Digitized Press Releases, 1961-1996 | Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections

Collection Overview

Title: Digitized Press Releases, 1961-1996

Predominant Dates:1961-1996

ID: 01/015

Primary Creator: Dole, Robert J. (1923-2021)

Arrangement: The physical documents are organized chronologically within the respective House and Senate collections, as well as individual press releases filed with pertinent subject files. This finding aid provides a chronological item level list for all digitized press releases, regardless of physical location.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Robert J. Dole Press Releases were produced and accumulated by Robert J. Dole and his staff during Dole's 35 years as a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas. The releases document the constituent services provided by Dole and his handling of legislative issues in the House and Senate.

All press releases listed here are available for direct download. Click "Detailed Description" to access the full inventory or search the full text of all scanned press releases here:

The collection spans 1961-1996, and includes press releases issued by Dole's Congressional, Senate, and Republican Leadership offices. The releases include communications relating to all functions of the Dole offices on Capitol Hill: political events, legislative efforts, constituent relations, and press coverage. Although not a complete listing of all of the press releases to be found in various parts of the collections, this finding aid represents 9,704 press releases that have been digitized.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: 1961],
[Series 2: 1962],
[Series 3: 1963],
[Series 4: 1964],
[Series 5: 1965],
[Series 6: 1966],
[Series 7: 1967],
[Series 8: 1968],
[Series 9: 1969],
[Series 10: 1970],
[Series 11: 1971],
[Series 12: 1972],
[Series 13: 1973],
[Series 14: 1974],
[Series 15: 1975],
[Series 16: 1976],
[Series 17: 1977],
[Series 18: 1978],
[Series 19: 1979],
[Series 20: 1980],
[Series 21: 1981],
[Series 22: 1982],
[Series 23: 1983],
[Series 24: 1984],
[Series 25: 1985],
[Series 26: 1986],
[Series 27: 1987],
[Series 28: 1988],
[Series 29: 1989],
[Series 30: 1990],
[Series 31: 1991],
[Series 32: 1992],
[Series 33: 1993],
[Series 34: 1994],
[Series 35: 1995],
[Series 36: 1996],
[All]

Series 5: 1965

Box 12

Folder 37

Item 1: Dole Introduces Two Bills Providing Alternate Approaches To Reapportionment, 1/4/1965: Subject: General - PDF available: 650104rep.pdf
Item 2: Dole Urges Republicans To Put Aside Differences, 1/9/1965: Subject: Republican Party - PDF available: 650109con.pdf
Item 3: Air Force Academy Nominees, 1/25/1965: Subject: Nominations/Government Offices - PDF available: 650125rep.pdf

Folder 38

Item 1: Dole Speech Before Fifth Annual Fargo Farm Forum Comments On Sugar Legislation, 2/5/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650205wit.pdf
Item 2: Dole Will Be Featured Speaker At Annual Lincoln Day Dinner And Rally, 2/12/1965: Subject: Events - PDF available: 650212con.pdf
Item 3: Report On Speech At Lincoln Day Dinner, 2/12/1965: Subject: Events - PDF available: 650212the.pdf
Item 4: Dole Supports Two Proposals Before Conservation And Credit Subcommittee, 2/17/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650217rep.pdf
Item 5: Dole Announced That The Push For Congressional Action Dealing With Reapportionment Will Begin Wednesday, 2/23/1965: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 650223con.pdf
Item 6: Dole Signs Extraordinary Discharge Petition; Reapportionment, 2/24/1965: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 650224adr.pdf
Item 7: Dole Joins Others In Demanding Reduction In Level Of Oil Imports, 2/25/1965: Subject: Energy - PDF available: 650225rep.pdf

Folder 39

Item 1: Dole Introduced Legislation Which Would Restrict Sales Of Government-Owned Agriculture Products, 3/11/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650311con.pdf
Item 2: Required Renovations Sharply Limited, 3/11/1965: Subject: Congress (House) - PDF available: 650311rep.pdf
Item 3: Reapportionment Connection With Voting Rights Act Of 1965, 3/20/1965: Subject: General - PDF available: 650320con.pdf
Item 4: Statement Before Committee On Veteran Affairs; Closing Of VA Hospitals, 3/23/1965: Subject: Veterans - PDF available: 650323mrc.pdf

Folder 40

Item 1: Dole Withholding Judgment On Administrations Farm Bill, 4/5/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650405con.pdf
Item 2: Informal Poll Of Members On Reapportionment, 4/6/1965: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 650406the.pdf
Item 3: H.R. 6675 And Compulsory Hospitalization And The Social Security Administration, 4/8/1965: Subject: Social Security - PDF available: 650408asd.pdf
Item 4: Dole Bill Against Falsification Of Voting, 4/9/1965: Subject: Voting/Position - PDF available: 650409int.pdf
Item 5: Text Of Joint Statement 40 GOPs Ask End Of Appointment Delay, 4/13/1965: Subject: Nominations/Government Offices - PDF available: 650413for.pdf
Item 6: Dole Statement On Issue Reapportionment, 4/27/1965: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 650427con.pdf
Item 7: Statement Before Agricultural Appropriations Subcommittee Kansan Concern With Land And Water Resource Conservation And Development, 4/27/1965: Subject: Environment - PDF available: 650427mrc.pdf
Item 8: Dole Praises Senate Amendment On Election Fraud, 4/30/1965: Subject: Voting/Position - PDF available: 650430con.pdf

Box 13

Folder 1

Item 1: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Speech Talked To Young Republicans About Role Of Republican Party, 5/1/1965: Subject: Republican Party - PDF available: 650501con.pdf
Item 2: Statement Before Subcommittee On Agriculture Concern Over Future Of Agriculture In Kansas, Midwest, And Rest Of Country, 5/4/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650504mrc.pdf
Item 3: Dole Introduces Bill To Amend Veterans Pension Act, 5/5/1965: Subject: Veterans - PDF available: 650505con.pdf
Item 4: Dole Introduces Bill To Allow More Extensive Tax Deductions For Teachers Educational Expenses, 5/6/1965: Subject: Education - PDF available: 650506con.pdf
Item 5: Kansas Mother Of The Year Mrs. Frank W. Boyd To Be Honored, 5/9/1965: Subject: Kansas - PDF available: 650509kan.pdf
Item 6: Dover, Delaware Speech To Delaware Young Republican Convention On Republican Unity, 5/15/1965: Subject: Republican Party - PDF available: 650515con.pdf
Item 7: Statement To Public Works Subcommittee On Appropriations Concerning Projects In Doles Congressional District, 5/17/1965: Subject: Appropriations - PDF available: 650517iap.pdf
Item 8: Dole Addresses Republican Women Of First Congressional District About Pending Farm Legislation, 5/22/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650522rep.pdf
Item 9: Dole Awarded Distinguished Service Award From Americans For Constitutional Action, 5/26/1965: Subject: Awards/Honors - PDF available: 650526con.pdf
Item 10: Dole Awarded Distinguished Service Award From Americans For Constitutional Action, 5/26/1965: Subject: Awards/Honors - PDF available: 650526conc2p1.pdf
Item 11: Efforts To Raise Release Price In Sale Of Commodity Credit Corporation Stocks Fail, 5/26/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650526eff.pdf
Item 12: Reductions In Remodeling Plans For Cannon House Office Building Save $5.5 Million, 5/27/1965: Subject: Congress (House) - PDF available: 650527ann.pdf
Item 13: Text Of Letter From Dole To Thomas Mann Relating To Oil Imports From Venezuela, 5/31/1965: Subject: Foreign Relations - PDF available: 650531the.pdf

Folder 2

Item 1: Dole Bill For Emergency Flood, Hail, And Disaster Relief For Farmers, 6/12/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650612rep.pdf
Item 2: Statement Before House Judiciary Committee Supreme Court Demolishes Representative Structure In Legislature, 6/24/1965: Subject: General - PDF available: 650624mrc.pdf

Folder 3

Item 1: Dole Proposes Bill For Alternative Methods For Financial Assistance To Sufferers Of Natural Disasters, 7/12/1965: Subject: Public Welfare/Social Services - PDF available: 650712con.pdf
Item 2: Dole Votes For HR 9811 Omnibus Farm Bill, 7/15/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650715con.pdf
Item 3: Dole Introduces Legislation To Amend The Watershed Protection And Flood Prevention Act, 7/16/1965: Subject: Public Welfare/Social Services - PDF available: 650716con.pdf
Item 4: The Farm Bill; Dole Predicted Close Vote On Farm Proposal, 7/21/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650721con.pdf
Item 5: Official Attendance And Voting Records Of The House Of Representatives Released, 7/24/1965: Subject: Voting/Position - PDF available: 650724ral.pdf
Item 6: All Five Members Of House From Kansas Urge President Johnson To Suspend GATT Negotiations, 7/28/1965: Subject: Commerce/Trade - PDF available: 650728all.pdf
Item 7: Dole Speaking To Ohio League Of Young Republicans Club Hammers Away At Need Strong Two-Party System (Republican Party), 7/31/1965: Subject: Republican Party - PDF available: 650731con.pdf
Item 8: Moving Toward One-Party Government Under One-Man Rule Dole Tells Ohio State Young Republicans, 7/31/1965: Subject: Republican Party - PDF available: 650731nat.pdf

Folder 4

Item 1: Dole Statement Before Rules Committee To Discuss Omnibus Farm Bill, 8/5/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650805con.pdf
Item 2: Dole's Statement On House Floor Concerning Home Rule And Legislative Reapportionment, 8/5/1965: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 650805cong.pdf
Item 3: Dole And Other Congressmen Introduce Legislation Which Would Authorize Marketing Of Domestically Produced Sugar, 8/5/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650805congr.pdf
Item 4: Legislative Reapportionment Dole Indicated Bipartisan Committee Will Press For A Vote In House, 8/9/1965: Subject: General - PDF available: 650809con.pdf
Item 5: Kansas House Members Expand On Need To Suspend Further GATT Negotiations, 8/10/1965: Subject: Commerce/Trade - PDF available: 650810the.pdf
Item 6: Dole Called On Johnson Administration To Set Record Straight On Vietnam, 8/18/1965: Subject: Vietnam War - PDF available: 650818rep.pdf
Item 7: Dole Letter On Bipartisan Efforts To Secure Home Rule In District Of Columbia, 8/19/1965: Subject: General - PDF available: 650819con.pdf
Item 8: Statement Before Joint Committee On Organization Of Congress; Recommendations, 8/24/1965: Subject: Congress - PDF available: 650824cha.pdf
Item 9: Dole Announced He Is Accepting Applications For Service Academies, 8/25/1965: Subject: Nominations/Government Offices - PDF available: 650825rep.pdf
Item 10: Dole In Telegram To President Johnson Expressed His Opposition To Wheat Sales To Russia At This Time, 8/30/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650830con.pdf

Folder 5

Item 1: Statement On Inclusion Of Farm Workers Under Minimum Wage Provisions, 9/1/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650901con.pdf
Item 2: GOP Members Of House Agricultural Committee Charge Secretary Freeman Fails To Speak Up For Farmers On Farm Labor Issue, 9/1/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650901cong.pdf
Item 3: GOP Members Of House Agricultural Committee Charge Secretary Freeman Fails To Speak Up For, 9/8/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650908con.pdf
Item 4: Dole Appointed To Committee On Government Operations, 9/8/1965: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 650908rep.pdf
Item 5: Dole Encourages Increase In Job Training Programs Of Private Employers; Human Investment Act Of 1965, 9/10/1965: Subject: Labor - PDF available: 650910con.pdf
Item 6: Dole Offers Two Amendments On Sugar Act; Both Defeated, 9/16/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650916the.pdf
Item 7: Kansas House Members Achieve Goal Of Improving The Us Bargaining Position On Grain Negotiations At Kennedy Round In Geneva, 9/27/1965: Subject: Commerce/Trade - PDF available: 650927all.pdf
Item 8: Dole Appearance Before House Rules Committee To Discuss 1965 Sugar Act Amendments, 9/28/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 650928con.pdf

Folder 6

Item 1: Speech To GOP Rally In Ohio Government Moving Toward One-Party Government Under One-Man Rule, 10/1/1965: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 651001con.pdf
Item 2: Investigation Of Heavy Aircraft Stock Trade Prior To Defense Department Contract Announcement, 10/1/1965: Subject: Business - PDF available: 651001onf.pdf
Item 3: Statement At Special Budget Hearings Before Elmer Staats; Views On Budgeting Of Funds For Corps Of Engineers And Bureau Of Reclamation In Kansas, 10/4/1965: Subject: Public Works - PDF available: 651004mrd.pdf
Item 4: Agricultural Trade Policy Is The Key To U. S. Farmer Prosperity, 10/5/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651005agr.pdf
Item 5: Dole Sends Telegram To Manuel Cohen Of Securities And Exchange Commission On Boeing, Douglas, And Lockheed Aircraft Trading, 10/6/1965: Subject: Business - PDF available: 651006onf.pdf
Item 6: Agricultural Trade Policy Is The Key To Us Farmer Prosperity, 10/7/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651007agr.pdf
Item 7: Dole Supports Conference Report On Farm Bill, 10/8/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651008rep.pdf
Item 8: Dole Speaker At 75Th Birthday Of Former President Dwight D Eisenhower, 10/14/1965: Subject: Events - PDF available: 651014con.pdf
Item 9: Dole States Congress Should Adjourn, 10/14/1965: Subject: Congress - PDF available: 651014cong.pdf
Item 10: Dole Introduces Legislation Which Would Authorize House Committee On Education And Labor To Conduct Investigation And Study Of Office Of Education, 10/22/1965: Subject: Education - PDF available: 651022con.pdf
Item 11: Remarks Of Dole On H.R. 168 Increase In Monthly Rates Of Disabled Veterans, 10/22/1965: Subject: Veterans - PDF available: 651022rem.pdf
Item 12: Text Of Resolution (Education), 10/22/1965: Subject: Education - PDF available: 651022tex.pdf
Item 13: Modified Dole Amendment Accepted By Sugar Conference, 10/23/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651023mod.pdf
Item 14: Dole Announced In Closing Stages Of Measure To Increase Limitation On Floodwater-Detention Capacity, 10/25/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651025cong.pdf
Item 15: Dole Urges World Food Study, 10/25/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651025dol.pdf
Item 16: Dole Announces Tour Of Several Kansas Colleges, 10/26/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651026con.pdf
Item 17: Dole Sent Telegram To Charles Webb Chairman Of Interstate Commerce Commission Requesting Hearing On Missouri Pacific Railroad Company's Discontinuance Of Trains, 10/27/1965: Subject: Education - PDF available: 651027was.pdf
Item 18: Congressman Dole To Food And Agriculture Conference, 10/28/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651028con.pdf

Folder 7

Item 1: Release Of Official Attendance And Voting Records Of House Members For 1St Session Of 89Th Congress, 11/1/1965: Subject: Congress - PDF available: 651101ral.pdf
Item 2: Letter To McNamara Concerning Heavy Trading Of Major Aircraft Stocks Prior To Government Award, 11/3/1965: Subject: Transportation - PDF available: 651103con.pdf
Item 3: Dole Speaking To Fort Hayes State College Young Republicans Pointed Out Records Not Called To Publics Attention By Great Society Propaganda Experts, 11/3/1965: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 651103cong.pdf
Item 4: Johnson Administration Decision To Dump 200,000 Tons Of Government Stock-Piled Aluminum Into Market Emphasize Problem Of American Farmer, 11/9/1965: Subject: Voting/Position - PDF available: 651109con.pdf
Item 5: Response From Cyrus Vance Concerning Aircraft Stocks, 11/12/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651112con.pdf
Item 6: Dole Announced Availability Of 16 Mm Color Films Four Days Of Gemini 4, 11/12/1965: Subject: Science and Technology - PDF available: 651112cong.pdf
Item 7: Details Of U.N. Food Agricultural Organization Conference (Agriculture), 11/16/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651116bob.pdf
Item 8: Dole Speaking In Pittsburg, Kansas Agrees Next Year Congress Should Spend Less Time On New Legislation And More Time On Correcting Oversight, 11/17/1965: Subject: Congress - PDF available: 651117con.pdf
Item 9: Dole Speaking In Pittsburg, Kansas Agrees Next Year Congress Should Spend Less Time On New Legislation And More Time On Correcting Oversight, 11/18/1965: Subject: Congress - PDF available: 651118con.pdf

Folder 8

Item 8: Dole Will Be Featured Speaker At A Meeting Dec. 14 In Johnson Ks (Cancelled), 1965-12: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 6512xxcon.pdf
Item 1: Dole Will Be Featured Speaker At Meeting In Johnson, Kansas, 12/6/1965: Subject: Kansas - PDF available: 651206con.pdf
Item 2: Dole Speaker At National Beet Growers Federation States Basic Concept Of Sugar Act Is Sound, 12/7/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651207con.pdf
Item 3: Dole Calls For Action On Famine Crisis In India, 12/9/1965: Subject: Foreign Relations - PDF available: 651209con.pdf
Item 4: Dole Speaker At National Beet Growers Federation States Basic Concept Of Sugar Act Is Sound, 12/9/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651209cong.pdf
Item 5: Dole Informed By Interstate Commerce Commission On Hearings Concerning Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, 12/16/1965: Subject: Transportation - PDF available: 651216con.pdf
Item 6: Dole Speaking At Hutchinson Junior College Republican Meeting Charged USDA Of Violating Intent Of Commodity Credit Corporation Charter, 12/21/1965: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 651221con.pdf
Item 7: Dole Attends Dinner Hosted By Secretary Of Agriculture Orville Freeman Honoring Mr. C Subramanian, Minister Of Food And Agriculture For India, 12/28/1965: Subject: Foreign Relations - PDF available: 651228con.pdf