VIP Letters, 1960-2008 | Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections

By Erin Wolfe, Damien Gilbert, Julia Stanislav

Collection Overview

Title: VIP Letters, 1960-2008

Predominant Dates:1960-2004

ID: 01/020

Extent: 593.0 Letters

Arrangement: The letters are arranged alphabetically by the sender's last name. Multiple letters from the same sender are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The VIP Letters collection consists of letters that were removed from the Dole papers. With few exceptions, the letters were written to Senator Dole from notable public figures, including U.S. Presidents (about 66% of the letters), Congresspeople, foreign officials, and other distinguished persons. The contents of the letters covers a wide range of topics, including current events, personal notes, responses to letters from Dole, and more.

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Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: A-B],
[Box 2: George H.W. Bush],
[Box 3: C],
[Box 4: Bill Clinton],
[Box 5: D-E],
[Box 6: F-K],
[Box 7: Gerald Ford],
[Box 8: L],
[Box 9: M-Q],
[Box 10: Richard Nixon],
[Box 11: R],
[Box 12: Ronald Reagan],
[Box 13: S-Z],
[All]

Box 4: Bill Clinton

Item 1: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 1/22/1993: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his speed and responsiveness in moving his selections for the Cabinet through the confirmation process.
Available here: c020_004_000_001 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 2: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 1/25/1993: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter urging a shift to fixed deficit targets.
Available here: c020_004_000_002 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 3: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 3/9/1993: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his invitation to meet with members of the Republican Policy Luncheon Group, and thanking him for his contribution to the jogging track.
Available here: c020_004_000_003 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 4: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 3/9/1993: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole offering condolences for the death of Dole's brother.
Available here: c020_004_000_004 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 5: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 4/5/1993: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter urging Clinton to request the U.N. Security Council to adopt an oil embargo against Libya.
Available here: c020_004_000_005 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 6: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 6/7/1993: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole sharing the reasons he decided to withdraw the nomination of Lani Guinier to be Assistant Attorney General.
Available here: c020_004_000_006 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 7: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 7/22/1993: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole wishing him a happy birthday.
Available here: c020_004_000_007 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 8: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 8/5/1993: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter calling for additional sanctions against Libya.
Available here: c020_004_000_008 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 9: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 8/19/1993: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter regarding reconciliation.
Available here: c020_004_000_009 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 10: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 9/2/1993: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole outlining his plan to forge a new, bipartisan alliance on health care reform.
Available here: c020_004_000_010 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 11: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 11/22/1993: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his vote in favor of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Available here: c020_004_000_011 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 12: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 1/5/1994: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter about the defense budget.
Available here: c020_004_000_012 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 13: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 7/5/1994: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his interest in the country's oil and gas policy.
Available here: c020_004_000_013 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 14: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 7/22/1994: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole wishing him a happy birthday.
Available here: c020_004_000_014 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 15: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 11/11/1994: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter about the arms embargo on Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Available here: c020_004_000_015 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 16: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 11/11/1994: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole inviting him to attend the Summit of the Americas in Miami, Florida.
Available here: c020_004_000_016 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 17: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 11/21/1994: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole sharing his concern about the deteriorating situation in northwest Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Available here: c020_004_000_017 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 18: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 11/30/1994: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter regarding theater missile defenses.
Available here: c020_004_000_018 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 19: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 12/21/1994: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter about the European Union's banana imports.
Available here: c020_004_000_019 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 20: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 12/27/1994: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole reaffirming his commitment to health care reform even though he was unable to achieve agreement on it in the past year.
Available here: c020_004_000_020 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 21: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 1/5/1995: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter about Defense Base Closures.
Available here: c020_004_000_021 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 22: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 1/9/1995: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole inviting him to a welfare reform work session to discuss options.
Available here: c020_004_000_022 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 23: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 2/9/1995: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole requesting support for the Technology Reinvestment Project to protect the US' military technological advantages.
Available here: c020_004_000_023 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 24: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 3/9/1995: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter on the Export Enhancement Program.
Available here: c020_004_000_024 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 25: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 5/26/1995: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter concerning the 80th anniversary of the American massacres.
Available here: c020_004_000_025 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 26: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 5/30/1995: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his support of the US' efforts to open Japan's market to foreign autos and auto parts.
Available here: c020_004_000_026 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 27: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 5/31/1995: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for supporting Clinton's efforts to find long term solutions to softwood trade issues with Canada.
Available here: c020_004_000_027 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 28: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 6/28/1995: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter about missile defenses.
Available here: c020_004_000_028 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 29: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 8/2/1995: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter about US participation in the UN conference on women.
Available here: c020_004_000_029 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 30: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 8/28/1995: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for expressing his concern about the recent diplomatic initiatives to end the Balkan conflict.
Available here: c020_004_000_030 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 31: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 12/21/1995: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his leadership in developing the resolution in support of US troops in Bosnia.
Available here: c020_004_000_031 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 32: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 3/5/1996: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole requesting support for the LIBERTAD bill.
Available here: c020_004_000_032 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 33: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 5/15/1996: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his 35 years in Congress and looking forward to the upcoming election.
Available here: c020_004_000_033 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 34: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 5/21/1996: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole responding to his letter concerning Armenian Remembrance Day.
Available here: c020_004_000_034 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 35: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 1/13/1997: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his gift of wine and for the present from Socks to Leader.
Available here: c020_004_000_035 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 36: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 3/18/1997: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for agreeing to act as National Co-Chairman of the World War II Memorial Campaign.
Available here: c020_004_000_036 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 37: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 7/30/1997: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for reporting on his trip to Bosnia, Romania, and Slovenia.
Available here: c020_004_000_037 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 38: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 8/5/1997: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole asking him to accept a pen that Clinton used to sign the Instruments of Ratification to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Available here: c020_004_000_038 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 39: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 1/21/1998: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for joining Clinton's delegation to Bosnia.
Available here: c020_004_000_039 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 40: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 3/9/1998: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter on Dole's first trip to Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia.
Available here: c020_004_000_040 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 41: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 7/14/1998: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his note supporting the Victims of Communism Memorial Museum in the Ronald Reagan Building.
Available here: c020_004_000_041 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 42: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 8/31/1998: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter about the deteriorating situation in Kosovo.
Available here: c020_004_000_042 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 43: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 2/11/1999: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter describing Dole's recent trip to the former Yugoslavia.
Available here: c020_004_000_043 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 44: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 12/16/1999: Letter from President Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for following up with Clinton on the World War II Memorial Campaign.
Available here: c020_004_000_044 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 45: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 12/28/2002: Letter from former president Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole offering thanks for Dole's kind words about Hillary.
Available here: c020_004_000_045 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 46: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 11/10/2004: Letter from former president Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole congratulating him for being awarded the American Patriot Award by the National Defense University Foundation.
Available here: c020_004_000_046 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 47: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 12/29/2004: Letter from former president Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole expressing regret that Dole was unable to attend the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center.
Available here: c020_004_000_047 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 48: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 6/9/2005: Letter from former president Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole inviting him to the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.
Available here: c020_004_000_048 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 49: Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, 6/17/2005: Letter from former president Bill Clinton to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for passing on a letter from Ray Bachman and Kimberly Sacket.
Available here: c020_004_000_049 (PDF, 1 pp.)