"They are to bring all personal documents with them."
It is a study of Polish immigrants and their families based on personal documents.
Such personal documents are precious because we can see what distance has already done to our memories.
She has always lived with friends and has no personal documents.
But the piece is not only, or even mostly, a personal document.
Even so, the letter as a personal document goes back only to the 17th century.
I was sorting through the contents and came across your name on some personal documents.
It says so right there, on the personal documents she is holding.
For example, personal documents on a computer drive might identify its owner.
He gathered up all personal documents and tossed them in.