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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Some argue that enough states have now approved the amendment, but the U.S. archivist declined to certify it because Congress explicitly set a deadline for ratification that states did not meet.
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Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
Trump fired the archivist of the United States and expunged the boards of visitors of every service academy.
—Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Just a few weeks into Donald Trump’s second administration, the president fired the archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan, who was the first woman to lead NARA, and pushed out most of the senior staff.
—Elaine Weiss, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
The struggle is often more obvious in the expectations imposed on an African writer who must not only be a creative who crafts stories and an archivist who documents histories and interrogates the present, but also an activist who shoves truth in the face of power.
—Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, The Dial, 4 Mar. 2025
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Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
Trump fired the archivist of the United States and expunged the boards of visitors of every service academy.
—Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Just a few weeks into Donald Trump’s second administration, the president fired the archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan, who was the first woman to lead NARA, and pushed out most of the senior staff.
—Elaine Weiss, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
The struggle is often more obvious in the expectations imposed on an African writer who must not only be a creative who crafts stories and an archivist who documents histories and interrogates the present, but also an activist who shoves truth in the face of power.
—Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, The Dial, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archivist. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist
ˈär-kə-vəst
-ˌkī-
: a person in charge of archives
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