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 24: 1984

Box 33

Folder 31: Jayhawk Council Boy Scouts Eagle Recognition Dinner - Topeka, Kansas, 4 January 1984: PDF available: c019_033_031_all.pdf
Folder 32: William A. Kats - Washington, D.C., 6 January 1984: PDF available: c019_033_032_all.pdf
Folder 33: Charles Walker Associates Tax Group - Washington, D.C., 9 January 1984: PDF available: c019_033_033_all.pdf
Folder 34: Edison Electric Institute - Washington, D.C., 12 January 1984: PDF available: c019_033_034_all.pdf
Folder 35: Chuck Grassley Dinner - Des Moines, Iowa, 20 January 1984: PDF available: c019_033_035_all.pdf

Box 34

Folder 1: National Association of Home Builders - Houston, Texas, 21 January 1984: PDF available: c019_034_001_all.pdf
Folder 2: Paine Webber Mitchell Group - Washington, D.C., 23 January 1984: PDF available: c019_034_002_all.pdf
Folder 3: Gulf Oil Corporation - Washington, D.C., 23 January 1984: PDF available: c019_034_003_all.pdf
Folder 4: Washington Press Club "Salute to Congress" - Washington, D.C., 24 January 1984: PDF available: c019_034_004_all.pdf
Folder 5: National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities - Washington, D.C., 26 January 1984: PDF available: c019_034_005_all.pdf
Folder 6: The Fay Improvement Company - Washington, D.C., 26 January 1984: PDF available: c019_034_006_all.pdf
Folder 7: Congressional Leadership Seminar - Washington, D.C., 27 January 1984: PDF available: c019_034_007_all.pdf
Folder 8: Kansas Veterans Club - Topeka, Kansas, 28 January 1984: PDF available: c019_034_008_all.pdf
Folder 9: National Association of Royalty Owners - Washington, D.C., 30 January 1984: PDF available: c019_034_009_all.pdf
Folder 10: American Hospital Association Annual Meeting - Washington, D.C., 30 January 1984: PDF available: c019_034_010_all.pdf
Folder 11: National Association of Government Labor Officials - Washington, D.C., 30 January 1984: PDF available: c019_034_011_all.pdf
Folder 12: National Council of Jewish Women - Washington, D.C., 1 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_012_all.pdf
Folder 13: American Textile Manufacturers - Washington, D.C., 1 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_013_all.pdf
Folder 14: Chamber of Commerce - Washington, D.C., 2 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_014_all.pdf
Folder 15: American Association of Retired Persons - Washington, D.C., 3 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_015_all.pdf
Folder 16: National Pork Producers Council, 8 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_016_all.pdf
Folder 17: The Business Council - Washington, D.C., 9 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_017_all.pdf
Folder 18: Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association - Washington, D.C., 10 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_018_all.pdf
Folder 19: Land O'Lakes 63rd Annual Meeting - Minneapolis, Minnesota, 21 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_019_all.pdf
Folder 20: National Press Club - Washington, D.C., 22 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_020_all.pdf
Folder 21: National Agricultural Forum - Washington, D.C., 23 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_021_all.pdf
Folder 22: Employers' National Job Service Committee - Washington, D.C., 23 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_022_all.pdf
Folder 23: Dinner Honoring Judge William Treat - Manchester, New Hampshire, 27 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_023_all.pdf
Folder 24: The National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council - Washington, D.C., 27 February 1984: PDF available: c019_034_024_all.pdf
Folder 25: Forum for Economic and Political Relationships Between the Netherlands and the United States - Washington, D.C., 2 March 1984: PDF available: c019_034_025_all.pdf
Folder 26: Futures Industry Association - Boca Raton, Florida, 4 March 1984: PDF available: c019_034_026_all.pdf
Folder 27: American Business Press - Washington, D.C., 6 March 1984: PDF available: c019_034_027_all.pdf
Folder 28: U.S. League's Legislative Conference - Washington, D.C., 7 March 1984: PDF available: c019_034_028_all.pdf
Folder 29: National Association of Manufacturers - Washington, D.C., 9 March 1984: PDF available: c019_034_029_all.pdf
Folder 30: National Association of Black Accountants - Washington, D.C., 9 March 1984: PDF available: c019_034_030_all.pdf
Folder 31: Committee on the Constitutional System - Washington, D.C., 9 March 1984: PDF available: c019_034_031_all.pdf
Folder 32: Association of Junior League - Washington, D.C., 9 March 1984: PDF available: c019_034_032_all.pdf
Folder 33: Non-Profit Tax Conference - Washington, D.C., 9 March 1984: PDF available: c019_034_033_all.pdf
Folder 34: Tenth National Achievement Award - Association of Community Cancer Awards - Rockville, Maryland, 10 March 1984: PDF available: c019_034_034_all.pdf
Folder 35: Financial World Awards Banquet - New York City, New York, 12 March 1984: PDF available: c019_034_035_all.pdf

Box 35

Folder 1: National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association - Washington, D.C., 14 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_001_all.pdf
Folder 2: Western Regional Council - Washington, D.C., 15 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_002_all.pdf
Folder 3: American Supply and Machinery Manufacturer's Association - Washington, D.C., 15 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_003_all.pdf
Folder 4: Young Republican Leadership Conference - Washington, D.C., 16 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_004_all.pdf
Folder 5: Kansas Masonic Home - Wichita, Kansas, 17 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_005_all.pdf
Folder 6: Space Meeting - Las Vegas, Nevada, 18 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_006_all.pdf
Folder 7: Tax Executives Institute, Inc. - Washington, D.C., 19 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_007_all.pdf
Folder 8: Bristol Meyers Crucial Issues Program - Washington, D.C., 20 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_008_all.pdf
Folder 9: Henry Clay Society - Washington, D.C., 20 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_009_all.pdf
Folder 10: National Marine Manufacturers Association - Washington, D.C., 21 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_010_all.pdf
Folder 11: National Cattlemen's Association - Washington, D.C., 26 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_011_all.pdf
Folder 12: Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers - Washington, D.C., 26 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_012_all.pdf
Folder 13: National Association of Convenience Stores - Washington, D.C., 26 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_013_all.pdf
Folder 14: United Jewish Appeal Federation Campaign - Washington, D.C., 27 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_014_all.pdf
Folder 15: The Christian Life Commission - Arlington, Virginia, 27 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_015_all.pdf
Folder 16: Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company - Washington, D.C., 28 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_016_all.pdf
Folder 17: American Dental Association - Washington, D.C., 28 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_017_all.pdf
Folder 18: National Parking Association - Washington, D.C., 29 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_018_all.pdf
Folder 19: Louisiana Association of Independent Producers and Royalty Owners - New Orleans, Louisiana, 30 March 1984: PDF available: c019_035_019_all.pdf
Folder 20: The Seagram Family Association - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1 April 1984: PDF available: c019_035_020_all.pdf
Folder 21: Manufactured Housing Institute - Washington, D.C., 2 April 1984: PDF available: c019_035_021_all.pdf
Folder 22: Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. - Washington, D.C., 2 April 1984: PDF available: c019_035_022_all.pdf
Folder 23: New York Economic Club - New York City, New York, 3 April 1984: PDF available: c019_035_023_all.pdf
Folder 24: National Federation of Independent Unions - Washington, D.C., 4 April 1984: PDF available: c019_035_024_all.pdf
Folder 25: United States Telephone Association - Washington, D.C., 4 April 1984: PDF available: c019_035_025_all.pdf
Folder 26: Hickory Farms of Ohio - Washington, D.C., 5 April 1984: PDF available: c019_035_026_all.pdf
Folder 27: Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City - Kansas City, Missouri, 7 April 1984: PDF available: c019_035_027_all.pdf
Folder 28: Annual Meeting of the Kansas Diabetic Association - Wichita, Kansas, 7 April 1984: PDF available: c019_035_028_all.pdf
Folder 29: American - Israeli Public Affairs Committee - Washington, D.C., 9 April 1984: PDF available: c019_035_029_all.pdf
Folder 30: Electronic Industries Association - Washington, D.C., 10 April 1984: PDF available: c019_035_030_all.pdf

Box 36

Folder 1: Representative Goodling Event - York, Pennsylvania, 13 April 1984: PDF available: c019_035_031_all.pdf
Folder 2: Association of College Entrepreneurs - Cambridge, Massachusetts, 14 April 1984: PDF available: c019_036_001_all.pdf
Folder 3: Bank Seminar - Pascagoula, Mississippi, 23 April 1984: PDF available: c019_036_002_all.pdf
Folder 4: Commodity Club - Washington, D.C., 24 April 1984: PDF available: c019_036_003_all.pdf
Folder 5: Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Field - Washington, D.C., 25 April 1984: PDF available: c019_036_004_all.pdf
Folder 6: The Bond Club - New York City, New York, 26 April 1984: PDF available: c019_036_005_all.pdf
Folder 7: Century 21 Convention - Orlando, Florida, 27 April 1984: PDF available: c019_036_006_all.pdf
Folder 8: Maine Republican State Convention - Augusta, Maine, 27 April 1984: PDF available: c019_036_007_all.pdf
Folder 9: National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs - Washington, D.C., 1 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_008_all.pdf
Folder 10: Independent Bankers Association of America - Washington, D.C., 1 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_009_all.pdf
Folder 11: Council of Pollution Control Financing Agencies - Washington, D.C., 2 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_010_all.pdf
Folder 12: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - Washington, D.C., 3 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_011_all.pdf
Folder 13: 20/20 Group - Washington, D.C., 3 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_012_all.pdf
Folder 14: American Apparel Manufacturers Association - Nashville, Tennessee, 4 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_013_all.pdf
Folder 15: Ernst & Whitney - Washington, D.C., 4 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_014_all.pdf
Folder 16: National Association of Corporate Treasurers - Washington, D.C., 6 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_015_all.pdf
Folder 17: Institutional Investor Institute - Washington, D.C., 9 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_016_all.pdf
Folder 18: George Washington Public Service Award - Washington, D.C., 9 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_017_all.pdf
Folder 19: Business Week - Washington Roundtable - Washington, D.C., 10 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_018_all.pdf
Folder 20: Washington Seminar for Bank Executives - Washington, D.C., 10 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_019_all.pdf
Folder 21: American Society of Newspaper Editors - Washington, D.C., 10 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_020_all.pdf
Folder 22: The Annual Truman Scholar Banquet - Kansas City, Missouri, 12 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_021_all.pdf
Folder 23: National Council of Savings Institutions - Baltimore, Maryland, 14 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_022_all.pdf
Folder 24: American Society of Association Executives - Washington, D.C., 15 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_023_all.pdf
Folder 25: The Government Research Corporation - Washington, D.C., 15 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_024_all.pdf
Folder 26: American Insurance Association - Washington, D.C., 15 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_025_all.pdf
Folder 27: Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies - Washington, D.C., 17 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_026_all.pdf
Folder 28: National Association of Home Builders, 17 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_027_all.pdf
Folder 29: Marion High School Graduation - Marion, Kansas, 20 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_028_all.pdf
Folder 30: National Association on Disability Awards Luncheon - Washington, D.C., 22 May 1984: PDF available: c019_036_029_all.pdf

Box 37

Folder 1: Women's Research and Education Institute Conference - Washington, D.C., 5 June 1984: PDF available: c019_036_030_all.pdf
Folder 2: National Association of Americans of Asian Indian Descent - Atlantic City, New Jersey, 9 June 1984: PDF available: c019_037_001_all.pdf
Folder 3: Executive Committee on the national Governor's Association, 11 June 1984: PDF available: c019_037_002_all.pdf
Folder 4: National Council of Farmer Cooperatives - Washington, D.C., 12 June 1984: PDF available: c019_037_003_all.pdf
Folder 5: American Horse Council - Arlington, Virginia, 12 June 1984: PDF available: c019_037_004_all.pdf
Folder 6: Council for Rural Housing and Development - Washington, D.C., 12 June 1984: PDF available: c019_037_005_all.pdf
Folder 7: Owens/Corning Customer Meeting - Washington, D.C., 13 June 1984: PDF available: c019_037_006_all.pdf
Folder 8: Amway Corporation - Washington, D.C., 16 June 1984: PDF available: c019_037_007_all.pdf
Folder 9: Insurance Information Institute - Washington, D.C., 19 June 1984: PDF available: c019_037_008_all.pdf
Folder 10: National Soft Drink Association - Washington, D.C., 19 June 1984: PDF available: c019_037_009_all.pdf
Folder 11: The National Realty Committee - Washington, D.C., 20 June 1984: PDF available: c019_037_010_all.pdf
Folder 12: U.S.-Israel Free Trade Area - Anti-Defamation League/Food Marketing Institute - Washington, D.C., 20 June 1984: PDF available: c019_037_011_all.pdf
Folder 13: Tax Coalition - Washington, D.C., 21 June 1984: PDF available: c019_037_012_all.pdf
Folder 14: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Conference - Kansas City, Missouri, 2 July 1984: PDF available: c019_037_013_all.pdf
Folder 15: 30 Year Commemoration Food for Peace Program - Washington, D.C., 10 July 1984: PDF available: c019_037_014_all.pdf
Folder 16: Groundbreaking for the Post Rock Rural Water District - Lake Kanopolis, Kansas, 19 July 1984: PDF available: c019_037_015_all.pdf
Folder 17: El Dorado Lake Dedication Ceremony - El Dorado, Kansas, 1 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_016_all.pdf
Folder 18: The Dedication of the Vice Presidential Sculpture of Hubert Humphrey - Washington, D.C., 10 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_017_all.pdf
Folder 19: The Government Research Corporation's Ninth Annual Leadership Conference - Washington, D.C., 11 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_018_all.pdf
Folder 20: American Business Conference - Washington, D.C., 12 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_019_all.pdf
Folder 21: American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) - Washington, D.C., 12 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_020_all.pdf
Folder 22: National Association of Manufacturers - Washington, D.C., 13 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_021_all.pdf
Folder 23: Economic Policy Council - Washington, D.C., 14 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_022_all.pdf
Folder 24: Robert B. Docking Memorial Highway Dedication - Arkansas City, Kansas, 16 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_023_all.pdf
Folder 25: National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals - Washington, D.C., 17 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_024_all.pdf
Folder 26: Republican Senatorial Inner Circle - Washington, D.C., 17 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_025_all.pdf
Folder 27: Oregon Bankers' Association - Washington, D.C., 17 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_026_all.pdf
Folder 28: National Mass Retailing Institute - Washington, D.C., 18 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_027_all.pdf
Folder 29: Press Conference on Disability Agreement - Washington, D.C., 18 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_028_all.pdf
Folder 30: Menninger Foundation Conference - Washington, D.C., 18 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_030_all.pdf
Folder 31: Institute for Research on Economics of Taxation - Washington, D.C., 18 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_031_all.pdf
Folder 32: Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute - Washington, D.C., 19 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_032_all.pdf
Folder 33: Information Industry Association Public Policy Council - Washington, D.C., 20 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_033_all.pdf
Folder 34: Dedication of Johnson County Park - Shawnee, Kansas, 22 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_034_all.pdf
Folder 35: Fertilizer Institute - Washington, D.C., 27 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_035_all.pdf
Folder 36: Dedication of Rehabilitation Institute of West Florida - Pensacola, Florida, 30 September 1984: PDF available: c019_037_036_all.pdf
Folder 37: National Broiler Council - Washington, D.C., 4 October 1984: PDF available: c019_037_037_all.pdf
Folder 38: Memorial Service for Phil Ruppenthal - Eulogy, 7 October 1984: PDF available: c019_037_038_all.pdf
Folder 39: Texas Commerce Bancshares, Inc. - Houston, Texas, 16 October 1984: PDF available: c019_037_039_all.pdf
Folder 40: New Human Development Center at Kansas University (KU) - Lawrence, Kansas, 17 October 1984: PDF available: c019_037_040_all.pdf
Folder 41: Minnesota Agri-Growth Council Annual Meeting - Bloomington, Minnesota, 22 October 1984: PDF available: c019_037_041_all.pdf
Folder 42: Business International Corporation - Miami, Florida, 26 October 1984: PDF available: c019_037_042_all.pdf
Folder 43: Kick-Off Reception for Fifth Decade Fund - Kansas University Medical Center - Kansas City, Kansas, 5 November 1984: PDF available: c019_037_043_all.pdf
Folder 44: American Stock Exchange - Washington, D.C., 7 November 1984: PDF available: c019_037_044_all.pdf
Folder 45: Washington Forum - Washington, D.C., 8 November 1984: PDF available: c019_037_045_all.pdf
Folder 46: National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention - Kansas City, Missouri, 9 November 1984: PDF available: c019_037_046_all.pdf
Folder 47: Natural Gas Supply Association Annual Meeting - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 19 November 1984: PDF available: c019_037_047_all.pdf
Folder 48: Georgetown University - Washington, D.C., 20 November 1984: PDF available: c019_037_048_all.pdf
Folder 49: Radiological Society of North America - Washington, D.C., 26 November 1984: PDF available: c019_037_049_all.pdf
Folder 50: Republican Dinner - Washington, D.C., 28 November 1984: PDF available: c019_037_050_all.pdf

Box 38

Folder 1: Missouri Editors and Publishers - Kansas City, Missouri, 2 December 1984: PDF available: c019_038_001_all.pdf
Folder 2: Baxter-Travenol Plant Closing - Hays, Kansas, 3 December 1984: PDF available: c019_038_002_all.pdf
Folder 3: 1985 Farm Bureau Convention - Wichita, Kansas, 3 December 1984: PDF available: c019_038_003_all.pdf
Folder 4: 1984 Kansas Legislative Orientation Session - Topeka, Kansas, 3 December 1984: PDF available: c019_038_004_all.pdf
Folder 5: Western Regional Council - Scottsdale, Arizona, 7 December 1984: PDF available: c019_038_005_all.pdf
Folder 6: Cuomo/Garnett Tax Reform - Washington, D.C., 11 December 1984
Folder 7: Paine Webber - Washington, D.C., 12 December 1984