Speech: Internet Resources

A & E Television Networks. The History Channel. 10 January 2005.
http://www.historychannel.com/speeches
This is a very easy to use site (although not a huge amount of speeches). Speeches are divided by subject, such as: Politics/Government, Science/Technology, or Arts/Entertainment.

The Churchill Center and International Churchill Societies. Spoken Words of Winston Churchill . 10 January 2005. http://www.winstonchurchill.org
This site provides a chronological listing of the complete speeches by Sir Winston Churchill as well as famous quotes and stories.

Brigham Young University and Dr. Gideon Burton. The Forest of Rhetoric . 10 January 2005. http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm
This site is a guide to the terms of classical and renaissance rhetoric designed for students of rhetoric, literature, or communication.

Eidenmuller, Michael E. American Rhetoric . 10 January 2005. http://www.americanrhetoric.com
The site is a repository of audio and text of 200(+) speeches. Eidenmuller continues to update the site, which now includes short audio clips illustrating rhetorical devices such as Simile or Epizeuxis.

Ivan Allen College, Georgia Tech and Danny James. Oratory. 10 January 2005. http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/gallery/rhetoric/terms/oratory.html.
This site provides history of oratory (public speaking); parts of oratory (delivery, etc); and examples of great orators of the Twentieth Century. Toward the bottom of the page are links to Famous Orators.

Northwestern University, School of Speech. Douglass: Archives of American Public Address. 10 January 2005. http://douglassarchives.org
This site is intended to serve general scholarship and courses in American rhetorical history at Northwestern University. It also has links to speech associations, news and other web links for professional speakers.