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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Inside the company's archives, corporate archivist Virginia Angles preserves more than 120 years of Kellogg history, including some of the marketing ideas that helped make the brand a household name.
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Rachelle Graham,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Christine Roussel, a Rockefeller Center archivist, decided to investigate exactly how this photo came to be, and Lunch on a Beam is the delightful result.
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Air Mail,
20 June 2026
This collection, however, includes much more than church records, thanks to the first Diocese of Orange archivist, Friar Bill Krekelberg.
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Lillian Ashworth,
Oc Register,
18 June 2026
As archivist Maddie DeLaere has noted, the mag’s purview was capacious.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
15 June 2026
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Rachelle Graham,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Christine Roussel, a Rockefeller Center archivist, decided to investigate exactly how this photo came to be, and Lunch on a Beam is the delightful result.
—
Air Mail,
20 June 2026
This collection, however, includes much more than church records, thanks to the first Diocese of Orange archivist, Friar Bill Krekelberg.
—
Lillian Ashworth,
Oc Register,
18 June 2026
As archivist Maddie DeLaere has noted, the mag’s purview was capacious.
—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
15 June 2026
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archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist
ˈär-kə-vəst
-ˌkī-
: a person in charge of archives
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