Primary Sources

Primary sources are original records created at the time historical events occurred or well after events in the form of memoirs and oral histories. Primary sources may include letters, manuscripts, diaries, journals,
newspapers, speeches, interviews, memoirs, documents produced by government agencies, photographs, audio recordings, moving pictures or video recordings, research data, and objects or artifacts such as works of art and tools.
Using Primary Sources on the Web is a site with basic information about finding and evaluating primary sources on the web.
The following are links to major collections of primary sources and to directories of primary sources.  Special Topics includes links to primary sources on specific topics of study by BHS students.