Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Titre propre
Canada West. Provincial Secretary's Office fonds
Dénomination générale des documents
Titre parallèle
Compléments du titre
Mentions de responsabilité du titre
Notes du titre
Niveau de description
Fonds
Zone de l'édition
Mention d'édition
Mentions de responsabilité relatives à l'édition
Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Mention d'échelle (cartographique)
Mention de projection (cartographique)
Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)
Mention d'échelle (architecturale)
Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
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1821-1867 (Production)
- Producteur
- Canada West. Provincial Secretary's Office
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
220 microfilm reels : positive
Zone de la collection
Titre propre de la collection
Titres parallèles de la collection
Compléments du titre de la collection
Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
Histoire administrative
At the union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1841, the division of responsibilities between the offices of Civil Secretary and of Provincial Secretary and registrar was clarified, confirming an evolutionary trend. Where the Civil Secretary had been the principal channel of communication for the government before the Union, after 1841 the Provincial Secretary's office was the focus. This evolution in the bureaucracy paralleled and reflected the development of responsible government in the political arena.
While the office of the Civil Secretary to the Governor was unified in 1841, that of the Provincial Secretary and Registrar continued a separation based on geography. The old territory of Lower Canada was now termed Canada East and the old Upper Canada, Canada West. Parallel record-keeping systems were established by the Provincial Secretaries, using a numbered file registry system.
Historique de la conservation
Portée et contenu
The fonds consists of letters, petitions, reports, returns and other documents recieved in the office of the Provincial Secretary and Registrar for Canada West. Letterbooks contain outgoing correspondence from the Provincial Secretary's Office.
Zone des notes
État de conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Purchased - Chancellor Richardson Memorial Fund.
Classement
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
Localisation des originaux
MF 3914-3964
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Originals located at the National Archives of Canada.
Restrictions d'accès
Open
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Queen's University Archives provides this material for personal study only. It does not provide research services for this material. Permission to publish must be obtained from the National Archives of Canada.
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Accroissements
No further accruals are expected