on Sciences] 
n., The person or organization that creates or receives and accumulates documents. [Archives] 
n., See
: active record. [Archives] 
n., In archives, the individual or agency responsible for creating, receiving, accumulating, or otherwise producing records or
n.,
 A person or institution that has charge or custody (of a child, property, papers, or other valuables). [Government] 
n., [custodians] Persons officially entrusted with guarding and keeping things, such as property, artifacts, or recor