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a person who has the job of collecting and storing the materials in an archive
consulted with the archivist in conducting her research
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Recent Examples of archivists
For more than a year, Ricker has worked with government engineers, archivists and National Parks personnel to develop a device that will insulate and preserve dozens of present-day documents from natural elements, like water, oxygen and temperature fluctuations, for the country’s 500th anniversary.
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
Here are eight takes on the cover-friendly storage solution, fit for design fiends, bookworms, and archivists alike.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 18 Feb. 2026
Once Raymond was discharged from the military, the couple lived outside of New York City for a while before relocating to Nashville, archivists told WTVF.
—CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
The Ḫattuša archivists developed a catalog and corresponding metadata — titles taken from the first words of each text, brief descriptions of contents, genre classifications, and the like.
—Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
People will also be asking who has a building big enough for our subset group of archivists documenting, artists making things, community organizers gathering, professors panicking, singers singing, parents guarding in order to gather us together again.
—Angela Pelster, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
For many filmmakers, publishers, programmers, and archivists, Public Domain Day is one of the most consequential dates on the creative calendar.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2025
Rats and other rodents and pests can make great archivists.
—Alexandria Mitchem Hansen, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
For the last 50 years, archivists have been cataloguing and preserving the naturalist’s lifetime of surviving correspondences, resulting in 30 volumes of edited material.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2025
Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
Here are eight takes on the cover-friendly storage solution, fit for design fiends, bookworms, and archivists alike.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 18 Feb. 2026
Once Raymond was discharged from the military, the couple lived outside of New York City for a while before relocating to Nashville, archivists told WTVF.
—CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
The Ḫattuša archivists developed a catalog and corresponding metadata — titles taken from the first words of each text, brief descriptions of contents, genre classifications, and the like.
—Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
People will also be asking who has a building big enough for our subset group of archivists documenting, artists making things, community organizers gathering, professors panicking, singers singing, parents guarding in order to gather us together again.
—Angela Pelster, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
For many filmmakers, publishers, programmers, and archivists, Public Domain Day is one of the most consequential dates on the creative calendar.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2025
Rats and other rodents and pests can make great archivists.
—Alexandria Mitchem Hansen, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
For the last 50 years, archivists have been cataloguing and preserving the naturalist’s lifetime of surviving correspondences, resulting in 30 volumes of edited material.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archivists
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On a call from Mexico on Thursday with reporters, Estrada Juarez, 42, said DACA was supposed to protect people like her who work hard and follow the rules.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Department of Defense is working to schedule the dignified transfer, Leavitt told reporters at White House press briefing on March 4.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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After a $57 million redo, Washington-on-the-Brazos is reborn with multiple new buildings that flesh out the townsite as carefully documented by archaeologists, historians and others.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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Each event features hands-on art making, music or performance, community vendors, and a chance to meet artists, historians and educators.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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The mere departure of cabinet secretaries does not wipe the slate clean by any means.—
Steve Arentz,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
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Top Cabinet secretaries often complete the rounds of the shows, racing from studio to studio or video appearance to video appearance.—
Garrett Downs,Greg Iacurci,Azhar Sukri,Spriha Srivastava,Emma Graham,Lee Ying Shan,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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And in ordinary academic buildings and offices tucked up in the corners of the athletic department, university registrars and academic advisors were setting their hair on fire, trying to figure out how to approve transcripts and shoehorn new students into classes that were already full.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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