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 23: 1983

Box 29

Folder 12: Ernest Whittenberg Associates - Washington, D.C., 25 January 1983: PDF available: c019_029_012_all.pdf
Folder 13: American Enterprise Institute - Washington, D.C., 26 January 1983: PDF available: c019_029_013_all.pdf
Folder 14: Conference of Mayors - Washington, D.C., 27 January 1983: PDF available: c019_029_014_all.pdf
Folder 15: Kansas Legislators - Topeka, Kansas, 28 January 1983: PDF available: c019_029_015_all.pdf
Folder 16: National School Board Association - Washington, D.C., 30 January 1983: PDF available: c019_029_016_all.pdf
Folder 17: Center for Strategic and International Studies - Washington, D.C., 2 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_017_all.pdf
Folder 18: National Parking Association - Washington, D.C., 3 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_018_all.pdf
Folder 19: National Corn Growers - Decatur, Illinois, 3 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_019_all.pdf
Folder 20: Small Business Legislative Council - Washington, D.C., 17 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_020_all.pdf
Folder 21: American Bankers Association - Washington, D.C., 17 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_021_all.pdf
Folder 22: Chamber of Commerce - Washington, D.C., 17 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_022_all.pdf
Folder 23: Lincoln Day Dinner - Maumee, Ohio, 19 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_023_all.pdf
Folder 24: Y Group - Washington, D.C., 22 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_024_all.pdf
Folder 25: Proctor and Gamble - Washington, D.C., 23 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_025_all.pdf
Folder 26: Children's Defense Fund - Washington, D.C., 23 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_026_all.pdf
Folder 27: National PTA Breakfast - Washington, D.C., 23 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_027_all.pdf
Folder 28: National Multi-Housing Council - Washington, D.C., 28 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_028_all.pdf
Folder 29: National Association of Counties - Washington, D.C., 28 February 1983: PDF available: c019_029_029_all.pdf
Folder 30: Dun's Business Month - New York City, New York, 1 March 1983: PDF available: c019_029_030_all.pdf
Folder 31: Association for Advanced Life Underwriters - Washington, D.C., 2 March 1983: PDF available: c019_029_031_all.pdf
Folder 32: American Association of Equipment Lessors - Washington, D.C., 2 March 1983: PDF available: c019_029_032_all.pdf
Folder 33: Washington Non-Profit Tax Conference - Washington, D.C., 3 March 1983: PDF available: c019_029_033_all.pdf
Folder 34: Shaklee Corporation - Arlington, Virginia, 6 March 1983: PDF available: c019_029_034_all.pdf
Folder 35: National League of Cities - Washington, D.C., 6 March 1983: PDF available: c019_029_035_all.pdf
Folder 36: Hill and Knowlton - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 8 March 1983: PDF available: c019_029_036_all.pdf
Folder 37: Public Securities Association - Washington, D.C., 9 March 1983: PDF available: c019_029_037_all.pdf
Folder 38: National Machine Tool Builders' Association - Arlington, Virginia, 11 March 1983: PDF available: c019_029_038_all.pdf
Folder 39: 1983 Manufacturers Executive Conference - Washington, D.C., 11 March 1983: PDF available: c019_029_039_all.pdf
Folder 40: Pfizer Washington Government Relations Seminar - Washington, D.C., 11 March 1983: PDF available: c019_029_040_all.pdf

Box 30

Folder 1: Associated General Contractors - Atlanta, Georgia, 12 March 1983: PDF available: c019_030_001_all.pdf
Folder 2: National Association for Home Care - Washington, D.C., 14 March 1983: PDF available: c019_030_002_all.pdf
Folder 3: National Grain and Feed Association - Washington, D.C., 15 March 1983: PDF available: c019_030_003_all.pdf
Folder 4: National Marine Manufacturers Association - Washington, D.C., 16 March 1983: PDF available: c019_030_004_all.pdf
Folder 5: Hibernian Society of Savannah - Savannah, Georgia, 17 March 1983: PDF available: c019_030_005_all.pdf
Folder 6: Volume Footwear Retailers - Boca Raton, Florida, 19 March 1983: PDF available: c019_030_006_all.pdf
Folder 7: General Mills Restaurant Group - Miami, Florida, 19 March 1983: PDF available: c019_030_007_all.pdf
Folder 8: 20/20 Group - Washington, D.C., 23 March 1983: PDF available: c019_030_008_all.pdf
Folder 9: Textron Annual Management Meeting - Washington, D.C., 25 March 1983: PDF available: c019_030_009_all.pdf
Folder 10: The Gridiron Club: 98th Annual Meeting - Washington, D.C., 26 March 1983: PDF available: c019_030_010_all.pdf
Folder 11: Commonwealth Club - San Francisco, California, 28 March 1983: PDF available: c019_030_011_all.pdf
Folder 12: Impact of Congressional Action on Health Care in Western Kansas - Hays, Kansas, 31 March 1983: PDF available: c019_030_012_all.pdf
Folder 13: Boston Economic Seminar - Boston, Massachusetts, 4 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_013_all.pdf
Folder 14: National Agri-Marketing Association - Washington, D.C., 6 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_014_all.pdf
Folder 15: Fay Improvement Company Seminar - Washington, D.C., 6 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_015_all.pdf
Folder 16: Congressman Tallon's Economic Policy Conference - Washington, D.C., 6 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_016_all.pdf
Folder 17: Boston University Congressional Forum - Boston, Massachusetts, 7 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_017_all.pdf
Folder 18: The National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing - Washington, D.C., 12 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_018_all.pdf
Folder 19: Responsible Government for America Foundation - Washington, D.C., 14 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_019_all.pdf
Folder 20: American College of Surgeons - Washington, D.C., 15 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_020_all.pdf
Folder 21: National Association of Credit Management - Washington, D.C., 18 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_021_all.pdf
Folder 22: Institutional Investor Institute - Washington, D.C., 19 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_022_all.pdf
Folder 23: National Telephone Cooperative Association - Washington, D.C., 19 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_023_all.pdf
Folder 24: National Venture Capital Association - Washington, D.C., 21 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_024_all.pdf
Folder 25: American Academy of Family Physicians - Kansas City, Kansas, 23 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_025_all.pdf
Folder 26: General Foods International's Council on External Affairs - Washington, D.C., 25 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_026_all.pdf
Folder 27: American Newspaper Publishers Association - Astoria, New York, 25 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_027_all.pdf
Folder 28: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company - Washington, D.C., 26 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_028_all.pdf
Folder 29: Seagram Chief Executive Forum - Washington, D.C., 27 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_029_all.pdf
Folder 30: Senate Business Forum - Washington, D.C., 27 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_030_all.pdf
Folder 31: Hospital Payment Reform Seminar - Washington, D.C., 28 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_031_all.pdf
Folder 32: Fiftieth Anniversary of Founding of Wichita Veterans' Administration Medical Center - Wichita, Kansas, 29 April 1983: PDF available: c019_030_032_all.pdf
Folder 33: Tenth Annual Civil Service Award Dinner - Kansas City, Missouri, 1 May 1983: PDF available: c019_030_033_all.pdf
Folder 34: National Fair Housing Month - Kansas City, Kansas, 1 May 1983: PDF available: c019_030_034_all.pdf
Folder 35: Worchester Area Chamber of Commerce - Washington, D.C., 2 May 1983: PDF available: c019_030_035_all.pdf

Box 31

Folder 1: Government Research Corporation - Washington, D.C., 3 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_001_all.pdf
Folder 2: Small Business United - Washington, D.C., 3 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_002_all.pdf
Folder 3: Direct Marketing Association - Washington, D.C., 4 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_003_all.pdf
Folder 4: Owens-Corning Plant Managers Conference - Washington, D.C., 4 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_004_all.pdf
Folder 5: Washington Seminar for Bank Executives - Washington, D.C., 5 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_005_all.pdf
Folder 6: The Walter E. Center for Supportive Services of the Illinois Masonic Medical Center - Chicago, Illinois, 7 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_006_all.pdf
Folder 7: National Oil Jobbers Council - Astoria, New York, 8 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_007_all.pdf
Folder 8: American Program Bureau - Astoria, New York, 9 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_008_all.pdf
Folder 9: National Association of Realtors - Washington, D.C., 11 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_009_all.pdf
Folder 10: Small Business Winner Awards Dinner - Washington, D.C., 11 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_010_all.pdf
Folder 11: American Retail Federation - Washington, D.C., 11 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_011_all.pdf
Folder 12: Business Council - Homestead, West Virginia, 14 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_012_all.pdf
Folder 13: American Legion - Topeka, Kansas, 14 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_013_all.pdf
Folder 14: Washburn University School of Law, 14 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_014_all.pdf
Folder 15: United Nations Association - New York City, New York, 17 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_015_all.pdf
Folder 16: Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association - Washington, D.C., 17 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_016_all.pdf
Folder 17: Southwestern Area Commerce and Industry Association of Connecticut - Washington, D.C., 19 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_017_all.pdf
Folder 18: National Federation of Republican Women - Washington, D.C., 19 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_018_all.pdf
Folder 19: American Financial Services Association - Washington, D.C., 20 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_019_all.pdf
Folder 20: American Meat Institute - Washington, D.C., 23 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_020_all.pdf
Folder 21: New York Economic Club - New York, New York, 23 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_021_all.pdf
Folder 22: Nomination Hearing of Richard Armitage for Assistant Secretary of Defense - Senate Armed Services Committee, 24 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_022_all.pdf
Folder 23: Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans - Washington, D.C., 25 May 1983: PDF available: c019_031_023_all.pdf
Folder 24: World Affairs Council - Anchorage, Alaska, 3 June 1983: PDF available: c019_031_024_all.pdf
Folder 25: National Apartment Association - Washington, D.C., 8 June 1983: PDF available: c019_031_025_all.pdf
Folder 26: Maximum Service Telecasters - Washington, D.C., 9 June 1983: PDF available: c019_031_026_all.pdf
Folder 27: International Consumer Credit Association - Washington, D.C., 10 June 1983: PDF available: c019_031_027_all.pdf
Folder 28: Anderson, Hibey, Nauheim and Blair - Washington, D.C., 13 June 1983: PDF available: c019_031_028_all.pdf
Folder 29: New York Financial Writer's Association - New York, New York, 13 June 1983: PDF available: c019_031_029_all.pdf
Folder 30: American Productivity Management Association - Washington, D.C., 17 June 1983: PDF available: c019_031_030_all.pdf
Folder 31: Washington Discussion Group - Washington, D.C., 20 June 1983: PDF available: c019_031_031_all.pdf
Folder 32: National Realty Committee - Washington, D.C., 22 June 1983: PDF available: c019_031_032_all.pdf
Folder 33: Timmons and Company - Washington, D.C., 23 June 1983: PDF available: c019_031_033_all.pdf
Folder 34: IDS Advisory Group - Washington, D.C., 24 June 1983: PDF available: c019_031_034_all.pdf
Folder 35: National Humanitarian Award from National Jewish Hospital and Research Center - National Asthma Center - Wichita, Kansas, 25 June 1983: PDF available: c019_031_035_all.pdf

Box 32

Folder 1: Iowa Manufacturers Association - Lake Okoboji, Iowa, 25 June 1983: PDF available: c019_032_001_all.pdf
Folder 2: American Optometric Association - Washington, D.C., 30 June 1983: PDF available: c019_032_002_all.pdf
Folder 3: National Agricultural Chemicals Association, 12 July 1983: PDF available: c019_032_003_all.pdf
Folder 4: Phillip Morris Corporate Affairs - Washington, D.C., 20 July 1983: PDF available: c019_032_004_all.pdf
Folder 5: Dr. Karl Menninger Lecture - Topeka, Kansas, 22 July 1983: PDF available: c019_032_005_all.pdf
Folder 6: Florists' Transworld Delivery Association - Honolulu, Hawaii, 23 August 1983: PDF available: c019_032_006_all.pdf
Folder 7: Drought Summit - Chicago, Illinois, 2 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_007_all.pdf
Folder 8: Growmark, Inc. - Chicago, Illinois, 2 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_008_all.pdf
Folder 9: Transworld Corporation - Washington, D.C., 9 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_009_all.pdf
Folder 10: National Automobile Dealers Association - Washington, D.C., 13 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_010_all.pdf
Folder 11: Business Roundtable - New York, New York, 13 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_011_all.pdf
Folder 12: President's Commission on Executive Exchange, 14 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_012_all.pdf
Folder 13: Public Voice (Golden Carrot Awards) - Washington, D.C., 14 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_013_all.pdf
Folder 14: Paul Weyrich Group - Washington, D.C., 16 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_014_all.pdf
Folder 15: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company - New York, New York, 16 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_015_all.pdf
Folder 16: Safeway Stores - Washington, D.C., 20 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_016_all.pdf
Folder 17: Distilled Spirits - Washington, D.C., 20 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_017_all.pdf
Folder 18: Brookings Institution - Washington, D.C., 21 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_018_all.pdf
Folder 19: American Medical Association (AMA) Political Action Committee - Washington, D.C., 22 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_019_all.pdf
Folder 20: Remembering Ed Sexton, 23 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_020_all.pdf
Folder 21: National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association - St. Louis, Missouri, 23 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_021_all.pdf
Folder 22: General Electric - Washington, D.C., 26 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_022_all.pdf
Folder 23: National Association of Tobacco Distributors - Washington, D.C., 28 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_023_all.pdf
Folder 24: National Feed Ingredients Association - Williamsburg, Virginia, 30 September 1983: PDF available: c019_032_024_all.pdf
Folder 25: Council of American Specialty Societies - Washington, D.C., 3 October 1983: PDF available: c019_032_025_all.pdf
Folder 26: Jefferies & Company, Inc. - Washington, D.C., 4 October 1983: PDF available: c019_032_026_all.pdf
Folder 27: National Employment of the Handicapped Week - Washington, D.C., 4 October 1983: PDF available: c019_032_027_all.pdf
Folder 28: American Business Conference - Washington, D.C., 5 October 1983: PDF available: c019_032_028_all.pdf
Folder 29: Futures Industry Association - Washington, D.C., 6 October 1983: PDF available: c019_032_029_all.pdf
Folder 30: National Health Council - Washington, D.C., 6 October 1983: PDF available: c019_032_030_all.pdf
Folder 31: National Security Traders Association - Boca Raton, Florida, 9 October 1983: PDF available: c019_032_031_all.pdf
Folder 32: American Association for Respiratory Therapy - Kansas City, Missouri, 15 October 1983: PDF available: c019_032_032_all.pdf
Folder 33: Food Marketing Institute Speech - Washington, D.C., 17 October 1983: PDF available: c019_032_033_all.pdf
Folder 34: Mid-Urban Conference - City School Superintendents - Arlington, Virginia, 17 October 1983: PDF available: c019_032_034_all.pdf
Folder 35: Third Annual Washington Conference on Alcohol - Arlington, Virginia, 18 October 1983: PDF available: c019_032_035_all.pdf

Box 33

Folder 1: Century 21 National Brokers' Communication Congress - Washington, D.C., 18 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_001_all.pdf
Folder 2: West German Insurance Companies - Washington, D.C., 18 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_002_all.pdf
Folder 3: Ground Breaking National Rehabilitation Hospital - Washington, D.C., 19 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_003_all.pdf
Folder 4: Women's Equality Action League - Annual Awards Dinner - New York, New York, 20 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_004_all.pdf
Folder 5: National Convention of the Advancement of Slavic Studies - Kansas City, Missouri, 22 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_005_all.pdf
Folder 6: Portland Cement Association - Washington, D.C., 24 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_006_all.pdf
Folder 7: Medical Management Group - Washington, D.C., 25 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_007_all.pdf
Folder 8: Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning (A/C) Contractors - Washington, D.C., 25 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_008_all.pdf
Folder 9: Cooperative League of the U.S.A. - Washington, D.C., 25 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_009_all.pdf
Folder 10: American Advertising Federation - Washington, D.C., 26 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_010_all.pdf
Folder 11: Building Products Executive Committee - Washington, D.C., 27 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_011_all.pdf
Folder 12: Aluminum Association - Washington, D.C., 27 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_012_all.pdf
Folder 13: National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts - Washington, D.C., 28 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_013_all.pdf
Folder 14: Boston-Kennedy Institute of Politics - Cambridge, Massachusetts, 29 October 1983: PDF available: c019_033_014_all.pdf
Folder 15: National Meat Association - Washington, D.C., 8 November 1983: PDF available: c019_033_015_all.pdf
Folder 16: The Deficit - Challenge and Risk - Grand Island, Nebraska, 11 November 1983: PDF available: c019_033_016_all.pdf
Folder 17: President's Task Force on Food Assistance Hearing - Kansas City, Missouri, 14 November 1983: PDF available: c019_033_017_all.pdf
Folder 18: American Petroleum Institute - New York, New York, 15 November 1983: PDF available: c019_033_018_all.pdf
Folder 19: Touche Ross Fund Raiser - New York, New York, 21 November 1983: PDF available: c019_033_019_all.pdf
Folder 20: American Gas Association - Washington, D.C., 29 November 1983: PDF available: c019_033_020_all.pdf
Folder 21: Pathology Practice Association Annual Meeting - Los Angeles, California, 9 December 1983: PDF available: c019_033_021_all.pdf
Folder 22: Ashland Oil - Ashland, Kentucky, 10 December 1983: PDF available: c019_033_022_all.pdf
Folder 23: Ohio Corn Growers - Columbus, Ohio, 10 December 1983: PDF available: c019_033_023_all.pdf
Folder 24: National Venture Capital Association - Washington, D.C., 12 December 1983: PDF available: c019_033_024_all.pdf
Folder 25: American Bankers Association - Washington, D.C., 13 December 1982: PDF available: c019_033_025_all.pdf
Folder 26: Robert Parks and Associates - Washington, D.C., 13 December 1983: PDF available: c019_033_026_all.pdf
Folder 27: Washington Journalism Center - Washington, D.C., 14 December 1983: PDF available: c019_033_027_all.pdf
Folder 28: Bank of Illinois Seminar - Champaign, Illinois, 15 December 1983: PDF available: c019_033_028_all.pdf
Folder 29: 2nd Annual Seminar on Export Grain Marketing - Manhattan, Kansas, 16 December 1983: PDF available: c019_033_029_all.pdf
Folder 30: Winfield Jaycees, 16 December 1983: PDF available: c019_033_030_all.pdf