The accession consists of files related to the Privy Council Office, Liberal Party, and Mitchell Sharp's activities as Member of Parliament, and his post-political activities. Also included are related photographs and a tape interview as Minister of Finance. 34.6m of textual records, 1175 photographs, 1 audio reel, 1 drawing, and 1 silk flag.
The accession is a mixture of ministerial photographs and portraits relating to Mr. Sharp's career between 1956 and 1985. Subjects include Official opening of Bata International Centre, Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario, Sept. 22, 1965; visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother with Governor General Georges P. Vanier, 7-16 June, 1962, Toronto, Ontario; visit to Pope Paul VI, Roma, 1971, Italy; NATO album, Ottawa, Ontario, 1974; Canadian Cultural Association, Toronto, 1971; visit of Mr. Sharp to Saïgon, Vietnam, 1973; visits to Japan, 1956, 1970 and 1972; The Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline Project. Commemorative Weld Ceremony, Burton Creek, Alberta, 27 Sept. 1980; The Fifth Meeting of Canada-Japan Ministerial Committee, April 17-18, 1969; visits to Iran, Scandinavia, 1969; Africa, 1971; Germany, Yugoslavia and Brussels, 1970; Benelux, 1971; China, 1972; and Denmark, 1973.
The accession consists of one (1) cartoon by H. Al Brown on the subject of Wage and Price Controls introduced during the time of the Trudeau Government.
The accession consists of one (1) nylon flag being a proposed design for the 1964 National Flag Competition. The design shows three equal size red maple leaves with white borders sharing a single stem the entire motif set against a royal blue background. The identity of the person responsible for this design in not known.
Interview between Mitchell Sharp and journalist Betty Kennedy on Ontario radio station CFRB in 1968. Mr. Sharp was Minister of Finance and Receiver General in the Liberal governmetn of Prime Minsiter Lester Pearson at the time. Recorded shortly before Mr. Sharp's unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party (won by Pierre Trudeau), he discusses his career along with a number of issues facing himself and the government.
