The 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.
This 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.
Speech Index: an 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. Found in the Hewes Library Reference Collection: AI 3 .S85 1966
This 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.
"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).
Academic Video Online (AVON), is a continuously growing collection of more than 50,000 films.
To find SPEECHES:
1. Type a keyword (topic, person, event) in the search box
2. Conduct the search
3. Select CONTENT TYPE under REFINE YOUR SEARCH on the left side of the results page.
4. Select MORE+
5. Include "Speech/Address" and/or "Lecture/Presentation" and click UPDATE. Your results will now be limited to public speaking examples.
Representative American Speeches (Reference Shelf Series)