archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist
ˈär-kə-vist 
-ˌkī-
: a person who has the job of collecting and storing the materials in an archive
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To prepare for the release of the 1926 census, archivists spent nearly three years conserving, digitizing and transcribing the decades-old data, McBride said.
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Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Participants will hear a presentation from SARA archivist Melissa Nesbitt on how to start their own genealogy research.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 25 Apr. 2026
Chief Inspector Lola Castro asks Agata, a young autistic police archivist working in criminal records to bring documents of a similar death.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
The estate has hired archivists and engineers to catalog and digitize the remaining 55 percent of the work in the vault that’s undocumented.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Participants will hear a presentation from SARA archivist Melissa Nesbitt on how to start their own genealogy research.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 25 Apr. 2026
Chief Inspector Lola Castro asks Agata, a young autistic police archivist working in criminal records to bring documents of a similar death.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
The estate has hired archivists and engineers to catalog and digitize the remaining 55 percent of the work in the vault that’s undocumented.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist
ˈär-kə-vəst
-ˌkī-
: a person in charge of archives
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