John F. Kennedy: Speeches

An inside look at holdings of the JFK Library Archives and the work of the archivists.

Goodreads lists the secondary sources most commonly used by JFK Library archives staff when researching various Kennedy-era topics.

Administered by the JFK Library Foundation, this channel features recorded forums sponsored by the JFK Library, as well as archival sound and film recordings from the Library's audiovisual archives.

This site posts Presidential Recordings from the holdings of the Presidential Libraries (including the JFK Library) and makes them available for download. Transcripts are available for some recordings.

The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara makes available for searching and browsing the Public Papers of the Presidents, which contain most of the Presidents' public messages, statements, speeches, and news conference remarks.

Sound and film recordings of selected well-known John F. Kennedy speeches; some pages include transcriptions.

Transcribed Presidential news conferences spanning 1961-1963, made from White House transcripts of each conference.

Selected transcribed speeches of John F. Kennedy, spanning 1942-1963; some pages include links to relevant digitized materials.