Series 6: Speeches, Lectures, Papers, 1958-2011

This extensive series contains over 1,200 speeches, arranged chronologically but artificially grouped into the general categories of his professional career. They include lectures, keynote addresses, and official televised statements. The bulk of the speeches occurred after his tenure as Surgeon General. Throughout his career Koop addressed press conferences, college and university commencements, banquets, conferences, senate hearings, and various... interest groups.

Moreover, in 2003-2004 Koop added introductions and contextual prefaces to many of these speeches. Koop would give variations of a basic topical speech, augmented by particular situational contexts depending on the audience at hand. These new prefaces contain Koop's thoughts about the event at the time, his purpose for attending, the after-speech public opinion, and his afterthoughts about the importance or impact of the speech or event. Many are available electronically via Profiles in Science.