Documentation
Q. How do you cite speeches? I am using a quote from FDR’s Fireside Chat on May 27, 1941, and I’m not sure how to cite it. Thank you!
A. Please see CMOS 17.215: “Lectures, papers presented at meetings, and the like. The sponsorship, location, and date of the meeting at which a speech was given or a paper presented follow the title. This information, like that following a thesis title, is put in parentheses in a note but not in a bibliography or reference list.” Here’s an example:
2. Stacy D’Erasmo, “The Craft and Career of Writing” (lecture, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, April 26, 2000).
