【Document】 ,  【monument】 ,  【record】 ,  【archive】  denote something preserved and serving as evidence (as of an event, a situation, or the thought of its time).

【Document】 commonly designates something written or printed (as a letter, a charter, a deed, a will, or a book) or something carrying an inscription (as a coin, a tombstone, or a medal) that has value as evidence because of its contemporaneousness.

【Monument】 is applicable to whatever serves as a memorial of the past; it is usually applied to a building, work of art, or other relic of the past, especially one that serves as a reminder (as of a country′s greatness, a nation′s triumphs in war, or a period′s accomplishments in art).

【Record】 implies the intent to preserve evidence of something; it denotes matter recorded (as by writing or taping) so that exact knowledge of what has occurred will be perpetuated.

【Archive】  (see also MUSEUM ) is applicable to a 【document】 or 【record】 preserved especially throughout a long period. Its more common plural form archives suggests a miscellaneous accumulation, rather than a carefully selected collection, of records and documents.