The idea of the database as storyteller is very interesting to me, particularly how it plays into the scholarly tension that has arisen over the field of digital humanities. Part of the momentum behind digital scholarship comes from the perceived inculcation of quantitative rigor into humanities work; in other words, the reinterpretation of "stories" into "data." And yet, as you observe here, researchers who use the Archive as a source are tapping into something more than just data; the way they access the information often presents a story in its own right.