Archivist Quotes

The Archivist of the United States essentially works for the American people across partisan lines and not, regardless of which Administration nominates the person, for a particular President or political party. (Allen Weinstein)
For a language is really alive only as long as there is someone to speak it to. When you are the only one left, your knowledge of your language is like a repository, or archive, of your people's spoken linguistic past. If the language has never been written down, or recorded on tape-and there are still many which have not-it is all there is. But, unlike the normal idea of an archive, which continues to exist long after the archivist is dead, the moment the last speaker of an unwritten or unrecorded language dies, the archive disappears for ever. When a language dies which has never been recorded in some way, it is as if it has never been. View quote
David Crystal
For the Archivist, this role is a result of his obligation to preserve and assure timely and maximum access to our governmental records in the evolving historic saga of the American people. View quote
Allen Weinstein
Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office. View quote
Allen Weinstein
Not only the Archivist alone but all who work for NARA are designated custodians of America's national memory. View quote
Allen Weinstein
I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist. View quote
Winona Ryder
Linda Tripp has shown that a true friend is an archivist, a biographer. View quote
Mary Schmich