Digitized Press Releases, 1961-1996 | Dole Archive 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],
[Folder 51: Dole Told Republican Women Attending Conference That There Is No Substitute For Effective Political Organization In Winning Elections, 5/6/1966],
[Folder 52: The Fact That President Johnson Rather Than Secretary Of Agriculture Announced The Increase In 1967 Crop Wheat Acreage Allotment May Indicate Administration Is In Full Retreat, 5/7/1966],
[Folder 53: Administration Discriminates Against Farmer, 5/9/1966],
[Folder 54: Dole Continues Efforts To Approve Reapportionment Amendment, 5/16/1966],
[Folder 55: Dole Introduced Bill To Provide Secretary Of Agriculture Authority To Make Early Payment Of Wheat Certificates, 5/17/1966],
[Folder 56: First District Opinion Poll Results Tabulated, 5/26/1966],
[Folder 57: Uneasiness And Uncertainty About The War In Vietnam, 5/28/1966],
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Folder 51: Dole Told Republican Women Attending Conference That There Is No Substitute For Effective Political Organization In Winning Elections, 5/6/1966: Subject: Elections - PDF available: 660506con.pdf