primary-sources

=What is a Primary Source? =

A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. Some types of primary sources include:
 * Original Documents:
 * Diaries
 * Speeches
 * Manuscripts
 * Letters
 * Interviews
 * News film footage
 * Autobiographies
 * Official records.
 * Creative Works
 * Poetry
 * Drama
 * Novels,
 * Music
 * Art
 * Relics or artifacts
 * Pottery
 * Furniture,
 * Clothing,
 * Buildings.

Examples of primary sources include:
 * // Diary of Anne Frank //
 * Constitution of Poland
 * Journal article reporting new research or findings
 * Weaving and pottery
 * Plato's Republic

"Whether conducting research in the social sciences, history, arts, or natural sciences, the ability to distinguish between primary and secondary source material is essential..."

Source: [|Princeton University Library]
Learn how to distinguish between primary and secondary source [|here]. Learn more about primary sources at University of Illinois Library's [|Primary Village]

Go here for list of links to a great variety of primary sources. Includes documents from around the world.
 * Note: Some resources listed here __require__ username/password from host institution thus you will not be able to access those resources .**

** What is a secondary source? ** Secondary sources //interpret and analyze// primary sources. They are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them.

A secondary source is one that was created //later// by someone who //did not// experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions you’re researching. For the purposes of a historical research project, secondary sources are generally books and articles. Also included would be reference sources like encyclopedias.

=Selected Primary Sources = > Historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. >
 * Secondary sources include:
 * Textbooks
 * Magazine articles
 * Histories
 * Criticisms
 * Commentaries
 * Encyclopedias
 * Examples of secondary sources:
 * A journal/magazine article which interprets or reviews previous findings
 * A history textbook
 * A book about the effects of WWI
 * Photographs
 * Cartoons
 * [|Eyewitness to History] History through the perspective of those who actually lived it - from the ancient world through the 20th century
 * [|Propaganda posters - WWII]
 * [|Library of Congress Digital Collections]
 * Library of Congress's __[|National Jukebox] __ of historical recordings.
 * [|Warsaw Photograph before WWII]
 * Warsaw, 1947 Color (Kodachrome) photographs:
 * ==ASW Library Books==
 * [|Primary Sources]
 * [|Photographs]

**- - -** Good word to know! Political propaganda, especially favoring communism and disseminated through literature, drama, art, or music.
 * agitprop ** -noun