archivismn.

1864 J. T. Gilbert Rec. Revelations Resumed ii. 173 Venturing into the unfamiliar department of Archivism, the principal Herald of Ireland proclaims himself the admirer of a production affording ample scope to those who deride pedigree labours.

1912 Royal Comm. Public Rec. I. i. viii. 33 In..France and Belgium archivists receive a technical training... There, archivism is a profession.

1986 Times 2 Dec. 31/2 Archivism today is concerned with much more than identifying or conserving records.

2003 P. Merrington in S. Lawrence Archaeologies of Brit. xiv. 245 Archivism or the safe-keeping of the nation's heritage and memory becomes a sacred and ceremonial performance which recursively reasserts the arche, the archaic, or origins as authority.