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Debate Heritage Library

A collection of debate materials from the past, collected and scanned for your use. To make a contribution, contact alfred.snider@uvm.edu
Special thanks to the late Robert Huber for the contribution of may of these volumes to the Lawrence Debate Union. Thanks to the late LJ Palardy and the work-study students of the Lawrence Debate Union for scanning and archiving.

We do not necessarily agree with or endorse anything found in these debate books from another time.


Books Books
Ray Kesslar Immel & Ruth Huston Whipple, DEBATING FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 1929 (24MB) Waldo Wilhoft, MODERN DEBATE PRACTICE, 1928 (29MB)
Carroll Pollock Lahman, DEBATE COACHING: A HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS AND COACHES, 1930 (36MB) James Milton O'Neill, A MANUAL OF DEBATE AND ORAL DISCUSSION. 1920 (21.5MB)
Raymond F. Howes, DEBATING, 1931 (15MB) A book of readings written by debate trainers William Pittenger, THE DEBATER'S TREASURY: 200 Topics with Arguments, 1914 (12.4MB)
James Milton O'Neill, Craven Laycock & Robert Leighton Scales, ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE, 1917 (46.3MB) A. Craig Baird, PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND DEBATE, revised, 1937 (38MB)
Pi Kappa Delta, WINNING INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATES AND ORATIONS, 1926 A. Craig Baird, ARGUMENTATION, DISCUSSION, AND DEBATE, 1950 (35MB)
Pi Kappa Delta, WINNING INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATES AND ORATIONS, Volume Two, 1928 (12.7MB) Asa Craig & Alice Edgerton, BOTH SIDES OF 30 POLICY QUESTIONS COMPLETELY DEBATED, 1897 (35MB)