Speeches

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, 1929-
Speeches, press conferences, and public papers of each president. Issued annually. Also available online via the Government Printing Office

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Updates the Public Papers of the President between volumes. Also available online via the Government Printing Office

Newspapers and magazines sometimes pick up key speeches, particularly from prominent political figures. The databases listed below are important sources for locating very current speeches.

ProQuest
Provides access to summaries of articles from over 5,000 publications, including a wide variety of periodicals, newspapers, and business sources. Many articles are available in full-text.
ProQuest also provides the full-text of Vital Speeches of the Day (1999-Present).

America's Newspapers (NewsBank) provides full-text access to a variety of other newspapers from throughout the U.S. This resource is especially useful for finding regional/local coverage of a specific speech.

LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic is a full-text database containing newspapers, transcripts, magazines, and case law materials.

Collections of Speeches

• Douglass Archives of American Public Address
• Gifts of Speech : Women's Speeches from Around the World
• History and Politics Out Loud
• History Channel.com : Historical Speeches
• Landon Lecture Series Archive
• Online Speech Bank (American Rhetoric.com)
• Speech and Transcript Center
• Speeches and Speechmakers : University of Iowa

Presidential / Political Speeches

• American Leaders Speak : Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election
• Castro Speech Database
• Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
• Presidential Rhetoric
• Rhetoric of 9/11
• Selected Speeches of Winston Churchill
• The White House : Presidential Speeches

Speeches by Business Leaders

• Speeches by Company Executives