Robert J. Dole Speeches Collection, 1958-1996 | Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections

By Erik Radowski, Sarah Gard

Collection Overview

Title: Robert J. Dole Speeches Collection, 1958-1996

ID: 01/019

Extent: 41.7 Linear Feet

Arrangement: The collection is arranged chronologically into thirty-six series based on Senator Dole’s years of service as the Russell County Attorney, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas’s 6th district and then Kansas’s 1st district, and United States Senator from Kansas. Objects have been removed and housed separately from text materials for preservation purposes; although removal forms still link the materials intellectually to the corresponding series.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Robert J. Dole Speeches Collection, which spans the years 1958-1996, consists of speeches, remarks, talking points, briefing materials, correspondence, photographs, invitations, newspapers and clippings, itineraries, research, and travel files from Senator Bob Dole’s career in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.

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

The majority of the collection relates to Senator Dole’s many speaking engagements over the course of his career and reveals his desire to engage with all Americans. Senator Dole’s emergence as a national political figure is documented through his speeches as a U.S. Congressman at local Kansas high school commencements to appearances on Meet the Press as a respected Senator and presidential-hopeful. This collection includes materials from speaking at conventions for national organizations and many local Republican meetings, which exemplify Senator Dole’s drive to increase awareness of the Republican platform and raise support for fellow Republicans. As a leader of the Republican Party and prominent U.S. Senator, Bob Dole often traveled the country; the collection proves he visited every state in the union and spoke in most of them.

Administrative Information

Repository: Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections

Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research, however, some materials within the Robert J. Dole Speeches Collection are restricted because of their sensitive nature or because they contain personal or confidential information. Restricted materials are identified at the box and/or folder level within the finding aid. Questions about these materials may be directed to the Senior Archivist of the Dole Archives.

Use Restrictions: Copyright restrictions apply in different ways to different kinds of materials. Some of the documents and other historical materials in the Dole Archive are in the public domain and may be reproduced and used in any way; however, there are other materials that carry a copyright interest that must be used according to the provisions of Title 17 of the U.S. Code. The Dole Archive issues a warning concerning copyright restrictions to every researcher who requests copies of documents. Although the copyright law is under constant redefinition in the courts, it is ultimately the responsibility of the researcher to properly use copyrighted materials.

Processing Information:

View a full series list of this collection here (PDF will open in a new window): dole_archives_speeches_collection.pdf

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: 1958],
[Series 2: 1961],
[Series 3: 1962],
[Series 4: 1963],
[Series 5: 1964],
[Series 6: 1965],
[Series 7: 1966],
[Series 8: 1967],
[Series 9: 1968],
[Series 10: 1969],
[Series 11: 1970],
[Series 12: 1971],
[Series 13: 1972],
[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 11: 1970

Box 7

Folder 21: Masonic Hall Dedication - Russell, Kansas, 13 January 1970: PDF available: c019_007_021_all.pdf
Folder 22: Chamber of Commerce Dinner - Parsons, Kansas, 30 January 1970: PDF available: c019_007_022_all.pdf
Folder 23: Principals-Presidents Banquet - Topeka, Kansas, 31 January 1970: PDF available: c019_007_023_all.pdf
Folder 24: Mississippi Valley Association - St. Louis, Missouri, 1 February 1970: PDF available: c019_007_024_all.pdf
Folder 25: Lincoln Day Dinner - Lawrence, Kansas, 12 February 1970: PDF available: c019_007_025_all.pdf
Folder 26: Lincoln Day Dinner - Stillwater, Oklahoma, 13 February 1970: PDF available: c019_007_026_all.pdf
Folder 27: Third Annual Joint Convention - Wichita, Kansas, 13 February 1970: PDF available: c019_007_027_all.pdf
Folder 28: Lincoln Day Dinner - San Pedro, California, 14 February 1970: PDF available: c019_007_028_all.pdf
Folder 29: Animal Health Division - San Diego, California, 15 February 1970: PDF available: c019_007_029_all.pdf
Folder 30: Midwest Fertilizer Conference - Chicago, Illinois, 17 February 1970: PDF available: c019_007_030_all.pdf
Folder 31: National Association of hearing and Speech Agencies - St. Louis, Missouri, 21 February 1970: PDF available: c019_007_031_all.pdf
Folder 32: Washington's Birthday Freedom Rally - Washington, D.C., 21 February 1970: PDF available: c019_007_032_all.pdf
Folder 33: Kansas Home Economic Association - Manhattan, Kansas, 7 March 1970: PDF available: c019_007_033_all.pdf
Folder 34: Leadership Training School, Montana State University - Bozeman, Montana, 8 March 1970: PDF available: c019_007_034_all.pdf
Folder 35: Arkansas Basin Development Association Annual Meeting - Tulsa Oklahoma, 13 March 1970: PDF available: c019_007_035_all.pdf
Folder 36: Texas young Republican Federation State Convention - Dallas, Texas, 14 March 1970: PDF available: c019_007_036_all.pdf
Folder 37: Dedication of Lakemary Center - Paola, Kansas, 21 March 1970: PDF available: c019_007_037_all.pdf
Folder 38: Kansas Pharmaceutical Association - Topeka, Kansas, 22 March 1970: PDF available: c019_007_038_all.pdf
Folder 39: Civil Defense Council - Washington, D.C., 1 April 1970: PDF available: c019_007_039_all.pdf
Folder 40: Dinner Honoring Congressman Joe Skubitz - Emporia, Kansas, 3 April 1970: PDF available: c019_007_040_all.pdf
Folder 41: Rededication of the Living Center, St. Francis Boys' Home - Salina, Kansas, 5 April 1970: PDF available: c019_007_041_all.pdf
Folder 42: Grocery Manufacturers of America - Washington, D.C., 9 April 1970: PDF available: c019_007_042_all.pdf
Folder 43: Annual Conference United Cerebral Palsy Associations - Cincinnati, Ohio, 10 April 1970: PDF available: c019_007_043_all.pdf
Folder 44: Rolla Clymer Day - El Dorado, Kansas, 11 April 1970: PDF available: c019_007_044_all.pdf
Folder 45: Midwest Cancer Conference - Wichita, Kansas, 11 April 1970: PDF available: c019_007_045_all.pdf
Folder 46: Handicapped Americans - United States Senate - Washington, D.C., 14 April 1970: PDF available: c019_007_046_all.pdf
Folder 47: Canterbury Courts - Ottawa, Kansas, 18 April 1970: PDF available: c019_007_047_all.pdf
Folder 48: Kansas Association for Retarded Children - Kansas City, Kansas, 24 April 1970: PDF available: c019_007_048_all.pdf
Folder 49: Wilson County young Farmers, 25 April 1970: PDF available: c019_007_049_all.pdf
Folder 50: Kansas State Association of Life Underwriters - Wichita, Kansas, 25 April 1970: PDF available: c019_007_050_all.pdf

Box 8

Folder 1: Fredonia, Kansas, 25 April 1970: PDF available: c019_008_001_all.pdf
Folder 2: New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women - Newcastle, New Hampshire, 11 May 1970: PDF available: c019_008_002_all.pdf
Folder 3: American Youth at the Crossroads Conference - Los Angeles, California, 15 May 1970: PDF available: c019_008_003_all.pdf
Folder 4: Grandview Republican Club Barbeque - Grandview, Missouri, 17 May 1970: PDF available: c019_008_004_all.pdf
Folder 5: Dedication of the Marshall Miller Memorial Sanctuary - Prairie Village, Kansas, 17 May 1970: PDF available: c019_008_005_all.pdf
Folder 6: South Carolina Jaycees Convention - Charleston, South Carolina, 23 May 1970: PDF available: c019_008_006_all.pdf
Folder 7: Commencement Address - Fort Hays Kansas State College - Hays, Kansas, 29 May 1970: PDF available: c019_008_007_all.pdf
Folder 8: Memorial Day - Wichita, Kansas, 30 May 1970: PDF available: c019_008_008_all.pdf
Folder 9: Republican Boosters Club - Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1 June 1970: PDF available: c019_008_009_all.pdf
Folder 10: Topeka News Director - Topeka, Kansas, 6 June 1970: PDF available: c019_008_010_all.pdf
Folder 11: TIPRO (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association) 24th Annual Meeting - Dallas, Texas, 7 June 1970: PDF available: c019_008_011_all.pdf
Folder 12: King County Republican Convention - Seattle, Washington, 13 June 1970: PDF available: c019_008_012_all.pdf
Folder 13: Dedication of Elks Lodge No. 595 - Lawrence, Kansas, 14 June 1970: PDF available: c019_008_013_all.pdf
Folder 14: Connecticut State Republican Convention - Harford, Connecticut, 19 June 1970: PDF available: c019_008_014_all.pdf
Folder 15: American Agricultural Editors Association - Washington, D.C., 23 June 1970: PDF available: c019_008_015_all.pdf
Folder 16: Virginia State Republican Convention - Richmond, Virginia, 26 June 1970: PDF available: c019_008_016_all.pdf
Folder 17: Convocation Day - Johnson County Community College (JCCC) - Kansas City, Kansas, 3 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_017_all.pdf
Folder 18: Republican Dinner - Parsons, Kansas, 3 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_018_all.pdf
Folder 19: Dedication of Centralia Community Library - Centralia, Kansas, 4 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_019_all.pdf
Folder 20: Republican Dinner - State Convention - Lincoln, Nebraska, 4 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_020_all.pdf
Folder 21: Associated Milk Producers, Inc. - Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, 5 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_021_all.pdf
Folder 22: Johnson County Bar Association, 8 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_022_all.pdf
Folder 23: 16th District Republican Rally - Rockford, Illinois, 12 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_023_all.pdf
Folder 24: Republican Dinner - Bay City, Texas, 12 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_024_all.pdf
Folder 25: GOP Steak Fry - Bloomington, Illinois, 19 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_025_all.pdf
Folder 26: Republican Dinner for Honorable H.R. Gross - Clear Lake, Iowa, 19 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_026_all.pdf
Folder 27: Congressional Booster Club - Washington, D.C., 23 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_027_all.pdf
Folder 28: Dinner Honoring Honorable Bill Roth - Dover, Delaware, 24 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_028_all.pdf
Folder 29: Republican Rally for Honorable John Wold - Cody, Wyoming, 26 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_029_all.pdf
Folder 30: Kick-Off Barbeque for Honorable Larry Winn - Olathe, Kansas, 27 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_030_all.pdf
Folder 31: International Communities Conference - New York, New York, 28 September 1970: PDF available: c019_008_031_all.pdf
Folder 32: Clay County Republican Dinner - Excelsior Springs, Missouri, 2 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_032_all.pdf
Folder 33: Republican Dinner for the Honorable Ed Eshleman - Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 8 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_033_all.pdf
Folder 34: Republican Dinner - Big Springs, Texas, 10 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_034_all.pdf
Folder 35: Dinner Honoring Neil Bishop - Bangor, Maine, 15 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_035_all.pdf
Folder 36: Breakfast Honoring Neil Bishop - Augusta, Maine, 16 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_036_all.pdf
Folder 37: Businessmen's Luncheon - Lima, Ohio, 17 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_037_all.pdf
Folder 38: Republican Professional Women's Association - Toledo, Ohio, 17 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_038_all.pdf
Folder 39: Four-County Republican Rally - Loogootee, Indiana, 18 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_039_all.pdf
Folder 40: Reception Honoring Senator Bob Dole and Congressman Larry Winn - Prairie Village, Kansas, 18 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_040_all.pdf
Folder 41: Republican Breakfast - Columbus, Kansas, 20 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_041_all.pdf
Folder 42: Republican Dinner - Joplin, Missouri, 21 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_042_all.pdf
Folder 43: Republican Dinner - Indianapolis, Indiana, 22 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_043_all.pdf
Folder 44: Dinner Honoring Congressman Jim Broghill - Shelby, North Carolina, 23 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_044_all.pdf
Folder 45: Luncheon Honoring Jack Hawke - Asheboro, North Carolina, 23 October 1970: PDF available: c019_008_045_all.pdf

Box 9

Folder 1: Republican Luncheon - Fargo, North Dakota, 24 October 1970: PDF available: c019_009_001_all.pdf
Folder 2: Republican Dinner - Fort Wayne, Indiana, 26 October 1970: PDF available: c019_009_002_all.pdf
Folder 3: Johnson County Young Presidents Dinner - Johnson County, Kansas, 2 November 1970: PDF available: c019_009_003_all.pdf
Folder 4: Kansas City Young Matrons Luncheon - Kansas City, Missouri, 2 November 1970: PDF available: c019_009_004_all.pdf
Folder 5: Russell Chamber of Commerce - Russell, Kansas, 5 November 1970: PDF available: c019_009_005_all.pdf
Folder 6: Kansas State Teachers Association Annual Convention - Chanute, Kansas, 6 November 1970: PDF available: c019_009_006_all.pdf
Folder 7: United States Savings and Loan League Annual Convention - San Francisco, California, 9 November 1970: PDF available: c019_009_007_all.pdf
Folder 8: University of Missouri - Columbia, Missouri, 10 December 1970: PDF available: c019_009_008_all.pdf
Folder 9: Dedication of Ulysses High School - Ulysses, Kansas, 12 December 1970: PDF available: c019_009_009_all.pdf