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PRIMARY SOURCES

Primary Sources can include:

The videos below explain the concept in several different contexts.

This video explains the difference using examples from the Apollo 11 Moon Mission.

The Civil Rights Movement: Primary and Secondary Sources

This video clip looks at primary and secondary source material from and about the civil rights era.

Finding Primary Sources in JSTOR

Examine primary and secondary sources from the Cold War era.

Try this Google custom search for primary sources:

Here are few mega sites for primary sources.

Documents of American History by Commager
Call Number: R 973 COM
Publication Date: 1964
The American Republic Primary Sources by Edited by Frohnen
Call Number: R 973 FRO
From Colonial times to the period just before the Civil War.
Dictionary of Historic Documents by George C. Kohn
Call Number: R 016 KOH
ISBN: 0-8160-1978-9
Publication Date: 1991

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