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 7: Gerald Ford

Item 1: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 7/20/1966: Letter from House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to Congressman Bob Dole wishing him a happy birthday.
Available here: c020_007_000_001 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 2: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 11/30/1966: Letter from House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to Congressman Bob Dole thanking him for sending him a newspaper clipping.
Available here: c020_007_000_002 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 3: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 5/1/1967: Letter from House Minority Leader to Congressman Bob Dole acknowledging Dole's wish to be the Republican Congressional Adviser to the Food and Agriculture Organization's conference in Italy.
Available here: c020_007_000_003 (PDF, 3 pp.)
Item 4: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 6/19/1967: Letter from House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to Congressman Bob Dole complimenting his work on Food Stamp Act amendments.
Available here: c020_007_000_004 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 5: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 6/28/1967: Letter from House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to Congressman Bob Dole thanking him for his advice regarding C.R. Lentz' invitation to speak.
Available here: c020_007_000_005 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 6: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 7/21/1967: Letter from House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to Congressman Bob Dole wishing him a happy birthday.
Available here: c020_007_000_006 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 7: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 8/11/1967: Letter from House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to Congressman Bob Dole thanking him for his efforts on the reorganization plan for the District of Columbia.
Available here: c020_007_000_007 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 8: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 1/30/1968: Letter from House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to Congressman Bob Dole informing him that he had been designated to represent Kansas in the US delegation to the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group.
Available here: c020_007_000_008 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 9: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 2/9/1968: Letter from House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to Congressman Bob Dole appreciating Dole's recommendations regarding the Committee on Rules' action on H.R. 12066.
Available here: c020_007_000_009 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 10: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 7/19/1968: Letter from House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to Congressman Bob Dole wishing him a happy birthday.
Available here: c020_007_000_010 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 11: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 1/27/1969: Telegram from House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole congratulating him on his election to the Senate.
Available here: c020_007_000_011 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 12: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 11/28/1973: Letter from House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his support and confidence.
Available here: c020_007_000_012 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 13: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 7/22/1974: Letter from Vice President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole wishing him a happy birthday.
Available here: c020_007_000_013 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 14: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 10/18/1974: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole expressing appreciation for having been able to discuss agricultural problems with the Senator in Kansas City.
Available here: c020_007_000_014 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 15: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 2/20/1975: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for supporting H.R. 1767.
Available here: c020_007_000_015 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 16: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 3/10/1975: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter regarding complications in agricultural energy.
Available here: c020_007_000_016 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 17: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 6/11/1975: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter about a woman whose husband was missing in Vietnam.
Available here: c020_007_000_017 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 18: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 8/1/1975: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his support of legislation that would modify the arms embargo on Turkey.
Available here: c020_007_000_018 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 19: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 2/21/1976: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for voting to sustain Ford's veto of the Public Works Employment Bill.
Available here: c020_007_000_019 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 20: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 3/4/1976: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for joining Ford for breakfast and for his analysis of Ford's campaign.
Available here: c020_007_000_020 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 21: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 3/10/1976: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for sending copies of a press release praising Ford's candidacy.
Available here: c020_007_000_021 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 22: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 5/6/1976: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his support of Ford's veto of the Child Day Care Services under Social Security Act.
Available here: c020_007_000_022 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 23: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 6/11/1976: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole congratulating him on his election as a delegate from Kansas to the Republican National Convention.
Available here: c020_007_000_023 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 24: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 6/14/1976: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for joining Ford in Missouri for a campaign stop.
Available here: c020_007_000_024 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 25: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 7/7/1976: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole presenting a ceremonial pen Ford used to sign H.R. 10051.
Available here: c020_007_000_025 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 26: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 7/23/1976: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his vote sustaining Ford's veto of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976.
Available here: c020_007_000_026 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 27: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 12/9/1976: Letter from President Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his efforts during the 1976 presidential campaign.
Available here: c020_007_000_027 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 28: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 6/28/1977: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole requesting Dole's cooperation with the co-author of Ford's upcoming book.
Available here: c020_007_000_028 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 29: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 7/18/1977: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for expressing his foreign policy ideas on the Senate floor.
Available here: c020_007_000_029 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 30: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 11/7/1977: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for sending Ford a copy of Dole's remarks on the Senate floor regarding the nomination of Charles Ruff.
Available here: c020_007_000_030 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 31: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 9/5/1978: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole declining his invitation to speak at the annual banquet of the Salina Chamber of Commerce.
Available here: c020_007_000_031 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 32: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 5/8/1979: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his correspondence with Tom Branigan and for his donation to the Ford Presidential Library.
Available here: c020_007_000_032 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 33: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 11/13/1979: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole complimenting him on his November 4, 1979 column in the Washington Post.
Available here: c020_007_000_033 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 34: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 5/25/1981: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole requesting Congressional reexamination of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978.
Available here: c020_007_000_034 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 35: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 1982: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole urging support of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982.
Available here: c020_007_000_035 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 36: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 9/7/1983: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole extending condolences regarding the death of Dole's mother.
Available here: c020_007_000_036 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 37: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 2/21/1984: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole informing him of Ford's participation at a function in Independence, Kansas that was attended at Dole's request.
Available here: c020_007_000_037 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 38: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 7/25/1985: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his letter outlining the fundraising plan for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Available here: c020_007_000_038 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 39: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 5/7/1990: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole inviting him to a reception for the annual meeting of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation.
Available here: c020_007_000_039 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 40: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 5/19/1992: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole urging Congressional support for funding to Cambodia.
Available here: c020_007_000_040 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 41: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 6/11/1993: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for participating in the celebration of Ford's birthday and anniversary.
Available here: c020_007_000_041 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 42: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 7/19/1993: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole endorsing and supporting Stuart Eizenstat's nomination to be ambassador to the European Community in Brussels.
Available here: c020_007_000_042 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 43: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 12/4/1995: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole extending appreciation for Dole's bipartisan support for President Clinton's commitment of 20,000 American troops to Bosnia.
Available here: c020_007_000_043 (PDF, 2 pp.)
Item 44: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 9/25/2001: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his financial support of programs at the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum.
Available here: c020_007_000_044 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 45: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 8/18/2002: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for the special commemorative cap and congratulating him on his leadership concerning the National World War II Memorial.
Available here: c020_007_000_045 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 46: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 12/7/2004: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his earlier letter and encouraging a future meeting.
Available here: c020_007_000_046 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 47: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 3/29/2005: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole asking him to consider being an honorary pallbearer at Ford's funeral.
Available here: c020_007_000_047 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 48: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, 4/4/2005: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for the copy of One Soldier's Story.
Available here: c020_007_000_048 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 49: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, Post 1977, 08-17: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for thinking of Ford after Ford's recent hospitalization.
Available here: c020_007_000_049 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 50: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, Post 1977, 12-02: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his comments when Ford was awarded the Victory of Freedom Award.
Available here: c020_007_000_050 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 51: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, Post 1977, 06-11: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for his comments at the reunion of the Ford Administration at the Capital Hill Club.
Available here: c020_007_000_051 (PDF, 1 pp.)
Item 52: Gerald Ford to Bob Dole, Post 1977, 06-08: Letter from former president Gerald Ford to Senator Bob Dole thanking him for participating in a dinner sponsored by the Ford Foundation.
Available here: c020_007_000_052 (PDF, 1 pp.)