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Historical Speeches

resources to find notable speeches

Indexes to Speeches in Collection

Speech index : an index to 259 collections of world famous orations and speeches for various occasions by Sutton, Roberta Briggs.
"Incorporates all the materials in the three previous Speech indexes: 1935, 1935-55, and 1956-1961, and augments in [sic] with ... new publications ... through 1965".
Index to American Women Speakers, 1828-1978 by Beverly Manning
We Shall Be Heard by Beverley Manning
An inventory of the Library of Congress collection of texts of American speeches by Aly, Bower, 1903-1977 ed.
An inventory of the Library of Congress collection of texts of American speeches