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This isn’t See’s first time digging through archives to interrogate the truth of the place where her great-grandparents Fong See and Letticie Pruett settled in 1897.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Both welcomed the approach by the Diocese of Carlisle, which previously apologised for Judith's treatment at St Monica's and opened its archives for investigation.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
So I started researching a specific prison, the Virginia State Penitentiary, because their archives had just opened.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
In fact Wilder wrote several scenes, and the playwright Kirk Lynn, whom Mr. Tapper is essentially here portraying, delved through Wilder’s archives and “completed” the play that follows.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
He was the archivist, and all the archives of the town were in his office.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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Spooked
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