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.

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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 3: 1963

Box 12

Folder 13

Item 1: Dole Announces Nomination Of Robert Carl Lorbeer As Nominee To Fill Vacancy At West Point, 1/3/1963: Subject: Nominations/Government Offices - PDF available: 630103con.pdf
Item 2: Senator Frank Carlson And Congressman Bob Dole Released Joint Statement Concerning Phase-Out Of K.G.-97 Tanker Force, 1/20/1963: Subject: Defense - PDF available: 630120sen.pdf
Item 3: Dole Announced Names Of Six Young Men Selected To Us Air Force Academy, 1/25/1963: Subject: Nominations/Government Offices - PDF available: 630125con.pdf

Folder 14

Item 1: Dole Contacts Dept Of Ag Officials Requesting Change In Regulation Requiring Persons Eligible To Vote By Absentee Ballot, 2/1/1963: PDF available: 630201was.pdf
Item 2: Dole Releases Names Of Young Men From First District Who Received Nominations To Academies, Page Two, 2/2/1963: Subject: Nominations/Government Offices - PDF available: 630202con.pdf
Item 3: House Agriculture Committee Republicans Comment On Kennedy Farm Message, 2/4/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630204hou.pdf
Item 4: Dole Will Utilize Congressional Offices In Post Office Building In Hutchinson, Kansas Starting 3/1, 2/11/1963: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 630211fir.pdf
Item 5: Dole Charges That Charles W. Shoemake And Joseph P. Doherty Were Guilty Of Political Maneuvering, 2/15/1963: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 630215con.pdf
Item 6: Dole Introduced Bill Requiring Secretary Of Agriculture To Proclaim 1964 National Acreage Allotment And Set Date For Wheat Referendum No Later Than 5/15, 2/26/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630226con.pdf
Item 7: Dole Introduced Bill Requiring Secretary Of Agriculture To Proclaim 1964 National Acreage Allotment And Set Date For Wheat Referendum No Later Than 5/15, 2/26/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630226cong.pdf
Item 8: Dole Introduced Bill Requiring Secretary Of Agriculture To Proclaim 1964 National Acreage Allotment And Set Date For Wheat Referendum No Later Than 5/15, 2/26/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630226congr.pdf

Folder 15

Item 1: Proposed Rule Making, 3/4/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630304prop.pdf
Item 2: Dole Announces His Proposed Change In Absentee Voting Has Been Approved, 3/10/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630310con.pdf
Item 3: Dole Says Some Kansas Farmers Are Concerned Over Fact They May Lose Part Of Wheat Sedimentation Premiums, 3/20/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630320con.pdf
Item 4: Dole Says Some Kansas Farmers Are Concerned Over Fact They May Lose Part Of Wheat Sedimentation Premiums, 3/20/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630320conc2.pdf
Item 5: Dole Urges That Congress Delay Action On Any Extension Of Present Feed Grains Program Until Wheat Producers Vote, 3/27/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630327con.pdf
Item 6: Dole Urges That Congress Delay Action On Any Extension Of Present Feed Grains Program Until Wheat Producers Vote, 3/27/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630327conc2.pdf
Item 7: Dole Today Urged That Congress Delay Action., 3/27/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630327cong.pdf
Item 8: Arrangements For Kansas State Society Of Washington D.C. Dinner-Dance Has Been Completed, 3/29/1963: Subject: Events - PDF available: 630329arr.pdf
Item 9: Dole Criticizes Freeman For Withholding Until The Last Minute Vital Information Which Would Help Producers Determine Whether They Should Reseal Farm-Stored 1962 Crop Wheat Or Resell It, 3/29/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630329con.pdf
Item 10: Record Crowd At Kansas State Society Of Washington D.C. Dinner-Dance, 3/31/1963: Subject: Events - PDF available: 630331are.pdf

Folder 16

Item 1: Dole Tells Freeman Of Kansas Grain Dealer Complaints Who Report Inability To Obtain Boxcars To Move Wheat, 4/4/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630404con.pdf
Item 2: Huck Boyd Announces Dan Thornton Will Be Speaker At A Northwest Kansas Republican Rally, 4/6/1963: Subject: Events - PDF available: 630406phi.pdf
Item 3: Dole Says He Has Been Notified By Dept Of Ag That The Association Of American Railroads Says Several Thousand Boxcars Will Be Available, 4/9/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630409con.pdf
Item 4: Members Of 87Th Club Will Host Nelson A. Rockefeller And Republican House Members At A Breakfast, 4/9/1963: Subject: Events - PDF available: 630409mem.pdf
Item 5: Dole Announces His Schedule For Easter Congressional Recess, 4/12/1963: Subject: Schedules - PDF available: 630412con.pdf
Item 6: Dole Receives A Lantern, Symbolic Of Paul Revere's Famous Ride From Congressman Bob Wilson Of California, 4/19/1963: Subject: Awards/Honors - PDF available: 630419rep.pdf
Item 7: Dole Is A Member Of The Paul Revere Panel; Question Facing Americans On Federal Spending, 4/19/1963: Subject: Budget - PDF available: 630419win.pdf
Item 8: Agricultural Area Congressmen Will Do All Possible Regardless Of Outcome Of May 21 Referendum On Wheat Controls, 4/21/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630421was.pdf
Item 9: Dole Urges Interstate Commerce Commission To Relieve Critical Boxcar Shortage, 4/25/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630425con.pdf
Item 10: Dole Will Be Principle Speaker Tomorrow Evening In Moorhead, Minnesota, At Minnesota Young Republican Convention., 4/26/1963: Subject: General - PDF available: 630426con.pdf
Item 11: Dole States During House Debate That Wheat Farmers Have Friends In Congress, 4/26/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630426cong.pdf
Item 12: Dole Was Principal Speaker Tonight At The Young Republican League Of Minnesota State Convention, 4/27/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630427moo.pdf

Folder 17

Item 1: Midwest GOP Members Meet On Wheat And Feed Grain Legislation, 5/1/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630501mid.pdf
Item 2: Dole Releases Text Of Letter To Orville Freeman Re. Damaged Wheat Crops In Southwestern Kansas, 5/2/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630502inr.pdf
Item 3: Dole Says That Obvious Policy Of Kennedy Administration Is One Of Federal Aid To Everything, 5/12/1963: Subject: Federal Spending - PDF available: 630512col.pdf
Item 4: Dole Announced Today He Has Been In Contact With Department Of Agriculture With Department Of Agriculture, 5/13/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630513con.pdf
Item 5: Statement By Dole On House Floor With Reference To Efforts By USDA To Sell Its Programs To American Farmer, 5/13/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630513mrs.pdf
Item 6: Propaganda Parade, 5/13/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630513mrsp.pdf
Item 7: Dole Today Introduced A Resolution, 5/14/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630514con.pdf
Item 8: Dole Today Introduced A Resolution, 5/14/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630514cong.pdf
Item 9: Brief Outline Of The Feed Grain And Wheat Act, 5/22/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630522bri.pdf
Item 10: Midwest Republicans To Introduce New Wheat-Feed Grain Bill, 5/22/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630522con.pdf
Item 11: GOP Members Introduce New Wheat-Feed Grain Bills, 5/23/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630523gop.pdf
Item 12: Dole Urged Kansas Farmers To Contact Him About New Wheat Legislation Or Amendments Of Existing Law, 5/27/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630527con.pdf

Folder 18

Item 1: Dole Pays Tribute To Members Of Claflin Rural High School Graduating Class, 6/3/1963: Subject: Events - PDF available: 630603con.pdf
Item 2: Eisenhower Was Named Today As Honorary Republican Congressman-A-Ta=Large., 6/12/1963: Subject: Awards/Honors - PDF available: 630612for.pdf
Item 3: Report From General Counsel Of The USDA Regarding Inquiries Concerning Reports Of Reduction In Future Allotments, 6/13/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630613dea.pdf
Item 4: Dole Releases Text Of Letter Mailed To Freeman, 6/21/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630621con.pdf
Item 5: Dole In A Newsletter To Constituents Commented On Facts And Figures Concerning Disposition Of The Taxpayer., 6/24/1963: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 630624con.pdf
Item 6: Dole Accuses Freeman Of Running Away From American Farm Problems At A Most Critical Time, 6/26/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630626con.pdf
Item 7: Dole Statement Before Special Subcommittee On Labor Of The Committee On Education And Labor Relative To H.R. 5625 To Provide A National Service Corps, 6/26/1963: Subject: Public Welfare/Social Services - PDF available: 630626mrc.pdf

Folder 19

Item 1: Dole Releases Statement Re. Cropland Conversion Program, 7/1/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630701con.pdf
Item 2: Dole Statement On Loyalty Oath Requirement For Farmer-Elected As A.S.C.S. Committeemen, 7/11/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630711sta.pdf
Item 3: Dole Takes Issue With Freeman's Departure Statement Before He Left To Visit Communist Countries In Europe, 7/13/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630713con.pdf
Item 4: Partial Statement Dole Gave On House Floor Re. The Boiled Peanut Bill, 7/17/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630717par.pdf
Item 5: Dole Joins Other Republicans In Urging Quick Enactment Of Wheat Legislation, 7/26/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630726con.pdf
Item 6: Text Of Letter From USDA In Reply To Dole's Letter In Which He Posed Various Questions To Freeman, 7/29/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630729con.pdf

Folder 20

Item 1: Republican Congressmen Have Written Kennedy Urging Him To Join Bipartisan Effort To Enact Wheat Legislation For 1964 Crop Year, 8/4/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630804rep.pdf
Item 2: Statement Of Congressman Dole Before The House Committee On The Judiciary Regarding, 8/6/1963: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 630806mrc.pdf
Item 3: Dole Statement On Oil And Gas In Kansas, 8/6/1963: Subject: Energy - PDF available: 630806mrs.pdf
Item 4: Farm State Republicans Urge Action On Wheat, 8/15/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630815for.pdf
Item 5: Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Press Release With Statement By Representative Dole, 8/22/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630822for.pdf
Item 6: Letter To Dole Released To Press August 26, 1963 Concerning Murray V. Curlett, 8/22/1963: Subject: Religion - PDF available: 630822hon.pdf
Item 7: Dole Says He Is Convinced Taxpayers Should Not Have To Spend Money On Foreign Aid When Recipients Not Always Concerned About Helping Themselves, 8/23/1963: Subject: Foreign Relations - PDF available: 630823con.pdf
Item 8: Copy Of Letter To Dole From Attorney William Ferguson Re. Supreme Court Decision Murray V. Curlett, 8/26/1963: Subject: Religion - PDF available: 630826hon.pdf

Folder 21

Item 1: Effect Of Overplanting A Farm Wheat Allotment In 1964 Under Law Now In Effect, 9/3/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630903the.pdf
Item 2: Dole Announces That U.S. Public Health Service And Kansas State Department Of Health Will Have Exhibit At Kansas State Fair, 9/4/1963: Subject: Health - PDF available: 630904bob.pdf
Item 3: Dole Predicts That Kennedy Refusal To Suspend Operation Of Anfuso Amendment Next Year Will Boomerang, 9/15/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630915con.pdf
Item 4: Dole Left Washington To Attend Meeting In Salina, 9/18/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630918con.pdf
Item 5: Dole States Freeman Is Not Interested In Wheat Legislation At This Time, 9/19/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 630919con.pdf
Item 6: Dole Memo On Proposed Sale Of Wheat To Russia, 9/27/1963: Subject: Foreign Relations - PDF available: 630927mem.pdf

Folder 22

Item 1: Copy Of Telegram To Kennedy From Dole And Other Republicans Re. Sale Of Wheat To Russia, 10/1/1963: Subject: Foreign Relations - PDF available: 631001the.pdf
Item 2: Dole Releases Text Of Letter To Harold D. Cooley Re. Sale Of Wheat To Russia, 10/8/1963: Subject: Foreign Relations - PDF available: 631008con.pdf
Item 3: Dole Urges Amendment Of Sugar Act To Encourage Expansion Of Domestic Sugar Production, 10/12/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 631012con.pdf
Item 4: Dole Assails Administration's Beef Import Policies, 10/18/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 631018con.pdf
Item 5: Dole Predicts Foreign Aid Programs Would Be Cut Further Unless Waste Is Eliminated, 10/19/1963: Subject: Foreign Relations - PDF available: 631019rem.pdf

Folder 23

Item 1: Dole Attacks Mailing Of Presidential Signed Memorial Certificates To Survivors Of Deceased Veterans, 11/6/1963: Subject: Veterans - PDF available: 631106rep.pdf
Item 2: Dole Is Encouraged But Not Surprised With Reports Indicating Support For A Voluntary Wheat Program, 11/9/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 631109con.pdf
Item 3: Statement Made By Dole At The Veterans Day Celebration In Norton, Kansas, 11/11/1963: Subject: Veterans - PDF available: 631111vet.pdf
Item 4: Text Of Telegram Sent To Kennedy By Dole And Other Republicans Re. Sale Of Wheat To Russia, 11/14/1963: Subject: Foreign Relations - PDF available: 631114the.pdf
Item 5: Dole Introduces Bill To Amend Tariff Act Of 1930 And To Impose Duties On Cattle, Beef And Veal, 11/18/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 631118con.pdf
Item 6: Telegram Re. Death Of President Kennedy, 11/22/1963: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 631122fol.pdf
Item 7: Western Union Telegram, 11/22/1963: Subject: Government Affairs - PDF available: 631122int.pdf

Folder 24

Item 1: Dole Offers Amendment To Cotton Bill Which Would Provide Voluntary Wheat And Feed Grain Program, 12/4/1963: Subject: Agriculture - PDF available: 631204con.pdf
Item 2: First District Academy Screening Board Will Conduct Interviews At Fort Hays Kansas College, 12/21/1963: Subject: Nominations/Government Offices - PDF available: 631221the.pdf