts that communism will be left on the "ash-heap of history."
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P.S. We have an entire learning guide devoted to this 1987 speech as well.
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Transcript of Ronald Reagan's lecture at Moscow State University, 1988.
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Transcript of Ronald Reagan's farewell address, 1989.
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A selection of classified Reagan Administration documents related to the Iran-Contra Affair.
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Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh's final report on his Iran-Contra investigation.