archival record
Frequency: 5.23.5 per million words
An official document or other piece of information stored in an archive for historical reference.
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Examples (10)
- The historian spent weeks searching for the specific archival record.
- The library's special collections contain a vast number of archival records from the 18th century.
- Lawyers requested the original archival record of the land sale to be presented in court.
- Digitizing each archival record is a meticulous process that preserves history for future generations.
- She discovered her great-grandfather's immigration details in an old archival record.
- By law, this document must be preserved as a permanent archival record.
- His thesis was based on a newly discovered archival record that challenged previous assumptions.
- The fragile archival record was carefully handled by the conservator.
- Access to any archival record requires special permission from the head librarian.
- Each archival record provides a unique snapshot of a past event.