Which is an example of a primary source?

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.

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.

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