Speeches & Transcripts

All Things Considered: Archives

Audio broadcasts of programs back to 1995.

American Rhetoric

Index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, and other recorded media events. Also includes a complete index to and partial text and audio database of the 100 most significant American political speeches of the 20th century.

Bill Gates Speech Archive

Transcripts of selected speeches back to 1996 collected at the Microsoft site.

Conservative Political Speeches

Small transcript collection of prominent speeches made by well-known conservatives in the U.S. maintained by Ted Gausmann.

FORA.tv

Large collection of videos from interviews, panel discussions, conferences and symposia.

Graduation Speeches

Transcripts of speeches collected at the Yahoo! site.

History Channel: Speeches

A collection of audio recordings of speeches of historic importance around the world maintained as part of the History Channel site.

History and Politics Out Loud

Small collection of transcripts and recordings of speeches significant to American history maintained by Northwestern University.

The McLaughlin Group

Includes a searchable archive of transcripts of the show back to May 1988.

Meet the Press

Transcripts for the last three weeks; also an archive of the preceeding four weeks.

Nightline

Features aired on this show over the past few weeks.

The Online NewsHour: NewsHour Index

Transcripts and Real Audio excerpts of recent broadcasts.

Oyez Oyez Oyez

Transcripts of selected Supreme Court proceedings; materials from the current session are available nine months after the close of the session.

Presidents

Selected speeches of all the Presidents, with an emphasis on Inaugural and State of the Union speeches, plus writings and biographies, maintained by George M. Welling, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

Speeches, addresses, etc.

This guide provides Web site links, a list of selected books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject selected by librarians at Rio Hondo College.

Speech & Transcript Center

Significant collection maintained by Gary Price of George Washington University, emphasizing speeches by city, state, federal and international government officials; also includes television and radio transcripts, material from professional and trade associations, and historic material.

Speeches of Abraham Lincoln

Transcripts of selected major speeches from the Abraham Lincoln Online site.

TED: Ideas Worth Spreading

More than 200 talks from the annual Teaching, Entertainment and Design conference, which "brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes)." Videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.

Washington Week in Review

Transcripts of the weekly PBS program; transcripts are posted on the Monday following the show, with RealVideo available four weeks following the broadcast.