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archivist

[ahr-kuh-vist, -kahy-]

noun

  1. a person responsible for preserving, organizing, or servicing archival material.



archivist

/ ˈɑːɪɪ /

noun

  1. a person in charge of archives, their collection, and cataloguing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of archivist1

From the French word archiviste, dating back to 1745–55. See archive, -ist
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"It was really humbling and surreal," says archivist Joanne Shortland, head of Heritage Collections at the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, after depositing records, engineers' drawings and photographs of historic car models.

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“I look at that and think, ‘Well, she was saving that for something,' because I end up seeing these in other places,” her archivist explains.

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Tony Best is an archivist and contractor with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who conducted an Academy oral history interview with Maple in early 2020 and remained part of her circle.

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Now, the president has fired the U.S. archivist, replacing a professional academic with Marco Rubio, despite his duties as secretary of state.

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But this archivist has spent the past 30 years solving a mystery.

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