Archives vs. Archive

Archivesnoun

a collection of records especially about an institution.

Archivesnoun

a place where historical records and documents are kept.

Archivesnoun

collection of records especially about an institution

Archivesnoun

a depository containing historical records and documents

Archivenoun

A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.

Archivenoun

The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).

Archiveverb

To put into an archive.

Archivenoun

The place in which public records or historic documents are kept.

Archivenoun

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

Archivenoun

a depository containing historical records and documents

Archiveverb

put into an archive

Archive

An archive is an accumulation of historical records – in any media – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of that person or organization.