auto export of historical / archive data

Hello, looking for a little kick start here,

I would like to automate, through Model Builder then export to Python, a process to extract my archived data.

We are archiving our data, and need to send the changes to a third party every month.

In ArcMap, I can 'Add Historical Archive' then query and export the date range I need no problem. I can also model the export portion of this no problem (the model can 'see' the Archive data), but in Python, there is no direct connection to the Archived data.

Does anyone know if there is a way to accomplish the 'Add Historical Archive' of a particular Feature Class in ModelBuilder?

Thanks, Dave