Address to the National Association of Evangelicals (“Evil Empire Speech”), a machine-readable edition
Reagan, Ronald (1911-2004)

edited by
Paul Fessler and Donald Roth (editors), Ashley Kasper (research assistant)

2007

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Reagan, Ronald. “Address to the National Association of Evangelicals” (“Evil Empire Speech”), March 3, 1983. Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia, http://webstorage4.mcpa.virginia.edu/rwr/audiovisual/speeches/spe_1983_0308_reagan.mp3 (audiotape version). [=A]
Reagan, Ronald. “Address to the National Association of Evangelicals” (“Evil Empire Speech”), March 3, 1983. Public Papers of President Ronald W. Reagan, The Reagan Presidential Library http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1983/30883b.htm. [=B]

The copy-text is Reagan 1983 (=A), an audiotape representation of the delivered speech. This selection was based on the plausible efficacy of the delivered speech and the large number of viewers of the speech and subsequently in various venues. The references contained in the brackets of the copy-text refer to the audible responses from the audience that were supplied by the editor.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings

Library of Congress Classification

08 March 1983
National Association of Evangelicals
Citrus Crown Ballroom, Twin Towers Hotel, Orlando, Florida

English

Presidents–United States–Speeches

E838

2006-04-25

VOD Associate Editor
Gaines, Robert N.

Created TEI header and xml conformant file. Validated on 25 March 2006 in XMetal 3.1.3 against teixlite.dtd (version 2004-07-16)

2007-01-27

editors
Paul Fessler and Donald Roth

data entry and proof-reading of electronic copy-text

2007-08-27

research assistant
Ashley Kasper

proof-reading of electronic copy-text

2007-09-03

editor
Paul Fessler

proof-reading of electronic copy-text