Both Uses

recollect
in
The Hidden Oracle
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I could not recollect all of the nightmarish details of my fight with Python, but I did know he had been no pushover.†
p. 107.7 *

recollect = remember
Right now, our friends at Camp Jupiter are trying to reconstruct them based on Ella's recollections.†
p. 202.3

recollections = memories

Definitions:

(1) (recollect)
to remember -- especially experiences from long ago

Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):

Relative to its synonyms, recollect brings to mind a leisurely piecing together of distant memories. It may be used in a less formal manner than remember and is almost always less formal than recall.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
(historical usage) a thought or to collect thoughts -- often after an interruption -- often gaining composure, awareness, or a perspective