Speeches

Click on WebCollection Plus  to locate books of famous speeches. Use the Power search and speeches as your search term
Famous speeches are found in various areas of the library.
Start with 815.08 Rep    808.85 Len   or 808.82 Nei
Use the book Representative American Speeches (815.08 Rep)

The online databases are an excellent source of information on the famous person.  Use Gale's Biography Resource Center, Literature Resource Center and Discovering Collection, WilsonWeb's Biographies Plus Illustrated or any of the History Databases.

American Rhetoric - this database of speeches includes audio as well as text files; includes 100 greatest speeches; click on speech bank on the left frame to access databases of speeches; can access great movie speeches here

Gifts of Speech - Women's speeches from around the world including Nobel Laureates.  Locate speeches by clicking on browse

Webliography - the top 100 speeches of the 20th century

List of Speeches - Wikipedia

Great Speech Collection - from the History Place

Famous Speeches - from InfoUSA; includes speeches by Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln and JFK

Commencement Speeches - given by a variety of people from the arts and entertainment field

The Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King

G Robert Vincent Voice Library - audio files of speeches of U.S. Presidents and NPR

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