Penn State University Libraries - Speeches

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.

• Access World News (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