Leahy's personal Senate files now available to the public
Local 22 & Local 44
[{'start': '0.240', 'end': '5.279', 'text': 'Senator Patrick Lehey represented'}, {'start': '2.080', 'end': '8.080', 'text': 'Vermont in Congress for over 45 years.'}, {'start': '5.279', 'end': '9.840', 'text': 'And following his retirement in 2023, he'}, {'start': '8.080', 'end': '12.559', 'text': 'announced he would be donating his'}, {'start': '9.840', 'end': '15.120', 'text': 'personal Senate files ranging from'}, {'start': '12.559', 'end': '17.760', 'text': 'legislative policy research even to'}, {'start': '15.120', 'end': '20.000', 'text': 'menus from state dinners. Over the past'}, {'start': '17.760', 'end': '22.080', 'text': 'two years, archival librarians at the'}, {'start': '20.000', 'end': '24.720', 'text': 'University of Vermont have been curating'}, {'start': '22.080', 'end': '27.199', 'text': "a collection of Senator Lehey's papers,"}, {'start': '24.720', 'end': '31.760', 'text': 'part of which are now available to the'}, {'start': '27.199', 'end': '34.480', 'text': "public. ABC22's Lily Sakiniawa has more."}, {'start': '31.760', 'end': '36.239', 'text': 'Almost 3,000 boxes and 20 terabytes'}, {'start': '34.480', 'end': '38.000', 'text': 'worth of personal papers detailing'}, {'start': '36.239', 'end': '39.680', 'text': "former Vermont Senator Patrick Lehey's"}, {'start': '38.000', 'end': '41.760', 'text': 'congressional career have found their'}, {'start': '39.680', 'end': '43.520', 'text': 'home at the University of Vermont. Now,'}, {'start': '41.760', 'end': '45.280', 'text': 'the ultimate goal here is to create an'}, {'start': '43.520', 'end': '47.200', 'text': '11-part collection that details the'}, {'start': '45.280', 'end': '49.360', 'text': "former senator's robust career and"}, {'start': '47.200', 'end': '51.120', 'text': 'legacy. And after two years of work, the'}, {'start': '49.360', 'end': '54.320', 'text': 'first two parts of that collection are'}, {'start': '51.120', 'end': '56.559', 'text': 'now available to the public. He was the'}, {'start': '54.320', 'end': '58.719', 'text': 'third longest serving senator in US'}, {'start': '56.559', 'end': '60.480', 'text': 'history. Over his nearly 50-year career'}, {'start': '58.719', 'end': '62.480', 'text': 'in Congress, Senator Patrick Lehey'}, {'start': '60.480', 'end': '64.159', 'text': 'earned many esteemed titles, serving as'}, {'start': '62.480', 'end': '65.760', 'text': 'chairs of both the judiciary and'}, {'start': '64.159', 'end': '68.159', 'text': 'agriculture committees. In addition to'}, {'start': '65.760', 'end': '70.400', 'text': 'filling the role as president prom twice'}, {'start': '68.159', 'end': '71.680', 'text': 'after his retirement in 2023, Lehey'}, {'start': '70.400', 'end': '73.280', 'text': 'announced he would be donating his'}, {'start': '71.680', 'end': '75.799', 'text': 'personal papers to the University of'}, {'start': '73.280', 'end': '79.920', 'text': 'Vermont. We have about uh'}, {'start': '75.799', 'end': '82.320', 'text': '2,800 um boxes about this size um in our'}, {'start': '79.920', 'end': '84.560', 'text': 'collection as well as 20 terabytes of'}, {'start': '82.320', 'end': '86.320', 'text': 'digital files. Sherbach, a congressional'}, {'start': '84.560', 'end': '87.920', 'text': 'papers archivist with the university,'}, {'start': '86.320', 'end': '89.520', 'text': 'has been working on the project for the'}, {'start': '87.920', 'end': '91.119', 'text': 'past two years. He highlights the'}, {'start': '89.520', 'end': '94.560', 'text': 'collection as a valuable tool for'}, {'start': '91.119', 'end': '97.520', 'text': 'research. His um tenure spans a lot of'}, {'start': '94.560', 'end': '100.560', 'text': 'change in American politics, in Vermont'}, {'start': '97.520', 'end': '103.520', 'text': "history. Um and so there's uh it's a"}, {'start': '100.560', 'end': '105.360', 'text': 'really great opportunity to look at um'}, {'start': '103.520', 'end': '106.799', 'text': 'how these things have changed over time.'}, {'start': '105.360', 'end': '109.439', 'text': 'The project is being funded through a'}, {'start': '106.799', 'end': '110.960', 'text': '5-year, $2.5 million grant from the US'}, {'start': '109.439', 'end': '112.159', 'text': 'Senate. Erikica Adonis, another'}, {'start': '110.960', 'end': '113.759', 'text': 'congressional archavist with the'}, {'start': '112.159', 'end': '115.280', 'text': 'project, says the boxes arrived in'}, {'start': '113.759', 'end': '118.880', 'text': 'truckloads from multiple different'}, {'start': '115.280', 'end': '120.960', 'text': 'locations, including DC and his offices'}, {'start': '118.880', 'end': '122.799', 'text': 'in Vermont. A lot of this material, the'}, {'start': '120.960', 'end': '124.560', 'text': 'material coming from DC was in temporary'}, {'start': '122.799', 'end': '126.399', 'text': 'storage in the National Archives. She'}, {'start': '124.560', 'end': '127.759', 'text': 'says the topics included in the papers'}, {'start': '126.399', 'end': '129.920', 'text': 'spanned from committee records to'}, {'start': '127.759', 'end': '131.520', 'text': 'legislative material and more. Using an'}, {'start': '129.920', 'end': '132.879', 'text': 'organizational framework created by'}, {'start': '131.520', 'end': '134.160', 'text': 'those involved with the project,'}, {'start': '132.879', 'end': '136.239', 'text': 'archavists have been going through the'}, {'start': '134.160', 'end': '138.560', 'text': 'papers section by section, topic by'}, {'start': '136.239', 'end': '141.920', 'text': 'topic, and preparing it for research. We'}, {'start': '138.560', 'end': '144.160', 'text': 'are looking for um preservation issues'}, {'start': '141.920', 'end': '147.440', 'text': 'that we might encounter. Once the'}, {'start': '144.160', 'end': '149.680', 'text': 'archavists on the team have inventoried'}, {'start': '147.440', 'end': '152.239', 'text': 'the material, then we pass things off to'}, {'start': '149.680', 'end': '154.319', 'text': 'our wonderful crew of interns who are'}, {'start': '152.239', 'end': '156.239', 'text': 'working on the preservation tasks'}, {'start': '154.319', 'end': '158.319', 'text': 'involved. In addition to the papers,'}, {'start': '156.239', 'end': '160.319', 'text': 'different forms of office technology are'}, {'start': '158.319', 'end': '163.599', 'text': 'also included in the collection. kind of'}, {'start': '160.319', 'end': '165.920', 'text': 'a little time capsule of how technology'}, {'start': '163.599', 'end': '168.319', 'text': 'in offices and like recordkeeping has'}, {'start': '165.920', 'end': '170.239', 'text': 'changed over almost half of a century.'}, {'start': '168.319', 'end': '172.400', 'text': "Archist Sally Blanchard O'Brien says"}, {'start': '170.239', 'end': '174.080', 'text': 'items range from cassettes, VHS tapes,'}, {'start': '172.400', 'end': '176.239', 'text': 'and multiple different types of film'}, {'start': '174.080', 'end': '178.080', 'text': 'formats. Right now, two topics in the'}, {'start': '176.239', 'end': '179.840', 'text': '11-part collection are available to the'}, {'start': '178.080', 'end': '181.840', 'text': "public. Materials from Ley's first and"}, {'start': '179.840', 'end': '183.599', 'text': 'last campaigns and a series documenting'}, {'start': '181.840', 'end': '185.200', 'text': "overseas travel. Now, if you're"}, {'start': '183.599', 'end': '186.800', 'text': 'interested in doing research with or'}, {'start': '185.200', 'end': '188.080', 'text': 'simply just checking out the collection,'}, {'start': '186.800', 'end': '189.680', 'text': 'you can call the Silver Special'}, {'start': '188.080', 'end': '191.599', 'text': 'Collections Library to set up an'}, {'start': '189.680', 'end': '193.280', 'text': 'appointment. The university also has a'}, {'start': '191.599', 'end': '194.879', 'text': 'finding aid on their website, so you can'}, {'start': '193.280', 'end': '196.400', 'text': "see what's available ahead of time."}, {'start': '194.879', 'end': '197.920', 'text': "We'll have all of that in the link in"}, {'start': '196.400', 'end': '200.000', 'text': 'this story on our website, mysh'}, {'start': '197.920', 'end': '204.239', 'text': 'champagne valley.com. In the studio,'}, {'start': '200.000', 'end': '204.239', 'text': 'Lily Sakinwa, ABC22 News.'}]