Rhetoric and Communication: American Presidential Rhetoric

Complete page images of the sets released by the National Archives covering all US Presidents from Herbert Hoover through Barack Obama. Definitive collections of primary sources for the study of the presidents.

An online collection of television commercials for campaigns from 1952-2012. Everything from "I Like Ike" through "Peace Little Girl" -- the famous LBJ daisy commercial -- and the flood of negative ads from the 2000 on, including the famous "RATS" subliminal message in the 2000 Bush commercial.

Although this site is commercial, it is remarkably well-curated and features speeches, lectures and addresses that are not often represented in other resources. Features an online speech databank of more than 5000 videos, transcriptions, etc.