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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That’s apt for a dramatized documentary that looks at its subject from an unusual angle: the discovery of photographs taken at Auschwitz and the archivists who brought them to light.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Goucher students and faculty, archivists, and descendants of enslaved families and members of Indigenous tribes who lived on the land met Friday at Goucher’s Descendant Engagement Symposium to share research updates.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Goucher students and faculty, archivists, and descendants of enslaved families and members of Indigenous tribes who lived on the land met Friday at Goucher’s Descendant Engagement Symposium to share research updates.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024
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archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist
ˈär-kə-vəst
-ˌkī-
: a person in charge of archives
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