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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So Sejko, as a professional archivist and head of the editorial department for Italy’s Cinecitta Luce, set about analyzing and curating from the decades of state propaganda films.
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Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
An archivist at Mississippi Public Television reached out.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Co-curator and Ruocco archivist Todd Pitman provided us with truly remarkable color film footage — now digitized — of the Design Center site and building under construction in 1949.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Their story lines are connected by the Talamasca, a secret society that keeps tabs on the world’s vampires, witches, ghosts, and demons, like archivists and librarians trained in combat and engaged in spycraft.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025
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Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
An archivist at Mississippi Public Television reached out.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Co-curator and Ruocco archivist Todd Pitman provided us with truly remarkable color film footage — now digitized — of the Design Center site and building under construction in 1949.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Their story lines are connected by the Talamasca, a secret society that keeps tabs on the world’s vampires, witches, ghosts, and demons, like archivists and librarians trained in combat and engaged in spycraft.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archivist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist
ˈär-kə-vəst
-ˌkī-
: a person in charge of archives
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