Robert J. Dole Senate Papers-Press Related Materials, 1961-1996 | Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections

By Robert Lay, Catherine Riggs, Jeremy Denham, Jennifer Kirmer, Beth Nettels, Alex Rausch

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Collection Overview

Title: Robert J. Dole Senate Papers-Press Related Materials, 1961-1996

ID: 01/006

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

Extent: 71.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement: All series are arranged chronologically then alphabetically within each date range.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Clippings, manuscripts, press releases, correspondence and newsletters (114 boxes) document those functions of the Dole offices related to the media, 1961-1996. Arranged in 10 series - Columns, Journal Articles, Media Activities Plan, Newsletters, Op-Eds, Press Releases, Speeches, Subject Files, TV/Radio Files, and Newspaper Clippings - the records illuminate the communications of Senator Dole with constituents through newsletters (2 boxes), newspaper columns (1 box), and press releases (33 boxes). Records contained in Subject Files (28 boxes) concern subjects of interest to the Senator and his offices from 1964 to 1996, and also cover interactions between Dole's press secretaries and members of the media. The Newspaper Clippings series (36 boxes) includes articles and clippings relating to Bob Dole's extensive time in office, covering the years 1969 through 1996.

Administrative Information

Repository: Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Some materials within the Dole Archive are restricted because of their sensitive nature or because they contain personal or confidential information. These records are protected by federal laws such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Examples of restricted records are personnel files, medical records, financial records, and any materials containing personal information such as addresses and social security numbers. 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. Many of the documents and other historical materials in the Archive are in the public domain and may be reproduced and used in any way. Senator Dole has not donated his copyright interest in his papers and other historical materials to the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. Permission to publish must be obtained from him or his designee. There are other materials in the library carrying a copyright interest that must be used according to the provisions of Title 17 of the U.S. Code. The 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_senate_papers_press.pdf

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Columns, 1976-1986],
[Series 2: Journal Articles, 1970-1989],
[Series 3: Media Activities Plan, 1977],
[Series 4: Newsletters, 1973-1986],
[Series 5: Op-Eds, 1979-1985],
[Series 6: Press Releases, 1961-1996],
[Series 7: Speeches, 1973-1994],
[Series 8: Subject Files, 1961-1996],
[Series 9: TV/Radio files, 1970-1988],
[Series 10: Newspaper Clippings, 1969-1996],
[All]

Series 2: Journal Articles, 1970-1989

Articles in popular and trade magazines, as well as newspaper magazines, focusing on Senator Bob Dole and/or Senator Elizabeth Dole. Also includes several journal articles written by Dole.

Subject/Index Terms:: Article--Newspaper

Box 1: 1970-1978

Folder 38: Midway Magazine, January 11, 1970
Folder 39: Time, June 1, 1970
Folder 40: Human Events, "Peace Now", June 13, 1970
Folder 41: DAV Magazine, July, 1970
Folder 42: Time, July 6, 1970
Folder 43: Newsweek, July 6, 1970
Folder 44: Kansas Scene, December 1970 - March 1971
Folder 45: Washington New Approach, December, 1971
Folder 46: College Republican, Direct Election, January 25, 1974
Folder 47: Life at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, 1977
Folder 48: Life at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, 1978

Box 2: 1978-1979

Folder 1: Perspectives, Close-Up, 1978
Folder 2: Ambassador, October, 1978
Folder 3: Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, 1979
Folder 4: Perspectives, Close-Up, 1979
Folder 5: Le Nouvel Economiste, February, 1979
Folder 6: The Caduceus, March, 1979
Folder 7: The New Age, March, 1979
Folder 8: New Spirit, April, 1979
Folder 9: Veterans of Foreign Wars, April, 1979
Folder 10: The Washington Dossier, April, 1979
Folder 11: The Washington Dossier, Elizabeth Dole, April, 1979
Folder 12: Hospitals, August, 1979
Folder 13: Republican Senate Bulletin, August, 1979
Folder 14: Magazines, December 1979 - March 1982

Box 3: 1980

Folder 1: Disabled USA, Number 7, 1980
Folder 2: Disabled USA, Number 8, 1980
Folder 3: Kansas Oil Marketer, April, 1980
Folder 4: Medical World News, May, 1980
Folder 5: First Monday, June, 1980
Folder 6: U.S. News & World Report, June, 1980
Folder 7: The Detroit News- Detroit Free Press, Convention Edition, July 16, 1980
Folder 8: U.S. News & World Report, August, 1980
Folder 9: Washington Journalism Review, September, 1980
Folder 10: The Wichitan, October, 1980
Folder 11: Insight, Clifford L. Brody, November, 1980
Folder 12: U.S. News & World Report, November 17, 1980
Folder 13: National Forum, Spring, 1980
Folder 14: Wharton-Senators, Winter, 1980-1981
Folder 15: Time, November 24, 1980
Folder 16: U.S. News & World Report, November 24, 1980
Folder 17: Consumers for World Trade, December, 1980
Folder 18: Life Association News, December, 1980

Box 4: 1980-1982

Folder 1: PPI (Political Profiles, Inc.) Report, December, 1980
Folder 2: Journal Articles, 1981
Folder 3: Money Managers' Club, Winter, 1981
Folder 4: The Socioeconomic Newsletter, January, 1981
Folder 5: "Kansan of the Year 1990" Midway Section of Topeka Capital-Journal, January 4, 1981
Folder 6: U.S. News & World Report, January 12, 1981
Folder 7: National Press Club Luncheon, January 21, 1981
Folder 8: U.S. News & World Report, February 2, 1981
Folder 9: U.S. News & World Report, February 23, 1981
Folder 10: Family Weekly, Profile on Doles, March 29, 1981
Folder 11: Tax Magazine, April, 1981
Folder 12: Wichita Business, May-June, 1981
Folder 13: Chicago Tribune Magazine Profile on Mrs. Dole, July 5, 1981
Folder 14: Farm Journal, August, 1981
Folder 15: Russell Daily News, August 19, 1981
Folder 16: American Oil and Gas Reporter, September, 1981
Folder 17: NTDRA (National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association) Dealer News, September, 1981
Folder 18: Annual Reports- American Enterprise Institute, 1982-1983
Folder 19: Journal Articles, 1982
Folder 20: Topeka Capitial-Journal, Mrs. Dole, February 21, 1982
Folder 21: U.S. News & World Report, Interview on Budget, February 22, 1982
Folder 22: New York Times Magazine, Mrs. Dole, March 1, 1982
Folder 23: Magazines, March-June 19, 1982
Folder 24: Human Events, 1982 Election, March 6, 1982
Folder 25: Farmland, Mr. and Mrs. Dole Profile, March 15, 1982
Folder 26: Time/Newsweek, Budget, March 22, 1982
Folder 27: New York Times, May 4, 1982
Folder 28: Human Events, Voting Rights, May 15, 1982
Folder 29: Spotlight, May 31, 1982
Folder 30: Trusts and Estates, June, 1982

Box 5: 1982

Folder 1: Magazines, June 28-July 19, 1982
Folder 2: USA Today, "Free Trade", July, 1982
Folder 3: Iron Age, August, 1982
Folder 4: News Articles Mentioning Dole, August, 1982
Folder 5: News Articles Mentioning Dole, August-September [1 of 2], 1982
Folder 6: News Articles Mentioning Dole, August-September [2 of 2], 1982
Folder 7: Conservative Digest, Dole Interview, September, 1982
Folder 8: Financial Planner, September, 1982
Folder 9: News Articles Mentioning Dole, September 6-October 11 [1 of 2], 1982

Box 6: 1982-1983

Folder 1: News Articles Mentioning Dole, September 6-October 11 [2 of 2], 1982
Folder 2: Manhattan Mercury, Mrs. Dole Profile, September 18, 1982
Folder 3: Fortune, "Bob Dole Wants to Raise Taxes", October 18, 1982
Folder 4: News Articles Mentioning Dole, October 18, 1982 - November 29, 1984
Folder 5: News Articles Mentioning Dole, 1983-1984
Folder 6: Dun's Business Month, "Dole Rides High", November, 1982
Folder 7: Kansas Business, "Dole Defends Tax Bill", November, 1982
Folder 8: People and Taxes, "Will the Real Bob Dole Please Stand Up?", November, 1982
Folder 9: Wichita Business, Social Security: "Saving the System," November/December, 1982
Folder 10: Journal Articles, 1983
Folder 11: Washington Times, The First Year, 1983
Folder 12: Washington Post, "Proposal Urges Rise in Retirement Age", January 18, 1983
Folder 13: Washington Post, "98th Congress to Take Up Burdens of 97th", January 24, 1983
Folder 14: Village Voice, "Dark Horse, Pale Rider", February 8, 1983
Folder 15: New York Times, "By Aiding Farmers, Japan Irks Partners", February 22, 1983
Folder 16: Los Angeles Times, "Senate Can't End Impasse on Jobs Bill", March 17, 1983
Folder 17: USA Today, "Capital Couples Try to Keep Work, Home Lives Divorced", March 17, 1983
Folder 18: People and Taxes, Withholding, April, 1983
Folder 19: Realtor News, "Dole Most Powerful," A Dole Hero on S.S. Tax, April-December, 1983
Folder 20: Presstime, AP (Associated Press) Lunch, May, 1983
Folder 21: Nation's Business, Social Security, June, 1983
Folder 22: Washington Post, Taxes, June 12, 1983
Folder 23: U.S. News & World Report, "Chances of a Tax Increase this Year", August 3, 1983
Folder 24: Illinois Masonic Medical Center Report, August 10, 1983
Folder 25: Hospital Progress, "Conservative Health Care Plan for the Unemployed", September, 1983
Folder 26: Money Magazine, "My Worst Mistake", September, 1983
Folder 27: Regardie's, "Withholding,' August/September, 1983
Folder 28: General Foods Involved, "Stop the Budget Shell Game," September/October, 1983

Box 7: 1983-1985

Folder 1: Newsweek, "America's Power Couple", October 31, 1983
Folder 2: Farm Futures, "At the Heart of the Battle", November, 1983
Folder 3: Crisis, "Holiday for All the People", November, 1983
Folder 4: Journal Articles, 1984
Folder 5: KS. Magazine, "To Be a Kansan" by Bob Dole, 1984
Folder 6: Newsday Magazine, "Bob Dole Buries the Hatchet-Man Image", January 22, 1984
Folder 7: ABA Banking Journal, "Dole's Budget Crusade", February, 1984
Folder 8: ABA Banking Journal, "Bob Dole's Budget Crusade Continues", February, 1984
Folder 9: Esquire Magazine, "Mr. Fairness Doles It Out", March, 1984
Folder 10: Progressive Forensics, Leadership Profile, March, 1984
Folder 11: Washington Post, "The Bob and Elizabeth Dole Show: Doling out the Power", April 2, 1984
Folder 12: Stars and Stripes, "Dealing with the Soviets from Strength", April 12, 1984
Folder 13: U.S. News & World Report "Who Runs America" Survey, May 7, 1984
Folder 14: Kansas City Star, "The Elizabeth and Bob Dole Show", May 27, 1984
Folder 15: NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Parks) News, "NAIOP Asks the Expert - Bob Dole", October, 1984
Folder 16: "To Be a Kansan," KS. Magazine reprint, November, 1984
Folder 17: U.S. News & World Report, "Make People Realize: Deficits Do Matter" Interview, December 31, 1984
Folder 18: Journal Articles, 1985
Folder 19: Midway, the Sunday Magazine of the Topeka Capital-Journal, January 6, 1985
Folder 20: Washingtonian, "Here's Bob!", February, 1985

Box 8: 1986-1989

Folder 1: Journal Articles, 1986
Folder 2: Women in Government Relations, Inc. Annual Report, 1986
Folder 3: Election Politics, Fall, 1986
Folder 4: Human Life Review, "Taking the Initiative", Fall, 1986
Folder 5: Policy Review, "What to Do About the Russians", Fall, 1986
Folder 6: National Journal, September 20, 1986
Folder 7: American Politics, December, 1986
Folder 8: National Journal, December 13, 1986
Folder 9: Election Politics, Spring, 1987
Folder 10: Election Politics, Summer, 1987
Folder 11: Brookings Review, Winter, 1987
Folder 12: American Politics, April, 1987
Folder 13: American Politics, May, 1987
Folder 14: American Politics, June, 1987
Folder 15: Common Cause Magazine, September/October, 1987
Folder 16: Insight, the Washington Times, October 12, 1987
Folder 17: New American, October 12, 1987
Folder 18: Republican National Convention, Bob Dole speech, 1988
Folder 19: Republican National Convention, Elizabeth Dole speech, 1988
Folder 20: Governing: the States and Localities, February, 1988
Folder 21: Insight on the News, February 15, 1988
Folder 22: Wichita Business, March/April, 1989