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Up for sale is a wonderful piece of mid-century educational history: a 1951 printing of Monroe’s Principles of Speech (Revised Brief Edition). Written by legendary Purdue University professor Alan H. Monroe—pioneer of the famous Monroe\'s Motivated Sequence—this classic textbook outlines the core frameworks of mid-century audience analysis, delivery, and speech preparation. The text features iconic mid-century photographic examples, including public speaking breakdowns of figures like New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey on the presidential campaign trail.
Condition Notes:
The textbook is in very good vintage condition. The grey cloth boards feature their original, distinct blue vertical stripes and show only minor shelf wear and light edge fading consistent with age. The white spine text remains crisp and highly legible. The interior pages, inside covers, and flyleaf are clean, unblemished, and free of any modern highlighting or margin notes. The binding is structurally sound and secure.
🌟 Unique Cold War Ephemera Included!
Tucked inside this book is a treasure trove of history—original, handwritten student/officer notes that tell a direct story of how this textbook was utilized in the field:
- 1956 Air Defense Outline: A fascinating page dated Wednesday, Jan 11, \'56, detailing a military or civil defense briefing for the Pacific Northwest grid. It tracks a protected area covering Seattle, Tacoma, Hanford (C.B. Project), Grand Coulee Dam, and the Puget Sound. It specifically references Fairchild AFB and Larson AFB, calculating geographic interceptor boundaries for Cold War-era fighter jets like the F-86D Sabre, F-89 Scorpion, and F-94 Starfire.
- Spearfishing & Swimming Lesson Plan: A beautifully structured instructional outline tracking the mechanics of 1950s spearfishing (\"combining hunting & fishing\") alongside swimming breathing patterns.
- 1948 Research Scrap: A small slip of paper capturing bibliographic references from Business Week and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletins from May/June 1948.
This bundle is a fantastic acquisition for collectors of vintage academic books, speech/communication memorabilia, or regional Pacific Northwest Cold War history
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