Guides and References

Speech Resources

• Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
• Great American Speeches: 80 Years of Political Oratory (from PBS)
• Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
• Online Speech Bank ("index to [a] database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two")
• Podium: A daily text of a topical speech or address given by a public figure (from the UK’s Independent newspaper)
• Speeches and Speechmakers (good guide to speeches on the internet; from the U. of Iowa Department of Communication Studies)
• Speech and Transcript Center (good site to find links to recent speeches, press conferences, and transcripts, especially of speeches from major political figures in the news)
• Speeches (from the History Channel)
  

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