n.Principally Canadianrecords created and originally kept by a minister of state or of a government departmentEastwood 1977, 4A discussion of the disposition of ministerial papers cannot be divorced from the political context in which these documents are created and accumulated.Carroll 1987, 30The Manuscript Division accepts ministerial papers in one of two ways: by gift whereby the donor relinquishes ownership of the physical property; by deposit whereby the division provides a security storage service to the depositor.Craig 1995, 112Local examples, perhaps more prosaic, were the stories of the reports on UFOs at the National Archives and the supposedly “lost” ministerial papers of Pat Carney, who was a key participant in the free trade negotiations with the United States.
