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archivists

noun

plural of archivist

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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 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 Since the diocese’s founding in 1976, clergy members and archivists have curated unique pieces of Orange County history to preserve its culture and faith. — Lillian Ashworth, Oc Register, 18 June 2026 Hollywood archivists will appreciate all the new interview footage with an octogenarian Dern, and the endless compilations of film clips provide a foundation for anyone looking into Dern’s filmography for the first time. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 20 May 2026 Variety will tap its vast archive and collaborate with NBCUniversal archivists to document milestone moments, with an emphasis on NBC’s legacy of innovation and its endurance as a cornerstone of media and entertainment business. — William Earl, Variety, 13 May 2026

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The president was asked by reporters at the White House whether he had been briefed about any links between the pilot behind the attack and Tehran.

— DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
In interviews with over two dozen residents of the Texas borderland, NYT reporters gave voice to personal accounts of the frustrations that many Latinos are feeling in the country.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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Archaeologists and historians tell their stories from the ambition and ingenuity that made them, to the conflict and catastrophe that transformed them into the ruins of today.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Most historians already accept that the author of the Declaration of Independence fathered children with Hemings, but the DNA testing done over the years to settle the case did not involve samples from Jefferson himself.

— Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026

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To do that work, the state plans to add as many as four deputy attorneys general, a legal analyst and three legal secretaries, according to a legislative analyst’s report.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
After work and over breaks for coffee, other secretaries told comparable stories.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

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Curtis was appointed by the Shasta County Board of Supervisors last year after two previous registrars resigned.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
The Bayeux Tapestry‘s journey to the British Museum was made possible by a remarkable team of conservators, registrars, engineers, and specialist art handlers whose work is rarely seen by the public—and the Times of London has given them their due.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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