Dipping into the archive is always an interesting, if sometimes unsettling, proposition. It often begins with anxiety, with the fear that the thing you want won't surface. But ultimately the process is a little like tapping into the unconscious, and can bring with it the ambivalent gratification of rediscovering forgotten selves. Moyra Davey, Long Life Cool White: Photographs and Essays

You might be looking for the normal archive, which doesn't include notes.