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What are primary sources?
Primary sources are items or documents that are first-hand accounts or contemporary records of events or time periods. They allow us to get as close as possible to the events that happened at a particular time. It can be firsthand testimony such as a letter, memoir or news report, or physical evidence such as an artifact, specimen or fossil. Secondary sources, on the other hand, are accounts by people not directly involved in or witness to an event, such as an article written today, about a historical event from the 1940’s, or a critique of a literary work.
Types of Primary Sources
| Diaries | Letters |
| Memoirs | Autobiographies |
| Personal narratives | Personal papers |
| Speeches | News reports |
| Government documents | Legal documents and laws |
| Oral history | Interviews |
| Photographs | Paintings, drawings |
| Original works of art, literature, music | Artifacts |
| Fossils | Specimens |
| Maps | Records of organizations |
| Case studies | Surveys |
| Census data |
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