record keeper
Ledger maintenance person
A record keeper is a person or system responsible for maintaining documents, data, or official information.
The term applies across contexts—from corporate record keepers tracking financial transactions to historical archivists preserving documents.
In retirement plans, the record keeper tracks account balances and contributions: The 401(k) record keeper sent quarterly statements.
Office record-keeper
- registrarKeeper of official records
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- bookkeeperFinancial records maintainer
- accountantFinancial records keeper
notary · filing · data entry · typist · minutes · registry · database · spreadsheet
Recorder of historical events
- diaristOne who keeps journals
- scribeManual document copier
- biographerOne who writes lives
- memoiristAuthor of personal recollections
narrator · chronologist · transcriber · compiler · journal · ledger · logbook · chronicle
Protective care of possessions
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- stewardManager for another
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- protectorOne who safeguards others
conservator · preserver · vault · security · confidentiality · privacy · compliance · retention
Stored historical documents
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
documents · classification · indexing · accessioning · provenance · digitization · conservation · archival
Arranging into groups
- systematizationCreating ordered structure
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
sorting · arranging · inventory · methodology · taxonomy · cross-referencing · alphabetizing · labeling
clerk
Office record-keeper
- registrarKeeper of official records
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- bookkeeperFinancial records maintainer
accountant · notary · filing · data entry · typist · minutes · registry · database · spreadsheet · ledger
annalist
Recorder of historical events
- diaristOne who keeps journals
- scribeManual document copier
- biographerOne who writes lives
memoirist · narrator · chronologist · transcriber · compiler · journal · ledger · logbook · chronicle · annals
safekeeping
Protective care of possessions
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- stewardManager for another
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
protector · conservator · preserver · vault · security · confidentiality · privacy · compliance · retention · disposal
archives
Stored historical documents
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
manuscripts · documents · classification · indexing · accessioning · provenance · digitization · conservation · archival · depository
categorization
Arranging into groups
- systematizationCreating ordered structure
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
classification · sorting · arranging · inventory · methodology · taxonomy · cross-referencing · alphabetizing · labeling · tagging
- knowledge keepersarchivist, curator, historian, librarian, loremaster
- registry officeregistrar, birth certificate, death certificate, marriage certificate, marriage license
- Egyptian bureaucracyvizier, scribe, pharaoh, overseer, tax collector
- genealogistsgenealogist, family historian
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- ancient governmentvizier, prefect, consul, satrap, procurator
record keeperdisorganizer
One who creates disorder
slob · hoarder · scatterbrain
record keeperanalyst
One who examines systematically
decision maker · strategist · doer · practitioner · active participant
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