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Archival Collections and Primary Sources


Introduction to Archives and Manuscripts - Primary Sources

Archival materials are primary sources and include things like letters, diaries, manuscripts, newspaper articles, as well as audio/visual and ...

Primary Sources: Archival Research

Archival research involves primary sources held in an archives, a Special Collections library, or other repository. Archival sources can be ...

Researching with Archival & Special Collections Primary Source ...

Special Collections refers to any cohesive collection of research materials linked by origin or by a thematic focus.

What are primary sources? - Special Collections and Archives

What Is a Primary Source? · Vital Records (birth and death certificates, marriage records) · Newspapers · Maps · Architectural records · Oral ...

Primary vs Secondary Source - Archives & Special Collections

Archival collections are different from library collections which usually contain published materials, most of which are considered secondary sources, not ...

Special Collections & Archives | Using Primary Sources

Primary sources are documents, images, or artifacts that provide firsthand testimony or direct evidence of a historical topic.

Introduction to Archival Research: Finding primary sources

Archival collections are usually made up of original primary source documents. To preserve historical context, the titles of collections ...

Introduction to Archival Research: Definition of Primary Sources

Primary sources are the raw materials of historical research - they are the documents or artifacts closest to the topic of investigation. Often ...

Research Guides: Primary Sources in Archives & Special Collections

It is both a paper document in the collection and a digital object in e-Archives. The best way of citing this document as a digital object using ...

Primary Sources - Archival Research

Types of primary sources: Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, photographs, letters, oral history interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, ...

Primary vs. Secondary Sources - Archives - Library Research Guides

Primary sources vary in form and include documents, images, or artifacts. These original works serve as direct evidence and are considered ...

What are archives? - Primary Source Research and Discovery

Research in archives uses firsthand information from letters, reports, notes, memos, photographs, audio and video recordings, and other primary sources.

Understanding & Using Primary Sources - Archival Research

Finding aids are like extra long catalog records that help document what is in an archival collection. The archivists at Purdue University ...

Introduction to Archival Research: Types of primary sources

However, if you use a collection of history textbooks to study the ways the American Civil War has been taught in schools in different periods ...

Art History: Archival Collections and Primary Sources

Web directory to US archival collections of primary source materials by and about women visual artists active in the US since 1945.

Archives and Special Collections: Primary and Secondary Sources

While secondary sources collect material and present it through analysis or interpretation, primary sources are contemporary and first-hand accounts of ...

Archives - Primary Sources - Research Guides at New York University

This guide is to help users to identify, locate, and use primary sources in their research. Using Archives & Manuscripts Finding Archival Collections @ NYU

Types and Formats - Primary Sources at Yale

Archival records or manuscripts may include business and personal correspondence, diaries and journals, legal and financial documents, photographs, maps, ...

Archival & Primary Sources - UK Libraries - University of Kentucky

Kentucky & Regional Collections ... UK Libraries also houses an array of archival and primary source materials documenting the history of Kentucky, Appalachia, ...

Primary Sources in Archives & Special Collections

Other useful places to search for archival materials include local historical societies, state archives, and research libraries.