Speeches: Home

This periodical provides full text of contemporary U.S. speeches, mostly on business and politics. Searchable by keyword.

A selection of books and media from Pfau Library featuring notable American speeches.

Pfau Library Catalog search, keyword: Speeches.

Pfau Library Catalog search for keyword: oratory

Fifty-nine sound recordings & transcripts of speeches by American leaders from 1918-1920.

Includes a "Speech Bank" and top 100 speeches. Many include audio; contemporary speeches usually have video as well.

This playlist includes a selection of video of clips of famous 20th century speeches; some have audio only. Heavy on the Winston Churchill.

Includes Nobel Prize winners and other notable speeches by women.

Audio of politically significant speeches, mainly 20th century.

Text only, includes inaugural speeches of every American President.

Primarily video clips. While some of these are formal speeches, others are simply news clips or interviews.

Video of contemporary speakers at the TED conference--subjects are wide-ranging and not limited to technology!