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Although longtime Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley has filed paperwork to run for his eighth re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2028 — when he’ll be 95, pushing him over 100 by the end of the term should he win — the University of Northern Iowa is preparing to receive his Senate papers once he finally retires.

That includes forming a planning committee, identifying space for the material, strategizing ways to digitize the collection, and developing a new Chuck and Barbara Grassley Center — including its mission, governance and funding.

But UNI archivists and collections personnel already have done significant work reviewing and analyzing the Grassley inventory in storage at UNI’s Rod Library

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