historical record vs historical paper

historical record and historical paper both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
historical record	Yes	No	No	No
historical paper	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, historical record and historical paper are synonyms defined as:

historical record and historical paper: writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)

Other synonyms of historical record include historical document.

historical record (noun)	historical paper (noun)
writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)	writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)