Subject Guides     

Historical Speeches Guide     

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• Douglass Archives of American Public Address (Northwestern University)
  • Speeches and documents pertaining to American history.
• Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World (Sweet Briar College)
• History and Politics Out Loud
  • Transcripts and audio recordings of speeches and conversations significant to American history. Real Player or QuickTime Player is required to hear the audio material.
• History Universe (LexisNexis) Provided by the Maryland Digital Library.
  • Primary and secondary materials covering the colonial era to the present day, including major federal legislation, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, colonial legislation, colonial court cases, autobiographies, manuscript materials, scholarly articles, photographs, speeches, and government documents.
  • Consists of four modules: Presidential Studies; African American Studies; Women's Studies; and Guides to Microforms .
• Presidents (George M. Welling, Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands)
  • Speeches from all the American presidents. Also includes other writings, biographies and other materials related to the presidential office.
• Speech and Transcript Center (Gary Price, George Washington University)
  • Extensive list of links to speeches and transcripts of speeches from Businesses, Television/Radio Programs, U.S. Government, U.S State Officials, International Government, Professional Organizations, and Historical Speeches. To listen to the speeches, RealAudio is required. Excellent site.
• Vital Speeches of the Day
  • This journal publishes "important addresses of the recognized leaders of public opinion..."
  • Hoover Library has Vital Speeches of the Day from Vol. 1 (1947) to present. There is a cumulative index for every year published in the Nov. 15 issue.