Busse Library provides this website as a resource for students and faculty seeking the locations of famous American speeches. This index is in order by decade and date of delivery.

1900-1909

• "Acres of Diamonds." Conwell, Russell. 1900-1925. (#24)
• "Against Imperialism." Bryan, William Jennings. 8 August 1900. (#45) Speech Accepting the 1900 Democratic Presidential Nomination.
• "The Man with the Muckrake." Roosevelt, Theodore. 14 April 1906. (#16)
• "What it Means to Be Colored in the Capital of the United States." Terrell, Mary Church. 10 October 1906. (#44)
• "The Issue." Debs, Eugene V. 23 May 1908. (#82)

1910-1919

• First Inaugural Address. Wilson, Woodrow. 4 March 1913. (#79)
• "The Fundamental Principle of a Republic." Shaw, Anna Howard. 21 June 1915. (#27)
• "The Crisis." Catt, Carrie Chapman. 7 September 1916. (#68).
• "The World Must be Made Safe for Democracy." Wilson, Woodrow. 2 April 1917. (#19). War Message.
• Address to the Jury. Goldman, Emma. 9 July 1917. (#67)
• "Free Speech in Wartime." La Follette, Robert M. 6 October 1917. (#59)
• Address to the U.S. Congress. Catt, Carrie Chapman. November 1917. (#75)
• "The Fourteen Points." Wilson, Woodrow. 8 January 1918. (#40)
• Statement to the Court. Debs, Eugene V. 14 September 1918. (#34)
• "For the League of Nations." Wilson, Woodrow. 6 September 1919. (#97)
• Final Address in Support of the League of Nations. Wilson, Woodrow. 25 September 1919. (#72)

1920-1929

• "Now We Can Begin." Eastman, Crystal. September-October 1920. (#85)
• "A Moral Necessity for Birth Control." Sanger, Margaret. 1921-1922. (#46)
• Plea for Mercy at the Trial of Leopold and Loeb. Darrow, Clarence. 22-23,25 August 1924. (#23)
• "The Children's Era." Sanger, Margaret. March 1925. (#83)

1930-1939

• Speech to the Commonwealth Club. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 23 September 1932. (#78)
• First Inaugural Address. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 4 March 1933. (#3)
• "The Banking Crisis." Roosevelt, Franklin D. 12 March 1933. (#31) First Fireside Chat.
• "Every Man a King." Long, Huey P. 23 February 1935. (#26)
• "Share Our Wealth." Long, Huey P. 7 March 1935. (#86)  Radio Broadcast.
• "Labor and the Nation." Lewis, John L. 3 September 1937. (#63) "The Rights of Labor."
• Farewell to Baseball. Gehrig, Lou. 4 July 1939. (#73)

1940-1949

• "The Arsenal of Democracy." Roosevelt, Franklin D. 29 December 1940. (#28)
• "The Four Freedoms." Roosevelt, Franklin D. 6 January 1941. (#42)
• "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy." Roosevelt, Franklin D. 8 December 1941. (#4) The War Message.
• "The Truman Doctrine." Truman, Harry S. 12 March 1947. (#32)  Address to Congress on Greece and Turkey.
• "The Marshall Plan." Marshall, George C. 5 June 1947. (#54)
• "The Sunshine of Human Rights." Humphrey, Hubert H. 14 July 1948. (#66)  Speech at the 1948 Democratic National Convention.
• "The Struggle for Human Rights." Roosevelt, Eleanor. 28 September 1948. (#57)
• "Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights." Roosevelt, Eleanor. 9 December 1948.(#100)

1950-1959

• "Declaration of Conscience." Smith, Margaret Chase. 1 June 1950. (#41)
• Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature. Faulkner, William. 10 December 1950. (#33)
• "Old Soldiers Never Die." MacArthur, Douglas. 19 April 1951. (#14)  Farewell Address to Congress.
• "Let's Talk Sense to American People." Stevenson, Adlai. 26 July 1952. (#56)  Speech Accepting the 1952 Democratic Presidential Nomination.
• "Checkers." Nixon, Richard M. 23 September 1952. (#6)  "My Side of the Story."
• Statement at the Smith Act Trial. Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley. 2 February 1953. (#89)
• "Atoms for Peace." Eisenhower, Dwight D. 8 December 1953. (#36)
• "Have You No Sense of Decency?" Welch, Joseph. 6 June 1954. (#99) Defense of Fred Fisher at the Army-McCarthy Hearings.

1960-1969

• Speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. Kennedy, John F. 12 September 1960. (#9)
• Farewell Address. Eisenhower, Dwight D. 17 January 1961. (#18)
• Inaugural Address. Kennedy, John F. 20 January 1961. (#2)
• "A Vast Wasteland." Minow, Newton W. 9 May 1961. (#69)  "Television and the Public Interest."
• "Duty, Honor, Country." MacArthur, Douglas. 12 May 1962. (#20)  Farewell Address at the U.S. Military Academy.
• Address to the Nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy, John F. 22 October 1962. (#49)
• The American University Speech. Kennedy, John F. 10 June 1963. (#37) SEE: Commencement Address at the American University.
• "A Moral Issue." Kennedy, John F. 11 June 1963. (#48)  Address to the Nation on Civil Rights.
• "Ich bin ein Berliner." Kennedy, John F. 26 June 1963. (#22)
• "I Have a Dream." King, Martin Luther, Jr. 28 August 1963. (#1)
• "Message to the Grassroots." Malcolm X. 10 November 1963. (#91)
• "Let Us Continue." Johnson, Lyndon B. 27 November 1963. (#98) Address to Congress after Assuming the Presidency.
• "The Ballot or the Bullet." Malcolm X. 3 April 1964. (#7)
• "The Great Society." Johnson, Lyndon B. 22 May 1964. (#53)
• "Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice." Goldwater, Barry. 16 July 1964. (#64)  Speech Accepting the 1964 Republican Presidential Nomination.
• "A Time of Choosing." Reagan, Ronald. 27 October 1964. (#25).  Televised Speech on Behalf of Barry Goldwater.
• "We Shall Overcome." Johnson, Lyndon B. 15 March 1965. (#10)  Address to Congress on the Voting Rights Act.
• "Black Power." Carmichael, Stokely. October 1966. (#65)
• "A Time to Break Silence." King, Martin Luther, Jr. 4 April 1967. (#43)  Speech at Riverside Church.
• Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Kennedy, Robert F. 4 April 1968. (#17)
• "Speech on Ending His Fast." Chavez, Cesar. 10 March 1968. (#88)
• Address to the Nation on Vietnam and the Decision Not to Seek Re-Election. Johnson, Lyndon B. 31 March 1968. (#77)
• "I've Been to the Mountaintop." King, Martin Luther, Jr. 3 April 1968. (#15)
• Eulogy to Robert Kennedy. Kennedy, Edward. 8 June 1968. (#70)
• "Chappaquiddick." Kennedy, Edward M. 25 July 1969. (#62).  Televised Statement.
• "The Great Silent Majority." Nixon, Richard M. 3 November 1969. (#21)  Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam.
• "Television News Coverage." Agnew, Spiro. 13 November 1969. (#50)

1980-1989

• Address to the Nation on the Cambodian Incursion. Nixon, Richard M. 30 April 1970. (#74)
• Statement on the Articles of Impeachment. Jordan, Barbara. 25 July 1974. (#13)
• "For the Equal Rights Amendment." Chisholm, Shirley. 10 August 1970. (#93)
• Address to the Nation Resigning the Presidency. Nixon, Richard M. 8 August 1974. (#39)
• "Our Long National Nightmare is Over." Ford, Gerald. 9 August 1974. (#87)  Address on Taking the Oath of Office.
• Address to the Nation on Pardoning Richard M. Nixon. Ford, Gerald. 8 September 1974. (#96)
• Keynote Speech to the Democratic National Convention. Jordan, Barbara. 12 July 1976. (#5)
• "A Crisis of Confidence." Carter, Jimmy. 15 July 1979. (#90)  Address to the Nation on Energy and National Crisis.

1980-1989

• "The Dream Shall Never Die." Kennedy, Edward M. 12 August 1980. (#76)  Speech at the 1980 Democratic National Convention.
• First Inaugural Address. Reagan, Ronald. 20 January 1981. (#30)
• "The Evil Empire." Reagan, Ronald. 8 March 1983. (#29).  Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals.
• "A Left-Handed Commencement Address." Le Guin, Ursula. 22 May 1983. (#84)
• "Truth and Tolerance in America." Kennedy, Edward. 3 October 1983. (#55)
• Address at the U.S. Ranger Monument on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day. Reagan, Ronald. 6 June 1984. (#60)
• "A Tale of Two Cities." Cuomo, Mario. 17 July 1984. (#11)  Keynote Speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention.
• Speech Accepting the Democratic Vice-Presidential Nomination. Ferraro, Geraldine. 19 July 1984. (#58)
• "Religious Belief and Public Morality." Cuomo, Mario. 13 September 1984. (#61)
• "The Rainbow Coalition." Jackson, Jesse. 17 July 1984. (#12)  Speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention.
• "An End to History." Savio, Mario. 2 December 1984. (#80)
• Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster. Reagan, Ronald. 28 January 1986. (#8)
• "Tear Down the Wall." Reagan, Ronald. 12 June 1987. (#94)  Address at Brandenburg Gate.
• Keynote Speech to the Democratic National Convention. Richards, Ann. 18 July 1988. (#38)
• "Common Ground and Common Sense." Jackson, Jesse. 20 July 1988. (#51).  Speech to the 1988 Democratic National Convention.

1990-1999

• "Choices and Change." Bush, Barbara. 1 June 1990. (#47)  Commencement Speech at Wellesley College.
• Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Hill, Anita. 11 October 1991. (#71)
• "AIDS: A Personal Story." Glaser, Elizabeth. 14 July 1992. (#81)  Speech at the 1992 Democratic National Convention.
• "A Whisper of AIDS." Fisher, Mary. 19 August 1992. (#52).  Speech to the 1992 Republican National Convention.
• Speech at the Prayer Service for Victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Clinton, Bill. 23 April 1995. (#92)
• "Women's Rights are Human Rights." Clinton, Hillary Rodham. 5 September 1995. (#35)  Address to the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women.
• "The Perils of Indifference." Wiesel, Elie. 12 April 1999. (#95)