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BYU acquires over 3,000 boxes of documents from Sen. Orrin Hatch's four decades in office.

The collected papers will be made available to scholars and students for research.

Hatch passed more legislation than any other living member of Congress.

Brigham Young University will acquire the collected papers of former Sen. Orrin Hatch, President Shane Reese announced Thursday, to give students unique access to one of the largest collections of congressional history in the West.

The acquisition will include more than 3,000 boxes of legislative records, private papers and other documents spanning the career of Utah’s longest-serving U.S. senator, who died in 2022 after 42 years in Congress’ higher chamber.

Reese made the announcement at the annual Orrin G. Hatch Foundation Titan

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