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Example: A primary source is from someone who was in the event.
For example, a girl who went through the Oregon Trail and she wrote everything in her diary. She can be a primary source, if she is still alive. Her diary can also be a primary source.
More Examples: Public Records.
Personal papers (Journals/Diaries) (Correspondence / letters)
Organization records.
Newspaper articles.
Original research.
Original works of literature.
Photographs.
Art.
Background Info:
Primary Sources are immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it. Primary sources can include: Texts of laws and other original documents. Newspaper reports, by reporters who witnessed an event or who quote people who did.
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Examples of primary sources:
private diaries
photographs
direct results of research
laws--(U.S. Constitution)
novels, poems, plays
movies, screenplays
interviews with the person(s) directly involved
contracts
a report written by a witness of an event (composed that day); for example, newspaper articles describing that day or previous day's events;
"contemporary" accounts
musical score
results of an experiment or a poll
documents directly relevant to an event or issue
artifacts--tools, clothing, furniture, buildings, etc.
