Synonyms of archivists

archivists

noun

plural of archivist

as in reporters

a person who has the job of collecting and storing the materials in an archive

consulted with the archivist in conducting her research

Related Words

• reporters
• historians
• secretaries
• registrars
• recorders
• chroniclers
• bookkeepers
• clerks
• transcriptionists
• registers
• documenters
• scribes
• annalists

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of archivists

From Black historians to disability scholars, archivists to musicians, film is a global medium through which people learn about the world and each other. — Kristen Lopez, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026

Academic titleholders at Cornell -- including professors, senior lecturers, librarians, archivists and others -- are eligible to be senators, who serve three-year terms. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

The discovery also gives scientists and archivists a clearer picture of the biodiversity of that time, which may help explain humans’ coexistence with wildlife. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2026

The report’s authors, Solana Chehtman and Sharon Mizota, surveyed more than 150 artists, family members, archivists, curators, and legacy professionals to create the eighty-page document. — News Desk, Artforum, 24 Sep. 2026

Almost 250 archivists have contributed to the project so far, and anyone is welcome to help document this wide and weird subsection of urban planning. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026

Publicly accessible early versions of some games released before this SteamPipe transition had been considered lost content by archivists, no longer accessible from Valve itself and living on only as local downloads on aging machines. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 30 Aug. 2026

Before Vine was gone for good, volunteer internet archivists preserved many of its videos for posterity and Divine used this archive to restore some of the internet’s favorites. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

Before archivists can preserve a record, the record must survive long enough to make it into their hands. — Steven Melendez, Scientific American, 2 July 2026