Speech Sources
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American Rhetoric"Dedicated to rhetoric and public communication in the United States. Offers an archive of speeches, movie speeches, and audio figures of speech."
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Cicero Speechwriting AwardsThe full text of award-winning speeches in many subject areas such as politics, business, media, non-profit, motivational and much more. See also links to prior awards at the bottom of the website.
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Classic Speeches from U.S. SenateRead the eloquent orations of Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne and other Senators from 1830 onward.
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Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United StatesThis website gathers the text of U.S. presidential inaugural speeches from the George Washington to the current president from government sources. See citation at end of speech text.
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Speech IndexAn index to collections of world-famous orations and speeches for various occasions [2 print vols]. The purpose of this resource is to serve as a quick guide to speeches given by famous orators between 1935-1970.
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U.S. CongressChoose to search ALL SOURCES for the word SPEECH and your topic (person, event). The text of the speech will be provided.
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Vital Speeches of the DayThis monthly periodical publishes text of current speeches, organized by date and subject. Browse current issues in the main floor Periodicals of Hewes Library. Contents are searchable and full text in the library database Academic Search Complete.
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Representative American Speeches (Reference Shelf Series)
"Offers some of the most engaging American speeches of the year...covering areas in politics, education, popular culture, as well as trending topics in the news." Available in PRINT (from approximately 1938-present) and ONLINE (2015-16 only).
Additional Audio and Video Speech Sources
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TED: Ideas worth spreadingA collection of video talks from TED, "a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less."
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History Channel: Famous SpeechesAudio and/or video from famous historical speeches.