personal archive
One's saved documents
A personal archive is a collection of documents, photographs, letters, or other materials accumulated by an individual over time.
Unlike institutional archives, personal archives reflect one person's life, interests, or work: She donated her personal archive to the university library.
The term also applies to digital collections—saved emails, files, photos—that document someone's history.
- collectionGathered set of items
- memoriesStored past experiences
- memory laneFigurative path through recollections
- scrapbookBook for preserving mementos
- photographsLight-captured images
journals · keepsakes · keepsake box · shoe box · documents · letters · diary · memorabilia · family history · storage · boxes · attic · dusty · faded · treasures · time capsule · clippings · records
- music collectionsplaylists, albums, songs, tracks, CDs
- gentleman's studyrare books, first editions, bookshelves, reading chair, reading lamp
- indie filmindie films, indie film, independent, low budget, independent film
personal archivenational archive
Government's preserved document collection
government records · official records · public records · library collection · collective memory
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