mem·oir 
(mĕmwär′, -wôr′)
(mĕmwär′, -wôr′)n.
1. An account of the personal experiences of an author.
2. often memoirs An autobiography.
3. A biography or biographical sketch.
4. A report, especially on a scientific or scholarly topic.
5. memoirs The report of the proceedings of a learned society.
[French mémoire, from Old French memoire, memory, from Latin memoria; see MEMORY.]
memoir·ist n.