Communication Studies *: Broadcasts/Transcripts/Speeches

Archives of television news from 1989-present

Click on 'scripts and text.'

Covers transcripts of debates from 1960-present.

Click on Search by Subject or Topic under News Select Broadcast Transcripts. Select the Advance Search to choose from various news sources

Click on "search," then "source," then change 'select source category' to "publications by type" and click on "+transcripts." Click on the program name you want to search.

Transcripts from Congressional hearings from 1988-present. Click on "advanced search" and select "Hearings."

Dr. Michael Eidenmuller of the University of Texas at Tyler has created Speech Bank: a free online database with full-text, audio, and video of over 5,000 speeches. So whether you're looking for the text of Elle Wood's speech from Legally Blonde or video of Obama's last State of the Union address, this is a great place to find what you need.

From 1993-present online; from 1935-present in print.

American Rhetoric contains over 5,000 public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, etc. in such categories as speeches by Pres. Obama, movie speeches, and the top 100 American political speeches of the 20th century. Most are available in audio and/or video plus their transcripts. Those addresses given prior to 1900 have transcripts only.The site includes a list of major journals in communication, with links to their websites.As this is a commercial site, the ads can be annoying.

University of Iowa link to Collection of links to speeches online.