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],
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[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],
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Series 2: 1962

Box 12

Folder 1

Item 1: Excerpt from a speech Congressman Dole gave to the Kansas Seed Dealers Association on removing regimentation and master plans controlling agriculture, 1/12/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_001_001.pdf

Folder 2

Item 1: Dole on Governor Pearson Appointment of New Senator, 2/2/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_002_001.pdf
Item 2: Dole statement on H.R. 10010, 2/6/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_002_002.pdf
Item 3: Dole Introduces Bill To Extend Conservation Reserve Program, 2/8/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_002_003.pdf
Item 4: Dole issues statement following President Kennedy's "Message On Agriculture", 2/12/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_002_004.pdf
Item 5: Congressman Dole speaking at Post Office Dedications points out rapid progress of postal operations, 2/15/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_002_005.pdf

Folder 3

Item 1: Congressman Dole attacks Administration backed tax bill, saying that it produces a windfall for big business and withholding on the interest or dividends millions would receive - Spring, 1962: PDF available: s-press_012_003_001.pdf
Item 2: Congressman Dole says that there is "little enthusiasm in or out of Congress for the Freeman farm program", 3/1/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_003_002.pdf
Item 3: Congressman Dole speaks at a rally in Baltimore about labeling certain groups economic views as extremists, 3/3/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_003_003.pdf
Item 4: Congressman Dole announces hearings on irrigation contracts lasting less than 10 years will be held before the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee on March 22, 3/10/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_003_004.pdf
Item 5: Penalties In Farm Bill To Be Softened, 3/12/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_003_005.pdf
Item 6: Statement By Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas) On Farm Bill Penalties, 3/17/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_003_006.pdf
Item 7: Congressman Dole stated in his regular newsletter that despite broad interest in a federally-assisted program of medical care for the Nation's elderly people the Administration's King-Anderson Bill would not fulfill all that is promised, 3/24/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_003_007.pdf
Item 8: Congressman Dole introduced a bill March 27 which would authorize the secretary of Interior to extend the development period of existing repayment contracts from five years to not to extend to ten years, 3/28/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_003_008.pdf
Item 9: Congressman Floyd Breeding votes both ways on Kennedy's tax revision bill within a few minutes time, 3/29/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_003_009.pdf

Folder 4

Item 1: For Immediate Release - Kansas Society of Washington, D.C., 4/1/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_001.pdf
Item 2: Press Release - From the Office of Congressman Bob Dole, 4/4/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_002.pdf
Item 3: News Release from Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 4/9/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_003.pdf
Item 4: News Release - From the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 4/13/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_004.pdf
Item 5: For Immediate Release, 4/16/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_005.pdf
Item 6: 87th Congress - 2nd Session - H.J. Res. - in the House of Representatives - April 16, 1962, 4/16/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_006.pdf
Item 7: News Release - From the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 4/17/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_007.pdf
Item 8: News Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole, (R-Kansas), 4/17/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_008.pdf
Item 9: For Release On or After Monday, April 23, 1962, 4/23/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_009.pdf
Item 10: News Release From the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 4/23/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_010.pdf
Item 11: News Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole, (R-Kansas), 4/25/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_011.pdf
Item 12: Department of Agriculture, 4/27/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_012.pdf
Item 13: For Immediate Release - Monday, April 20, 1962, 4/30/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_013.pdf
Item 14: Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 4/30/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_004_014.pdf

Folder 5

Item 10: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/1/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_010.pdf
Item 1: For Release Wednesday P.M., May 2, 1962, 5/2/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_001.pdf
Item 2: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/2/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_002.pdf
Item 3: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/2/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_003.pdf
Item 4: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/4/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_004.pdf
Item 5: May 5, 1962; Bird City, Kansas, 5/5/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_005.pdf
Item 6: For Release - Tuesday, May 7, 1962, 5/7/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_006.pdf
Item 7: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/7/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_007.pdf
Item 8: Press Release for the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/7/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_008.pdf
Item 9: For Immediate Release - Tuesday, May 8, 1962, 5/8/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_009.pdf
Item 11: Press Release, 5/9/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_011.pdf
Item 12: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/10/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_012.pdf
Item 13: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/11/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_013.pdf
Item 14: For Immediate Release, 5/12/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_014.pdf
Item 15: Republican Congressmen Launch "Project Uncover", 5/14/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_015.pdf
Item 16: Dept. of Ag. Release, 5/14/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_016.pdf
Item 17: For Immediate Release - May 15, 1962, 5/15/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_017.pdf
Item 18: "Operation Uncover" Enters Third Day, 5/16/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_018.pdf
Item 19: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole, 5/16/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_019.pdf
Item 20: GOP Congressmen Hit "40 Days of Coverup" in Estes Case, 5/17/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_020.pdf
Item 21: For Immediate Release, 5/18/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_021.pdf
Item 22: News Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/19/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_022.pdf
Item 23: "Project Uncover" Head Blasts President's Effort to 'Shift the Blame and Grab Credit' in Estes Case, 5/19/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_023.pdf
Item 24: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/22/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_024.pdf
Item 25: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/22/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_025.pdf
Item 26: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/23/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_026.pdf
Item 27: A Confidential Report on Washington Farm Developments - Showdown Near on Administration Farm Bill, 5/24/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_027.pdf
Item 28: Statement on the Estes Case by Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/25/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_028.pdf
Item 29: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/29/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_029.pdf
Item 30: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 5/31/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_030.pdf
Item 31: For Immediate Release, 5/31/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_005_031.pdf

Folder 6

Item 11: Bob Dole Biography, 1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_011.pdf
Item 5: Congressman Dole stands with President Eisenhower's statement that the current Administration's farm bill and penalties despite Department officials claims, 6/1/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_005.pdf
Item 6: Congressman Dole statement on the Billie Sol Estes Controversy, 6/3/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_006.pdf
Item 7: Congressman Dole says wheat and feed grain producers are made the 'whipping boys' under the Administration's program, 6/11/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_007.pdf
Item 8: Copy of Dole letter received yesterday from Miss Mary K. Jones along with a copy of a letter forwarded to Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, 6/12/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_008.pdf
Item 9: Congressman Dole demands clarification from Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman of the Billie Sol Estes Scandal, 6/16/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_009.pdf
Item 10: Congressman Dole announces intention to become a candidate for Kansas' new First District after redistricting occurs creating new lines in Kansas, 6/19/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_010.pdf
Item 12: Dole Sets The Record Straight On Estes Case, 6/21/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_012.pdf
Item 13: Congressman Dole states that following defeat of Administration's Farm Bill responsibility resides with House Leadership, 6/25/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_013.pdf
Item 14: Dole Statement on Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman made today within the Congressional Record, 6/26/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_014.pdf
Item 15: Congressman Dole says that the Senate Sugar Bill passed last night is a marked improvement over the bill passed earlier this month, 6/28/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_015.pdf
Item 1: Congressman Dole bill passes House Committee on Agriculture that provides a one year extension of the present wheat and feed grain programs - Draft, 6/29/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_001.pdf
Item 2: Congressman Dole bill passes House Committee on Agriculture that provides a one year extension of the present wheat and feed grain programs, 6/29/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_006_002.pdf
Item 3: Congressman Dole indicates that the current Administration is attempting to expand P.L. 480 into a gigantic world-wide welfare plan, 1962-06: PDF available: s-press_012_006_003.pdf
Item 4: Secretary of Agriculture testifies that the Department of Agriculture will release its sugar recommendation 'soon', 1962-06: PDF available: s-press_012_006_004.pdf

Folder 7

Item 1: Congressman Dole says the one year extension of the present wheat program would provide Kansas wheat growers with more income than the 1961 program or the defeated Freeman plan, 7/3/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_007_001.pdf
Item 2: Congressman Dole charges that wheat producers of the Great Plains were shut out of the farm bill passed by the House - Draft, 7/10/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_007_002.pdf
Item 3: Congressman Dole introduces bill that extends the current wheat program for one year, 7/11/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_007_003.pdf
Item 4: Congressman Dole predicts the House will approve a one-year extension of the current wheat program, 7/18/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_007_004.pdf
Item 5: Congressman Dole says that the defeat of the proposed national marketing order for turkeys proves a lack of farmer confidence in the Department of Agriculture and President Kennedy, 7/19/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_007_005.pdf
Item 6: Congressman Dole says that the recent foreign aid debate indicates growing public sentiment against the "global giveaway program", 7/20/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_007_006.pdf
Item 7: Congressman Dole offers an amendment to Department of Agriculture appropriations bill prohibiting any funds designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress, 7/25/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_007_007.pdf
Item 8: Congressman Dole says that he executed and forwarded the Fair Campaign practices Committee the 'Code of Fair Campaign Practices', 7/30/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_007_008.pdf
Item 9: Congressman Dole announces he is accepting applications of men interested in entering service academies for the 1963 class, 7/30/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_007_009.pdf
Item 10: Congressman Dole charges the Kennedy Administration has adopted a double standard in dealing with lobbying activities of federal employees, 7/31/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_007_010.pdf

Folder 8

Item 1: Congressman Dole says the Senate filibuster against the satellite communications bill may eliminate any chance for farm legislation this year, 8/1/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_008_001.pdf
Item 2: Congressman Dole charge's Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman's obstinacy and Senate Democrats filibustering against the communications satellite bill as creating a chaotic situation for American farmers, 8/5/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_008_002.pdf
Item 3: Congressman Dole set to appear before the House Subcommittee on Health and Safety of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee in opposition to numerous bills being considered, 8/8/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_008_003.pdf
Item 4: Congressman Dole says that "Congress still has an opportunity to approve legislation which would further reduce the wheat surplus next year and protect farm income", 8/10/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_008_004.pdf
Item 5: Congressman Dole introduced an emergency wheat bill which would apply to the 1863 wheat crop, 8/13/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_008_005.pdf
Item 6: Congressman Dole announces in his regular Newsletter that Congress and the President have approved authorization to increase the national debt ceiling to $308 billion, 8/18/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_008_006.pdf
Item 7: Congressman Dole says that he is happy that J. Floyd Breeding agrees with him for Dole's suggestion with wheat legislation, 8/20/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_008_007.pdf
Item 8: Congressman Dole receives high score from Americans For Constitutional Action and Congressman J. Floyd Breeding holding an exceptionally low rating, 8/21/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_008_008.pdf
Item 9: Congressman Dole reminds the young men of Kansas' Sixth District to apply for a Service Academy with the deadline fast approaching, 8/24/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_008_009.pdf
Item 10: Congressman Dole tells Garden City people that executive branch's expansion of power will play big role in Congressional campaigns throughout the country, 8/24/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_008_010.pdf
Item 11: Congressman Dole gives statement on House no vote of farm bill, 8/30/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_008_011.pdf

Folder 9

Item 1: For Immediate Release - Thursday, September 13, 1962, 9/13/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_009_001.pdf
Item 2: Press Release from the Office - Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 9/18/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_009_002.pdf
Item 3: Day Letter - For Immediate Release - September 20, 1962, 9/20/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_009_003.pdf
Item 4: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 9/20/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_009_004.pdf
Item 5: For Immediate Release: September 21, 1962, 9/21/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_009_005.pdf
Item 6: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 9/22/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_009_006.pdf
Item 7: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole, 9/24/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_009_007.pdf
Item 8: Department of Agriculture (Winter Wheat), 9/24/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_009_008.pdf
Item 9: For Immediate Release - September 25, 1962, 9/25/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_009_009.pdf
Item 10: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 9/26/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_009_010.pdf
Item 12: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 9/26/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_009_012.pdf
Item 11: News Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas) - Remarks of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas) inserted in the Record, 9/27/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_009_011.pdf

Folder 10

Item 1: Cong. Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 10/1/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_010_001.pdf
Item 2: News Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 10/3/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_010_002.pdf
Item 3: News Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 10/5/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_010_003.pdf
Item 4: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 10/6/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_010_004.pdf
Item 5: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 10/12/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_010_005.pdf
Item 6: News Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole, 10/13/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_010_006.pdf
Item 7: Press Release from Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 10/13/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_010_007.pdf
Item 8: October 15, 1962 - Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas) stated, 10/15/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_010_008.pdf
Item 9: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole (R-Kansas), 10/20/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_010_009.pdf
Item 10: October 23, 1962 - As I see it, 10/23/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_010_010.pdf

Folder 11

Item 2: Dole Congressional press release, 11/10/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_011_002.pdf
Item 1: Dole Congressional news release, Russell, Kansas, 11/28/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_011_001.pdf

Folder 12

Item 1: Press Release from the Office of Congressman Bob Dole, 12/2/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_012_001.pdf
Item 2: Congressional Press Release - Liberal, Kansas, 12/6/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_012_002.pdf
Item 3: Press Release - Russell, Kansas, 12/7/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_012_003.pdf
Item 4: Press Release - Dateline - Wichita, Kansas, 12/15/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_012_004.pdf
Item 5: Congressional Press Release, 12/26/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_012_005.pdf
Item 6: Press release - Russell, Kansas, 12/26/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_012_006.pdf
Item 7: Press release - Sixth District Academy Screening Board, 12/29/1962: PDF available: s-press_012_012_007.pdf