Reid gives political papers to University of Nevada-Reno special collections

The University of Nevada, Reno was bequeathed with a gift from U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Tuesday: the sum of his political papers.

The papers will reside in special collections along with other former political giants in the state including Sens. Alan Bible, Paul Laxalt and Richard Bryan. The collection includes multiple terabytes of digital data as well as thousands of boxes of documents.

“I’ve always felt this attachment to the university,” Reid said. “So I’ve had the good fortune of having people interested in my papers. Some of the known, famous universities around the country. And I listened to some of them. But I always knew in my heart what I was going to do. I made that decision decades ago.”

Reid is retiring this year, but his political career spans nearly 50 years, including a stint in the Assembly, one term as lieutenant governor, chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission, two terms as a congressman and almost 30 years as a senator. He has served more than 15 years in a leadership capacity, most recently as the current minority leader.

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