[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1315-E1316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS' ROBERT J. DOLE INSTITUTE 
 OF POLITICS ON COMPLETION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT PORTION OF 
     THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUM'S MUSEUM ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 14, 2010

  Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to have this 
opportunity to congratulate the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics on 
the campus of the University of Kansas for completion of the 
Institutional Assessment portion of the American Association of 
Museum's Museum Assessment Program, MAP.
  Senior Archivist Morgan Davis led the MAP team which included Audio/
Visual Archivist Judy Sweets and Assistant Archivists Catherine Riggs 
and Robert Lay. The team completed an extensive self-study survey which 
included exercises designed to help improve understanding of museum 
practices and broaden the scope of services offered in the Dole 
Archive.
  Judith Endelman, Director of the Benson Ford Research Center at The 
Henry Ford Museum, was selected to assist the Dole Archive in the 
Museum Assessment Program. During her two-day visit to the Dole 
Institute, Ms. Endelman met with Dole Institute staff and Dole Archive 
Advisory Board members to get a better understanding of the programs 
and services currently offered.
  The Dole Archive, which contains the collections of former Senator 
Bob Dole, is an invaluable research collection documenting Senator

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Dole's 36 wonderful years in Congress and record setting 11 years of 
leadership in the Senate. The Dole Archive contains a significant 
collection of papers, images and objects, many of which are on display 
in public exhibits at the Dole Institute.
  The Dole Institute of Politics is a bipartisan civic institution with 
a mission to promote civic engagement and public service. Led by 
Director Bill Lacy, this mission is carried out through public 
programming which regularly brings figures of national political 
prominence to speak at the Dole Institute, interpretive exhibits on the 
life and career of Senator Dole, and the maintenance of the Dole 
Archive research collections.
  Participation in the MAP program was made possible at virtually no 
cost to the Dole Institute through assistance from the Institute of 
Museum and Library Services.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating the Dole Institute's 
achievement.

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