Speeches and Transcripts

American Rhetoric
Includes an extensive online speech bank that contains over 5000 speeches in a host of formats (Michael E. Eidenmuller, University of Texas at Tyler).
Castro Speech Database
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
CNN.com transcripts
Cable News Network programming transcripts.
Douglass Archives of American Public Address
An electronic archive of American oratory and related documents (Northwestern University).
Famous Speeches
Links to collections of speeches relevant to U.S. history (Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State).
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
Speeches by influential contemporary women from around the world (Sweet Briar College).
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
George Washington to George W. Bush (Bartleby.com).
LexisNexis Academic
Click on "Guided News Search" and then "News Transcripts" from the pull-down menu.
Periodical Abstracts (PerAbs)
Click on "Advanced Search" and then select "speech" or "interview" from the "Article Type" pull-down menu.
Presidential Rhetoric.com
News, information, and resources (including speeches) for those interested in the study of the presidency from a rhetorical perspective.
Presidential Speech Archive
**Currently Unavailable** (Program in Presidential Rhetoric, Texas A&M University)
Say it Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches
Transcripts and audio of selected speeches.
Speeches
Extensive collection of audio files drawn from famous broadcasts and recordings of the twentieth century (History Channel).
State of State Speeches
Full text of recent U.S. governors' "State of the State" addresses.
State of the Union
Access to all the State of the Union addresses from 1790 to 2006, including sophisticated tools for textual analysis.
US Government Press Briefings, Interviews, etc.
Vital Speeches of the Day via Academic Search Premier
Search the journal Vital Speeches of the Day for the full text of speeches on a wide range of political topics. To access the journal, click on "Advanced Search", enter the title Vital Speeches, and select "SO Journal_Name" from the corresponding pull-down field menu.
Winston Churchill Centre
Includes texts of selected speeches.