keepsake

Something that one keeps because of the memories it calls to mind.

Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship. The word was used as the title of some of the holiday gift-books formerly published annually. See annual, n., 4.

Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.

Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.

Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings.

something of sentimental value