Primary Docs

What are Primary Sources?

Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented. Often these sources are created at the time when the events or conditions are occurring, but primary sources can also include autobiographies, memoirs, and oral histories recorded later. Primary sources are characterized by their content, regardless of whether they are available in original format, in microfilm/microfiche, in digital format, or in published format. Yale University

http://www.princeton.edu/~refdesk/primary2.html PU shares what is a primary source

SPECIFIC LINKS:

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/ National Archives

http://teachingamericanhistory.org Teaching American History

http://www.gilderlehrman.org Gilder Leherman

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/PrimDocsHome.html Library of Congress

http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/index.htm WW I

http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/document/document.htm Holocaust

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/primary.html Various

http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page EuroDocs

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/ US -Civil War

http://library.csusm.edu/subject_guides/history/online_primary.asp Cal State portal