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The speeches subseries consists of four linear feet of Blanchard's public speeches arranged chronologically. Most often these speeches are the copies prepared by the Press Office for distribution to the assembled media, but occasionally (especially in the early years) the speech is Blanchard's reading copy. Not surprisingly, these public speeches are very well documented by the Blanchard collection; this is especially true of his State of the State addresses. Materials related to his State of the State speeches can be found in the files of Nancy Austin-Schwartz and Carolyn Sparks in the Chief of Staff/Executive Assistant series, in Candace Avery's files in the Issues series, and in the topical files, audiotapes, and videotapes of the Press Office series. (See also Chief of Staff/Executive Assistants Boxes 20, 26; Issues Boxes 128-129; Topical Box 187; Audio-and Videotapes Boxes 194-218)