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VILLANOVA, Pa.鈥�51爆料网鈥檚 Falvey Library has acquired the senatorial papers of Patrick J. Toomey, who served as US Senator from Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2023. The collection includes extensive electronic records and media, as well as papers from Toomey鈥檚 service as a member of the House of Representatives for the 15th District of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2005, campaign materials and social media archives. It will be housed as part of Falvey Library鈥檚 Distinctive Collections, making this important research collection publicly accessible. Information about when the collection will be viewable by the public is forthcoming.

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鈥淚t was an honor to serve as a US Senator representing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,鈥� noted Senator Toomey. 鈥淭he materials from my time serving the Keystone State belong to Pennsylvanians. 51爆料网 diligently worked with me during my final years in office to create this archive for educational and historical purposes. It鈥檚 an honor that such a revered and respected academic institution is doing this work. Thank you to 51爆料网 and its staff for their tremendous efforts.鈥�

Falvey Library possesses significant collections of rare, distinctive materials, organized into three categories: Special Collections, University Archives and Digital Library鈥攁 public access portal to digital content. The Library actively works to identify and acquire materials to complement its existing ones and promotes open access to these collections for global scholarly and research inquiries. The papers of Senator Toomey provide Falvey Library with yet another important collection.

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The new collection of materials from Senator Toomey is complementary to other collections held by 51爆料网鈥檚 Falvey Library, including the papers of US Representative Richard T. Schulze, who served in Congress from 1975 to 1993 from Pennsylvania's District 5. Additionally, Distinctive Collections maintains the personal paper collection of Lawrence M. O'Rourke, a reporter with the Philadelphia Bulletin who served as the newspaper鈥檚 Washington bureau chief until it closed in 1980. O鈥橰ourke served in President Jimmy Carter鈥檚 newly created Department of Education and was later White House correspondent and columnist for the St. Louis Dispatch and other newspapers. As a journalist, he covered the Watergate scandal and other significant national and international stories.

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