House
of Representatives Papers (1960-1969)
ADMINISTRATIVE
NOTES
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
SCOPE AND CONTENT
ARRANGEMENT
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
TIMELINE OF EVENTS
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
The collection
spans the dates 1960-1969 and includes a small number of official
records, personal letters and other items relating to Dole's college
years, his military service, and his legal career as Russell County
(KS) attorney and lawyer in private practice. The main body of
the papers documents Dole's campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives
in 1959-1960, subsequent Congressional campaigns, and the eight
years (1961-1969) he spent as a congressman from Kansas' Sixth
and later First Congressional Districts. The 119 cartons of material
include correspondence, memos, reports, newsletters, speeches,
casework, statements, testimony, campaign and Republican Party
records.
