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 17: 1977

Box 17

Folder 1: Testimony Before the Rules Committee on S. Res. 4 - Washington, D.C., 7 January 1977: PDF available: c019_017_001_all.pdf
Folder 2: Confirmation of Representative Bergland - Washington, D.C., 10 January 1977: PDF available: c019_017_002_all.pdf
Folder 3: National Council of Farmer Coops - San Juan, Puerto Rico, 12 January 1977: PDF available: c019_017_003_all.pdf
Folder 4: Kansas Day, 29 January 1977: PDF available: c019_017_004_all.pdf
Folder 5: Lincoln Day - Lenoir, North Carolina, 5 February 1977: PDF available: c019_017_005_all.pdf
Folder 6: D.C. Republican Women - Washington, D.C., 7 February 1977: PDF available: c019_017_006_all.pdf
Folder 7: Ohio Grain, Feed and Fertilizer Conference - Cincinnati, Ohio, 8 February 1977: PDF available: c019_017_007_all.pdf
Folder 8: Lincoln Day Dinner - Denver, Colorado, 11 February 1977: PDF available: c019_017_008_all.pdf
Folder 9: Lincoln Day Dinner - Fort Morgan, Colorado, 12 February 1977: PDF available: c019_017_009_all.pdf
Folder 10: Lincoln Day - Cheyenne, Wyoming, 13 February 1977: PDF available: c019_017_010_all.pdf
Folder 11: Lincoln Day - Kearney, Nebraska, 14 February 1977: PDF available: c019_017_011_all.pdf
Folder 12: Salina Rotary Club - Salina, Kansas, 14 February 1977: PDF available: c019_017_012_all.pdf
Folder 13: Oklahoma Press Association, 18 February 1977: PDF available: c019_017_013_all.pdf
Folder 14: Lincoln Day Dinner - Worcester, Massachusetts, 21 February 1977: PDF available: c019_017_014_all.pdf
Folder 15: Albany County Republican Committee, 24 February 1977: PDF available: c019_017_015_all.pdf
Folder 16: Monmouth County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner, 26 February 1977: PDF available: c019_017_016_all.pdf
Folder 17: 1977 Republican Dinner - Washington, D.C., 1 March 1977: PDF available: c019_017_017_all.pdf
Folder 18: Statements to NBC Forum, 5 March 1977: PDF available: c019_017_018_all.pdf
Folder 19: Quarter Horse Meeting - Las Vegas, Nevada, 8 March 1977: PDF available: c019_017_019_all.pdf
Folder 20: Young Republican Conference, 10 March 1977: PDF available: c019_017_020_all.pdf
Folder 21: Wheat Seminar, 14 March 1977: PDF available: c019_017_021_all.pdf
Folder 22: Miami Achievement Hall of Fame - Miami, Florida, 15 March 1977: PDF available: c019_017_022_all.pdf
Folder 23: Young Republican Luncheon - Greensboro, North Carolina, 19 March 1977: PDF available: c019_017_023_all.pdf
Folder 24: Commonwealth Club Dinner - Williamsburg, Virginia, 19 March 1977: PDF available: c019_017_024_all.pdf
Folder 25: Tippecanoe County Lincoln Day Dinner - Lafayette, Indiana, 21 March 1977: PDF available: c019_017_025_all.pdf
Folder 26: American Dietetic Association - Washington, D.C., 21 March 1977: PDF available: c019_017_026_all.pdf
Folder 27: Consumer Credit Insurance Association - Tarpon Springs, Florida, 28 March 1977: PDF available: c019_017_027_all.pdf
Folder 28: Hamilton County Republican Dinner - Westfield, Indiana, 1 April 1977: PDF available: c019_017_028_all.pdf
Folder 29: Knox County Republican Dinner - Vincennes, Indiana, 1 April 1977: PDF available: c019_017_029_all.pdf
Folder 30: Georgetown University Republican Club - Washington, D.C., 5 April 1977: PDF available: c019_017_030_all.pdf
Folder 31: Republican Congressional Booster - Palm Springs, Florida, 7 April 1977: PDF available: c019_017_031_all.pdf
Folder 32: Scientific Apparatus Makers Association - Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 18 April 1977: PDF available: c019_017_032_all.pdf
Folder 33: Agricultural Editors Association - Washington, D.C., 19 April 1977: PDF available: c019_017_033_all.pdf
Folder 34: Kennedy Political Union - Washington, D.C., 22 April 1977: PDF available: c019_017_034_all.pdf
Folder 35: American Israel Public Affairs Committee, 25 April 1977: PDF available: c019_017_035_all.pdf
Folder 36: Commencement Exercises - St. Leo College, Florida, 1 May 1977: PDF available: c019_017_036_all.pdf
Folder 37: American Cotton Shippers Association - Dallas, Texas, 6 May 1977: PDF available: c019_017_037_all.pdf
Folder 38: Republican Dinner - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 3 May 1977: PDF available: c019_017_038_all.pdf
Folder 39: New Jersey Republican State Convention - Trenton, New Jersey, 7 May 1977: PDF available: c019_017_039_all.pdf
Folder 40: Mankato National Guard Armory - Mankato, Kansas, 8 May 1977: PDF available: c019_017_040_all.pdf
Folder 41: Initiation Ceremonies of Sachem Circle - Lawrence, Kansas, 8 May 1977: PDF available: c019_017_041_all.pdf
Folder 42: Shawnee Mission Medical Center Dedication - Shawnee Mission, Kansas, 8 May 1977: PDF available: c019_017_042_all.pdf
Folder 43: Kansas State School for the Deaf - Olathe, Kansas, 15 May 1977: PDF available: c019_017_043_all.pdf
Folder 44: Farm and Industrial Equipment Institution - Washington, D.C., 16 May 1977: PDF available: c019_017_044_all.pdf
Folder 45: International Food Service Manufacturers - Chicago, Illinois, 20 May 1977: PDF available: c019_017_045_all.pdf

Box 18

Folder 1

Item 1: National Republican Heritage Groups Council - Chicago, Illinois, 21 May 1977: PDF available: c019_018_001_all.pdf

Folder 2: American Feed manufacturers' Association - Washington, D.C., 25 May 1977

PDF available: c019_018_002_all.pdf

Folder 3: Dedication of Brandon Community Hospital - Brandon, Florida, 4 June 1977

PDF available: c019_018_003_all.pdf

Folder 4: Institute of Food Technologists - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4 June 1977

PDF available: c019_018_004_all.pdf

Folder 5: Opticians' Association of America - Washington, D.C., 8 June 1977

PDF available: c019_018_005_all.pdf

Folder 6: American Advertising Federation - Washington, D.C., 14 June 1977

PDF available: c019_018_006_all.pdf

Folder 7: Republican Women's Club - Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, 15 June 1977

PDF available: c019_018_007_all.pdf

Folder 8: Machine Tool Manufacturers Association - Washington, D.C., 22 June 1977

PDF available: c019_018_008_all.pdf

Folder 9: American Physical Therapy Association - St. Louis, Missouri, 26 June 1977

PDF available: c019_018_009_all.pdf

Folder 10: Zionist Organization of America - Jerusalem, Israel, 6 July 1977

PDF available: c019_018_010_all.pdf

Folder 11: The Society for Nutrition Education - Washington, D.C., 14 July 1977

PDF available: c019_018_011_all.pdf

Folder 12: Republican Heritage Council - California, 16 July 1977

PDF available: c019_018_012_all.pdf

Folder 13: California Republican State Central Committee Workshop - Pasadena, California, 16 July 1977

PDF available: c019_018_013_all.pdf

Folder 14: Republican Party Dinner - Burbank, California, 16 July 1977

PDF available: c019_018_014_all.pdf

Folder 15: Independent Truckers Association Convention - Kansas City, Missouri, 22 July 1977

PDF available: c019_018_015_all.pdf

Folder 16: National Conference on Nutrition and the American Food System - Washington, D.C., 27 July 1977

PDF available: c019_018_016_all.pdf

Folder 17: National Farm and Power Equipment Dealers Association - Washington, D.C., 1 August 1977

PDF available: c019_018_017_all.pdf

Folder 18: Hearing on Federally Supported Food Programs - Parsons, Kansas, 8 August 1977

PDF available: c019_018_018_all.pdf

Folder 19: Hearing on Federally Supported Food Programs - Horton, Kansas, 8 August 1977

PDF available: c019_018_019_all.pdf

Folder 20: Hearing on Federally Supported Food Programs - Salina, Kansas, 9 August 1977

PDF available: c019_018_020_all.pdf

Folder 21: Hearing on Federally Supported Food Programs - Wichita, Kansas, 9 August 1977

PDF available: c019_018_021_all.pdf

Folder 22: Hearing on Federally Supported Food Programs - Colby, Kansas, 10 August 1977

PDF available: c019_018_022_all.pdf

Folder 23: Hearing on Federally Supported Food Programs - Garden City, Kansas, 10 August 1977

PDF available: c019_018_023_all.pdf

Folder 24: Great Plains Wheat Inc. - Wichita, Kansas, 15 August 1977

PDF available: c019_018_024_all.pdf

Folder 25: National Milk Producers Federation - Washington, D.C., 22 August 1977

PDF available: c019_018_025_all.pdf

Folder 26: Illinois Federation of Young Republicans Convention - Springfield, Illinois, 10 September 1977

PDF available: c019_018_026_all.pdf

Folder 27: National Flexible Packaging Association - New York, New York, 20 September 1977

PDF available: c019_018_027_all.pdf

Folder 28: Testimonial Luncheon for Colston, Lewis - Washington, D.C., 21 September 1977

PDF available: c019_018_028_all.pdf

Folder 29: Non-Commissioned Officers Association - Arlington, Virginia, 23 September 1977

PDF available: c019_018_029_all.pdf

Folder 30: Baltic Human Rights Rally - Washington, D.C., 24 September 1977

PDF available: c019_018_030_all.pdf

Folder 31: Cayuga County Republican Committee - Auburn, New York, 25 September 1977

PDF available: c019_018_031_all.pdf

Folder 32: Maryland Federation of Republican Women (In Honor of J. Glenn Beall) - Easton, Maryland, 30 September 1977

PDF available: c019_018_032_all.pdf

Folder 33: U.S. Lions Forum 1977 - Chicago, Illinois, 1 October 1977

PDF available: c019_018_033_all.pdf

Folder 34: Testimony to Reverend Father Theodore M. Hesburgh - Washington, D.C., 3 October 1977

PDF available: c019_018_034_all.pdf

Folder 35: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - Washington, D.C., 4 October 1977

PDF available: c019_018_035_all.pdf

Folder 36: Dauphin County Republican Committee Dinner - Hershey, Pennsylvania, 16 October 1977

PDF available: c019_018_036_all.pdf

Folder 37: Foodservice Organization of Distributors - Washington, D.C., 18 October 1977

PDF available: c019_018_037_all.pdf

Folder 38: Georgia Jaycee Mock Legislature - Atlanta, Georgia, 22 October 1977

PDF available: c019_018_038_all.pdf

Folder 39: National Federation of Republican Women - Atlanta, Georgia, 22 October 1977

PDF available: c019_018_039_all.pdf

Folder 40: Yankee Milk Producers - Newton, Massachusetts, 24 October 1977

PDF available: c019_018_040_all.pdf

Folder 41: Yankee Milk Producers - Newton, Massachusetts, 24 October 1977

PDF available: c019_018_041_all.pdf

Folder 42: Eliot Janeway Seminar University Club - Washington, D.C., 25 October 1977

PDF available: c019_018_042_all.pdf

Folder 43: Bergen County Republican Dinner - Paramus, New Jersey, 6 November 1977

PDF available: c019_018_043_all.pdf

Box 19

Folder 1: National Association of Farm Broadcasters - Kansas City, Missouri, 11 November 1977: PDF available: c019_019_001_all.pdf
Folder 2: United Synagogue Biennial Convention - Kiamesha, New York, 16 November 1977: PDF available: c019_019_002_all.pdf
Folder 3: Chamber of Commerce Luncheon - Alexandria, Virginia, 18 November 1977: PDF available: c019_019_003_all.pdf
Folder 4: Southern Republican Conference - Orlando, Florida, 19 November 1977: PDF available: c019_019_004_all.pdf
Folder 5: Hanukkah Banquet of the Jewish National Fund - Beverly Hills, California, 4 December 1977: PDF available: c019_019_005_all.pdf
Folder 6: Zionist Organization of America - Baltimore, Maryland, 7 December 1977: PDF available: c019_019_006_all.pdf
Folder 7: National Farmers' Organization - Omaha, Nebraska, 8 December 1977: PDF available: c019_019_007_all.pdf
Folder 8: Forbes Field - Topeka, Kansas, 9 December 1977: PDF available: c019_019_008_all.pdf
Folder 9: International Symposium on Famine Prevention, 19 December 1977: PDF available: c019_019_009_all.pdf