Alone Quote by Allen Weinstein

For the Archivist, this role is a result of his obligation to preserve and assure timely and maximum access to our governmental records in…

— Allen Weinstein

“There are people who call themselves Archivists...Back when the Hundred Committee made their selections, the Archivists knew the works that didn't get selected would…

— Allie Condie

“Archivists were passionate people, some of whom dedicated their whole lives to the pursuit of unbiased truth. Given the wealth of information that needed…

— Becky Chambers

Most archivists don't like surprises. That's why we work in the past.

— Brad Meltzer

“He told me that archivists and librarians were opposite personas. True librarians are unsentimental. They're pragmatic, concerned with the newest, cleanest, most popular books.…

— Avi Steinberg

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Curators and archivists at local museums can play a significant role in bringing this difficult history home, a commitment that is sometimes sparked by…

— Paulette Regan

“I think you’re more an archivist than a librarian,” he said. He told me that archivists and librarians were opposite personas. True librarians are…

— Avi Steinberg

Librarians are not just gatekeepers to knowledge, they are what the American Indians used to call their special sages who preserved the oral legends…

— James H. Billington

“Librarians, too, are gatekeepers -- not of actual experience, of course, but of its written accounts. My job is to safeguard those accounts. Not…

— Martha Cooley

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

— Samuel Johnson

The librarians know the secrets, not the historians

— Dee Brown