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Subseries 2.2
Speech files,1927-1984
Boxes 400-413
Scope and Content Note
The subseries consists of John A. Sibley's speech files from 1927-1984. It includes copies of speeches, drafts, correspondence about the speech and research materials relating to the speech's topic. While Sibley spoke about a broad number of topics and themes, his favorite topics were all firmly rooted in the South. He delivered many speeches about agriculture and forestry in the South and business and economic development in the region. Sibley also spoke in support of political candidates for local and state offices, including Howard H. (Bo) Callaway, James L. key, Richard B. Russell and Carl Sanders.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in chronological order.
| Speech files | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | 1 | Speech correspondence, 1936-1949 |
| 376 | 6 | Speech correspondence, 1948 |
| 376 | 7 | Speech correspondence, 1949 |
| 400 | 2 | Speech correspondence, 1950 |
| 400 | 3 | Speech correspondence, 1951-1967 |
| 400 | 4 | Speech indexes, 1946-1972 |
| 400 | 5 | Speech notes, 1945-1947 |
| 400 | 6 | Speech notes, 1950-1954 |
| 400 | 7 | Speech notes, 1969-1971 |
| Individual speeches | ||
| 400 | 8 | National Coca-Cola Bottlers Convention, "The Sacredness of Your Trust," Atlanta, Georgia, March 9, 1927 |
| 400 | 9 | Georgia Bottlers' Convention, "Getting Acquainted with the Constitution," Savannah, Georgia, December 8, 1927 |
| 400 | 10 | United Daughters of the Confederacy, "A Broken Bargain," Americus, Georgia, October 25, 1929 |
| 400 | 11 | Speech in support of Atlanta mayor James L. Key, 1931 |
| 400 | 12 | Speech in support of Richard Russell for Senate, September 12, 1932 |
| 400 | 13 | Berry Schools, circa 1940s |
| 400 | 14 | Berry Schools, "Research and Interpretation in the New Frontier," circa 1940s |
| 400 | 15 | "The Role of Business in the Development of Atlanta," circa 1960s |
| 400 | 16 | Berry Schools, Introduction of George A. Truett, January 13, 1942 |
| 400 | 17 | Atlanta Rotary Club, July 24, 1944 |
| 401 | 1 | "Our Country - The Lamp of Liberty - The Last Hope of Peace," 1946 |
| 401 | 2 | Georgia State College for Women, "United Nations Charter, Its Strength and Weakness as an Agency to Keep the Peace," Milledgeville, Georgia, September 30, 1946 |
| 401 | 3 | Berry Schools, Presentation of Doctor of Humanities to Mrs. Henry Ford, Rome, Georgia, March 26, 1947 |
| 401 | 4 | University of Georgia College of Agriculture, Farm Finance Conference, "The Bank in the Conservation Movement," Athens, Georgia, April 9, 1947 |
| 401 | 5 | Georgia Bankers' Convention, "Announcement of Robert Strickland Memorial Plaque and Scholarship Fund," Savannah, Georgia, May 7, 1947 |
| 401 | 6 | Druid Hills Baptist Church, "Martha Berry and Her Program of Education," November 23, 1947 |
| 401 | 7 | Press Institute and Rotary Club, "Charting Our Course," Athens, Georgia, February 18, 1948 |
| 401 | 8 | Southeastern Electric Exchange, "The Economic Outlook of the South," Boca Raton, Florida, April 8, 1948 |
| 401 | 9 | Oglethorpe University, Commencement, "America's Position in the Fight for Liberty," Atlanta, Georgia, June 4, 1948 |
| 401 | 10 | Georgia Bankers Association, Presentation of the Robert Strickland Memorial Award, June 9, 1948 |
| 401 | 11 | Kiwanis Club, "The Economic Development of the South," Atlanta, Georgia, August 3, 1948 |
| 401 | 12 | "Better Farms for a Greater Georgia," October 10, 1948 |
| 401 | 13 | Rotary Club, "The Economic Development of the South," Marietta, Georgia, October 15, 1948 |
| 401 | 14 | Garden Clubs of America, November 10, 1948 |
| 401 | 15 | National Industrial Conference Board, "Business Trends in the Southeast," November 23, 1948 |
| 401 | 16 | Atlanta Rotary Club, Tribute to John Newton Goddard, December 13, 1948 |
| 401 | 17 | Chamber of Commerce, "The Economic Development of the South," Tifton, Georgia, December 17, 1948 |
| 401 | 18 | Chamber of Commerce, "The Economic Development of the South," Griffin & Spalding County, January 14, 1949 |
| 401 | 19 | Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, "Why a Country Bank Needs a Farm Program," Tifton, Georgia, February 4, 1949 |
| 401 | 20 | Georgia State Chamber of Commerce, Introduction of Herman Talmadge, Atlanta, Georgia, March 10, 1949 |
| 401 | 21 | "The Proper Concept of the Scope of Trust Activities," March 23, 1949 |
| 401 | 22 | Georgia Bankers Association, Presentation of the Robert Strickland Agricultural Memorial Award, April 15, 1949 |
| 401 | 23 | Mobile Conference, April 28, 1949 |
| 401 | 24 | Rotary Club, "The Rediscovery of the South," Savannah, Georgia, September 26, 1949 |
| 401 | 25 | Flint River Soil Conservation, Bainbridge, Georgia, September 29, 1949 |
| 401 | 26 | Speech for the National Defense Transportation Association, October 3, 1949 |
| 401 | 27 | Southern Development Conference, "The Rediscovery of the South," Atlanta, Georgia, October 31, 1949 |
| 401 | 28 | Rotary Club, "The Rediscovery of the South," Macon, Georgia, November 16, 1949 |
| 401 | 29 | Piedmont Driving Club, Introduction of Charles Wilson, President of General Electric Company, Atlanta, Georgia, March 15, 1950 |
| 401 | 30 | Ten Club, "Dawn - Stone Age - Lake Dwellers - Fertile Crescent," May 16, 1950 |
| 401 | 31 | Emory University, Commencement Address, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2, 1950 |
| 402 | 1 | Rotary Club, "The Changing South," Greenville, Georgia, February 20, 1951 |
| 402 | 2 | Railway Development Association of the Southeast, "The Development of the Southeast," March 1, 1951 |
| 402 | 3 | Georgia Bankers Association, Presentation of Robert Strickland Agricultural Memorial Award, April 18, 1951 |
| 402 | 4 | Southern Division of the Association of Bank Women, Regional Spring Conference, "The Same as a Thief and a Robber," May 19, 1951 |
| 402 | 5 | Agnes Scott College, Dedication of John Bulow Campbell Science Building, October 23, 1951 |
| 402 | 6 | Georgia Farm Equipment Association, "Serving the Farmer," Atlanta, Georgia, December 3, 1951 |
| 402 | 7 | Newcomen Society, "Thomas Kearney Glenn, A Builder of Men and Institutions," April 2, 1952 |
| 402 | 8 | Georgia Military College, "Diamonds or Pine Trees at Your Door Step," Milledgeville, Georgia, June 2, 1952 |
| 402 | 9 | Savannah Bar Association, "Our Foreign Policy - Its Failure During the Past Forty Years," January 15, 1953 |
| 402 | 10 | Presbyterian College, Commencement Address, Clinton, South Carolina, June 1, 1953 |
| 402 | 11 | Florida Bankers Agricultural Credit Conference, "The Role of the City Bank in Servicing Agriculture," Gainesville, Florida, November 13, 1953 |
| 402 | 12 | Farm Credit Short Course, Tifton, Georgia, February 3, 1954 |
| 402 | 13 | University of Georgia, Farm Credit Short Course, Athens, Georgia, February 10, 1954 |
| 402 | 14 | Newcomen Society, Introduction of Arthur B. Edge Jr., April 6, 1954 |
| 402 | 15 | Chattanooga Rotary Club, "Several Significant Events in Our History," November 4, 1954 |
| 402 | 16 | University of Georgia, Alumni Day, "The University of Georgia and its Alumni Society," Athens, Georgia, June 6, 1955 [1 of 2] |
| 403 | 1 | University of Georgia, Alumni Day, "The University of Georgia and its Alumni Society," Athens, Georgia, June 6, 1955 [2 of 2] |
| 403 | 2 | Georgia Future Farmers of America, Covington, Georgia, July 28, 1955 |
| 403 | 3 | The Berry Schools, September 10, 1955 |
| 403 | 4 | Rotary Club of Atlanta, "Trees and Travel," October 24, 1955 [1 of 2] |
| 403 | 5 | Rotary Club of Atlanta, "Trees and Travel," October 24, 1955 [2 of 2] |
| 403 | 6 | Southern Company, Fifth Annual Meeting, "Power and Progress," Sea Island, Georgia, November 17, 1955 [1 of 2] |
| 404 | 1 | Southern Company, Fifth Annual Meeting, "Power and Progress," Sea Island, Georgia, November 17, 1955 [2 of 2] |
| 404 | 2 | Meeting of State Chamber of Commerce, December 1, 1955 |
| 404 | 3 | Ten Club, "Leadership in the Twentieth Century in Agriculture and Rural Life," March 23, 1956 |
| 404 | 4 | Southern Forest Fire Prevention Conference, "The South's Forests - Key to Her Agricultural Prosperity and Industrial Expansion," New Orleans, Louisiana, April 13, 1956 |
| 404 | 5 | Kiwanis Club, "The South and Her Forest Resources," Augusta, Georgia, July 2, 1956 |
| 404 | 6 | Georgia Bankers Association, County Key Bankers Meeting, "Our Banks and Our Forests," Rock Eagle Park, Georgia, September 19, 1956 |
| 404 | 7 | Southern Forestry Conference of the Forest Farmers Association, "The Changing Pattern of Forest Ownership in the South," Atlanta, Georgia, March 15, 1957 [1 of 2] |
| 405 | 1 | Southern Forestry Conference of the Forest Farmers Association, "The Changing Pattern of Forest Ownership in the South," Atlanta, Georgia, March 15, 1957 [2 of 2] |
| 405 | 2 | Atlanta Junior Chamber of Commerce, March 28, 1957 |
| 405 | 3 | Georgia Forestry Association, "Georgia's Forest-Present-Potential," Atlanta, GA, May 2, 1957 |
| 405 | 4 | Ten Club, "King Lear," May 23, 1957 |
| 405 | 5 | Macon Rotary Club, "Economic Value of Georgia's Forest," June 3, 1957 |
| 405 | 6 | Georgia Bankers Association, Legislative Committee, Memorandum, Atlanta, Georgia, September 4, 1957 |
| 405 | 7 | Rotary Club, Tribute to Charles Howard Candler, Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 1957 |
| 405 | 8 | National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers, "The Operating Officer - His Importance in Management," Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 1957 |
| 405 | 9 | Piedmont Driving Club, Dinner Honoring Dr. Sidney Walter Martin, "Emory's Importance to the Community and Region," Atlanta, Georgia, November 14, 1957 [1 of 2] |
| 405 | 10 | Piedmont Driving Club, Dinner Honoring Dr. Sidney Walter Martin, "Emory's Importance to the Community and Region," Atlanta, Georgia, November 14, 1957 [2 of 2] |
| 406 | 1 | Southeastern Correspondent Bank Conference, "Problem Child of Our Economy," February 28, 1958 |
| 406 | 2 | Georgia Chamber of Commerce, "The Teacher: and National Security," Atlanta, Georgia, April 11, 1958 |
| 406 | 3 | Southern Research Institute, "Future Trends in Agriculture and Forestry in the South," Birmingham, Alabama, May 19, 1958 [1 of 3] |
| 406 | 4 | Southern Research Institute, "Future Trends in Agriculture and Forestry in the South," Birmingham, Alabama, May 19, 1958 [2 of 3] |
| 406 | 5 | Southern Research Institute, "Future Trends in Agriculture and Forestry in the South," Birmingham, Alabama, May 19, 1958 [3 of 3] |
| 406 | 6 | Ten Club, "Efforts at International Cooperation, 1917-1957," July 11, 1958 |
| 406 | 7 | Berry Schools, Presentation of $200,000 by the Dana Foundation for the Construction of Dana Hall, October 4, 1958 |
| 406 | 8 | Cobb County Chamber of Commerce, Marietta, Georgia, November 6, 1958 |
| 406 | 9 | Ten Club, "Augustus Baldwin Longstreet," September 25, 1959 |
| 406 | 10 | Newcomen Society, Introduction of Frank Neely, February 24, 1960 |
| 406 | 11 | University of Georgia, Induction of Graduating Class into Alumni Society, June 6, 1960 |
| 406 | 12 | "The Urgency of Education and the Georgia School Situation," West Point, Georgia, November 10, 1960 [1 of 2] |
| 407 | 1 | "The Urgency of Education and the Georgia School Situation," West Point, Georgia, November 10, 1960 [2 of 2] |
| 407 | 2 | Arkansas Bankers Association's Agricultural Credit Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, January 24, 1961 [1 of 2] |
| 407 | 3 | Arkansas Bankers Association's Agricultural Credit Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, January 24, 1961 [2 of 2] |
| 407 | 4 | Agnes Scott College, "The Unique Role of Agnes Scott College in Education Today," Atlanta, Georgia, February 28, 1961 [1 of 2] |
| 407 | 5 | Agnes Scott College, "The Unique Role of Agnes Scott College in Education Today," Atlanta, Georgia, February 28, 1961 [2 of 2] |
| 407 | 6 | Rotary Club, Chattanooga, Tennessee, May 4, 1961 |
| 408 | 1 | Ten Club, "The Trial of Marie Antoinette," June 20, 1961 |
| 408 | 2 | Hughes Spalding Seventy-Fifth Birthday, August 10, 1961 |
| 408 | 3 | Dedication of A.G. Rhodes Home Wing Dedication, December 10, 1961 |
| 408 | 4 | Emory University, Commencement, "The Changing South," Atlanta, Georgia, June 11, 1962 [1 of 2] |
| 408 | 5 | Emory University, Commencement, "The Changing South," Atlanta, Georgia, June 11, 1962 [2 of 2] |
| 408 | 6 | Associated Industries of Georgia, Acceptance of the Georgia Medal Award, Atlanta, Georgia, January 23, 1962 |
| 408 | 7 | Biltmore Hotel, Dinner for Carl Sanders for Governor, Atlanta, Georgia, August 13, 1962 |
| 408 | 8 | Ten Club, "Central America," December 28, 1962 |
| 408 | 9 | Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, Athens, Georgia, February 6, 1963 |
| 408 | 10 | Kiwanis Club, "The Difficulties and Opportunities Now Confronting the South in a Changing Era," Birmingham, Alabama, May 7, 1963 |
| 408 | 11 | Southern Technical Institute, Commencement, Marietta, Georgia, May 14, 1963 |
| 408 | 12 | National Association of Life Underwriters Annual Convention, "Occupational Satisfactions of the Life Underwriter," Bal Harbour, Florida, September 12, 1963 [1 of 2] |
| 409 | 1 | National Association of Life Underwriters Annual Convention, "Occupational Satisfactions of the Life Underwriter," Bal Harbour, Florida, September 12, 1963 [2 of 2] |
| 409 | 2 | Ten Club, "Charles DeGaulle," September 27, 1963 [1 of 2] |
| 409 | 3 | Ten Club, "Charles DeGaulle," September 27, 1963 [2 of 2] |
| 409 | 4 | Sphinx Society, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, November 16, 1963 |
| 409 | 5 | Robert Strickland Agricultural Memorial Award Club, Athens, Georgia, January 24, 1964 |
| 409 | 6 | Milledgeville State Hospital, Dedication of The Chapels of All Faiths, Milledgeville, Georgia, February 14, 1964 |
| 409 | 7 | Southern States Conference of CPA's, "Civic and Community Problems in the New South," Atlanta, Georgia, June 15, 1964 [1 of 3] |
| 409 | 8 | Southern States Conference of CPA's, "Civic and Community Problems in the New South," Atlanta, Georgia, June 15, 1964 [2 of 3] |
| 410 | 1 | Southern States Conference of CPA's, "Civic and Community Problems in the New South," Atlanta, Georgia, June 15, 1964 [3 of 3] |
| 410 | 2 | John A. Sibley Lecture Series, Introduction of Myres S. McDougal, November 30, 1964 |
| 410 | 3 | Dedication of Plant to Jack McDonough, "Leadership and Citizenship," April 23, 1965 |
| 410 | 4 | English-Speaking Union of the United States, Introduction of Captain The Rt. Honorable Terence O'Neill, Atlanta, Georgia, November 3, 1965 |
| 410 | 5 | Ten Club, "Fraser River," December 17, 1965 |
| 410 | 6 | Newcomen Society, Introduction of Howard H. "Bo" Callaway, 1965 |
| 410 | 7 | Trust Company of Georgia, Summary Statement of Trust Company of Georgia and Its Wholly Owned subsidiary in Connection with Divestment Provisions of Pending Legislation Affecting Bank Holding Companies, March 29, 1966 |
| 410 | 8 | John A. Sibley Lectures in Law Series, Introduction of Dean Eugene V. Rostow, Athens, Georgia, April 5, 1966 |
| 410 | 9 | Newcomen Society, Introduction of Roy Richards, Atlanta, Georgia, May 4, 1966 |
| 410 | 10 | Georgia Forestry Association, "Georgia Forestry Has a Future," Jekyll Island, Georgia, June 13, 1966 |
| 410 | 11 | Marietta Kiwanis Club, "Georgia -- Her Renewable Wealth and Taxation," Marietta, Georgia, September 29, 1966 |
| 410 | 12 | Trust Company of Georgia, Groundbreaking for New Building, Atlanta, Georgia, October 11, 1966 |
| 410 | 13 | Democrats for Callaway, October 24, 1966 |
| 410 | 14 | Berry College, Retirement from Berry Board of Trustees, June 24, 1967 |
| 410 | 15 | Rural Land Taxation Conference, "Georgia Resource Development and Taxation," Eatonton, Georgia, September 21, 1967 |
| 410 | 16 | Georgia Farm Bureau Federation, "Georgia's Renewable Wealth and the Threat of Destructive Taxation," Augusta, Georgia, November 14, 1967 |
| 410 | 17 | Colony Square, Inaugural Address, July 4, 1968 |
| 410 | 18 | Speech in Honor of Louie Newton, "Climbing God's Ladder Step by Step," September 26, 1968 |
| 410 | 19 | Farmers Club, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, "Taxation of Farm and Forest Lands," November 25, 1968 |
| 410 | 20 | Georgia Judicial Study Commission, Marriott Motor Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, January 30, 1969 [1 of 2] |
| 411 | 1 | Georgia Judicial Study Commission, Marriott Motor Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, January 30, 1969 [2 of 2] |
| 411 | 2 | Ten Club, "Church Related Colleges," April 25, 1969 |
| 411 | 3 | Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, Athena, Georgia, October 3, 1969 |
| 411 | 4 | Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Retirement of Ivan Allen Jr. as Mayor of Atlanta, December 2, 1969 |
| 411 | 5 | Dedication of the Rural Development Center, Tifton, Georgia, December 11, 1969 |
| 411 | 6 | Ten Club, Piedmont Driving Club, "John Quincy Adams," January 30, 1970 |
| 411 | 7 | Callaway Gardens, Birthday of Cason J. Callaway, Sr., November 1, 1970 |
| 411 | 8 | Grand Jurors Association of Fulton County, Presentation of First Annual "Golden Citizenship Award" to John A. Sibley, January 21, 1971 |
| 411 | 9 | University of Georgia, Presentation of Scroll to Judge Omer W. Franklin, Jr., Athens, Georgia, May 8, 1971 |
| 411 | 10 | Ten Club, "St. Simons Island, Some of Its Famous People," October 29, 1971 |
| 411 | 11 | Rotary Club, Introduction of Bishop Arthur J. Moore, December 20, 1971 |
| 411 | 12 | Trust Company of Georgia, "Speak to the 21st Century," Atlanta, Georgia, November 14, 1972 |
| 411 | 13 | Ten Club, "Augustus Baldwin Longstreet and His 'Georgia Scenes,'" November 17, 1972 |
| 411 | 14 | University of Georgia Foundation, Memorial to Robert B. Troutman, September 24, 1973 |
| 412 | 1 | Ten Club, "Massachusetts Bay Colony," August 29, 1974 [1 of 2] |
| 412 | 2 | Ten Club, "Massachusetts Bay Colony," August 29, 1974 [2 of 2] |
| 412 | 3 | Capital City Club, Dinner for Dean Rusk and Deputy Secretary of State Robert S. Ingersoll, March 17, 1975 |
| 412 | 4 | Ten Club, "Liberty Won: Liberty Threatened, A Tribute to the Constitution," January 30, 1976 |
| 412 | 5 | Berry Schools, Founder's Day Joint Chapel, January 13, 1977 |
| 412 | 6 | Newcomen Society, Introduction of Dr. Waights G. Henry, Jr., Atlanta, Georgia, October 4, 1978 |
| 412 | 7 | Emory University, School of Law, Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. Memorial Lecture on Legal Ethics, March 29, 1979 [1 of 3] |
| 412 | 8 | Emory University, School of Law, Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. Memorial Lecture on Legal Ethics, March 29, 1979 [2 of 3] |
| 413 | 1 | Emory University, School of Law, Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. Memorial Lecture on Legal Ethics, March 29, 1979 [2 of 3] |
| 413 | 2 | Rabun-Gap Nacoochee School, Dedication of Ernest Woodruff Hall, September 28, 1979 |
| 413 | 3 | Ten Club, "Syria," August 27, 1981 |
| 413 | 4 | Dedication of Sibley Center at Callaway Gardens, March 22, 1984 |
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