Speaker Bureau - Kathleen Beauchene

Speaker's Bureau

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Sites	Explanation of Resource
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, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two. 200+ short audio clips from well-known speeches, movies, sermons, popular songs, and sensational media events by famous (and infamous) politicians, actors, preachers, athletes, singers, and other noteworthy personalities Full text and audio mp3 database of over 50 Hollywood movie speeches, as selected by audiences of American Rhetoric.
Douglas Archives	A collection of speeches, including historic, informative, and wedding speeches.
Gift of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World	Over 100 speeches from women around the world are featured here.
Graduation Speeches	Read speeches--from speakers like Will Farrell to various presidents--given at college graduation ceremonies.
Great American Speeches - The Federal Observer	View the American Heritage through the words of orators.
History Channel.com	More sample speeches from history, some sports related.
The History Place	Here you can listen or view selected speeches.
Matrix Resources	A hodgepodge collection of sites such as the National Gallery of the Spoken Word and even some early radio advertising.
Online Communication Resources	The Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa shares links to speeches by significant speakers or of significant topics.
Political Speeches	Wake Forest University presents a collection of political speeches and campaign rhetoric.
Presidential Speech Archive	The Scripps Library, through cooperation with various presidential libraries, has been collecting some of the more important presidential speeches of the past 60 years. These speeches are available in their entirety in full audio. This site is sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
Social Justice	This site features speeches about social justice, mostly dealing with multicultural issues and women's rights.
Speech and Transcript Center	These selections were compiled by Gary Price of George Washington University.
Speeches of Martin Luther King	A collection of Martin Luther King's most famous speeches. All are full-length textual versions. I Have a Dream is also available in audio and video.
Top 100 American Speeches	According to the site, "The following list ranks the top 100 American speeches of the 20th century as determined in a nationwide survey of 137 communication scholars, conducted by Stephen E. Lucas (University of Wisconsin) and Martin J. Medhurst (Texas A&M University). The speeches were rated on two criteria: rhetorical artistry and historical impact."
University Libraries	The University Libraries (University of Albany, State University of New York) provides a collection of resources, some of which are already included on this page.
Vincent Voice Library	The G. Robert Vincent Voice Library (Michigan State University) is the largest academic voice library in the nation.
Vital Speeches of the Day	The AccessMyLibrary site sponsored by The Gale Group provides Vital Speeches of the Day.