1. (n.) The place in which public records or historic documents are kept.

2. (n.) Public records or documents preserved as evidence of facts; as, the archives of a country or family.

Clio Muse of history account adventures anecdotage anecdote annals archive autobiography biograph biographical sketch biographize biography book calendar carve case history catalog chalk chalk up check in check sheet chronicles chronologize chronology clock card confessions correspondence curriculum vitae cut date slip datebook daybook describe description diary docket document documentation engrave enroll enscroll enter epic epos experiences file fill out fortunes grave hagiography hagiology historify historiography history impanel incise index inscribe insert intercalate inventory jot down journal legend letters life life and letters life story list log make a memorandum make a note make an entry make out mark down martyrology matriculate memoir memoirs memorabilia memorial memorials minute narrate narration narrative necrology note note down obituary photobiography pipe roll place upon record poll post post up profile put down put in writing put on paper put on tape recital record recording recount recountal reduce to writing register registry relate relic remains report resume retail roll rolls roster rota saga scroll set down story table tabulate take down tale tape tape-record tell theory of history time book time chart time scale time schedule time sheet time study timecard timetable token trace version vestige videotape write write down write in write out write up yarn