memoir

An account of the personal experiences of an author.

An autobiography.

A biography or biographical sketch.

A report, especially on a scientific or scholarly topic.

The report of the proceedings of a learned society.

A note of something to be remembered; a memorandum.

A notice or an essay relating to something within the writer’s own memory or knowledge; a record of facts upon a subject personally known or investigated; a concise account of one’s knowledge or information on any topic; especially, a communication to a society containing such information: as, the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences.

plural A narrative of the facts or events of some phase of history or in the life of a person, written from personal knowledge or observation; a history or narrative dwelling chiefly upon points about which the writer is specially informed, as an autobiography or a continuous record of observations.

In a restricted use, a biography; a memorial volume or work containing notices of the life and character of some one deceased, with extracts from his (or her) correspondence, etc.

A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See history, 2.