Library

Primary Sources:
A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the period being studied. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event.  Also included are works created later by an eyewitness or a participant in an event, e.g. memoirs/autobiographies.

Types of primary sources:

• Original documents (including excerpts and translations): diaries, speeches, manuscrips, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records, ancient literature, magazine and newspaper articles.
•     Creative works: poetry, drama, novels, printed music, sound recordings, art.
•     Relics or artefacts: pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings.
•     Statistics and raw data
•     Reproductions, facsimiles or replicas of original documents, creative works or artefacts are also acceptable as primary sources.