private archive

collocation in English

meaningsofprivateandarchive

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private
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.vət/us
/ˈpraɪ.vət/
only for one person or group and not ...
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archive
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɑː.kaɪv/us
/ˈɑːr.kaɪv/
a collection of historical records relating to a place, organization, ...
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(Definition ofprivateandarchivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprivate archive

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It is aprivatearchivewhich houses numerous civic records from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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The biography was published in 2001, in large part a hagiographical compilation of his correspondence andprivatearchive.
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Without doubt there are private archives waiting to be identified and used by historians.
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Jones also maintains aprivatearchivedocumenting artworks and exhibitions of art and technology based artists.
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As a result, public and private archives of performances form, which establish themselves as media storages in addition to the cultural archives written in musical notation.
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I base this paper on research in public and private archives and interviews with key participants in the labor movement, ordinary workers, and civil and political administrators.
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Private archives are, of course, private property and, subject to the export regulations, may be disposed of as the owners wish.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In addition, the archive accepts and stores private archives.
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Usually these are family heirlooms of some type, although occasionally they are public objects or landmarks or items owned by private archives or museums.
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There are also private archives.
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Church and private archives also existed.
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