Primary Sources
What is a Primary Source?
Primary sources are those records generated by a particular event or time period, by those who participated in or witnessed it. Primary sources contain original information and are usually the place where the original information first appears. Examples of primary sources include interviews, diaries, letters, speeches, results of experiments or original research, literary works, autobiographies, original theories, and other materials.
Source: library.rcc.edu/glossaryoflibraryterms.htm
Using Primary Sources on the web (Guide to using primary sources from the experts)
Why should you study history through primary sources?
School Resource:
History Study Center: http://www.proquestk12.com/
User ID: sohs Password: raiders
Here are some Resources for Primary Sources
Eyewitness to history:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
Repository of Primary Sources:
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
National Archives and Records Administration’s Digital Classroom http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html
Ready, ‘Net, Go! (Archival indexes) http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/ArchivesResources.html
Library and Archival Indexes on the Web http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhibitions/
Artifact and Analysis (Smithsonian) http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/ap/index.htm
Learning Page (Library of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html
American Memory Collection http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
ACRL: US History primary and secondary sources
Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents
Primary source materials and document based questions
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century
American History and Government Hotlist
Black History: Primary Sources
Chronology of US historical Documents
Core documents of US democracy
Images of American Political History (all of these images are believed to be in the public domain so you can use them for projects)
History Net (history magazine website)
Japanese American relocation digital archive
Avalon Project: WWII documents
US Latino WWII Oral History Project
Chicano/Latinos in the American West (scroll to the very bottom for a list of historical sites and documents)
Chicano/Latino Net History Proejct
Chicano studies research center
Latino Cultural Heritage Digital Archives
Hispanic reading room (library of congress)
Primary Sources: Springfield Township High School Library (a large list!)http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/%7Espjvweb/primary.html
