Left to right: University of New Mexico President Robert Frank, former US Senator Jeff Bingaman, and Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard at a ceremony to commemorate the July 12, 2013 contribution of Bingaman's Congressional papers to UNM. Photo courtesy of University of New Mexico.

UNM archiving ex-Sen. Jeff Bingaman papers

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Left to right: University of New Mexico President Robert Frank, former US Senator Jeff Bingaman, and Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard at a ceremony to commemorate the July 12, 2013 contribution of Bingaman's Congressional papers to UNM. Photo courtesy of University of New Mexico.

Left to right: University of New Mexico President Robert Frank, former US Senator Jeff Bingaman, and Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard at a ceremony to commemorate the July 12, 2013 contribution of Bingaman’s Congressional papers to UNM. Photo courtesy of University of New Mexico.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The University of New Mexico is archiving more than 1,000 boxes worth of documents from Jeff Bingaman’s time in the U.S. Senate.

The Albuquerque Journal reports that the university held a ceremony Thursday at the Zimmerman Library to mark the archival project for the former Democratic senator.

Documents include about 1,100 boxes of papers and many other digital files, which will be made available online. UNM hopes the papers will help visitors understand the country’s political history.

Some of Bingaman’s personal memorabilia will be on display at Western New Mexico University in Silver City, where the senator grew up.

Bingaman served in the U.S. Senate for 30 years.

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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com

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Left to right: University of New Mexico President Robert Frank, former US Senator Jeff Bingaman, and Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard at a ceremony to commemorate the July 12, 2013 contribution of Bingaman's Congressional papers to UNM. Photo courtesy of University of New Mexico.

Left to right: University of New Mexico President Robert Frank, former US Senator Jeff Bingaman, and Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard at a ceremony to commemorate the July 12, 2013 contribution of Bingaman’s Congressional papers to UNM. Photo courtesy of University of New Mexico.

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