American Rhetoric
Collection of full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, and other recorded media events. The site also includes sections devoted to rhetorical devices, Chrisitan rhetoric, 9/11 rhetoric, movie speeches, and political speeches.
Gifts of Speech
Collection of speech texts by influential women from around the world.
History Out Loud
Audio collection of politically significant speeches and interviews, primarily from the 1960s and 1970s. Includes transcripts.
"I Do Solemnly Swear . . ."
Collection of approximately 400 items or 2,000 digital files from each of the 54 inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W. Bush's inauguration of 2001. Includes diaries and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music.
Vital Speeches of the Day
Coverage: 1934-present
Annual collection of speech texts from around the world on education, government, current events, history, economics, business and commerce, social progress, and politics.
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