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      • Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented.
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  2. Apr 14, 2024 · Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented.

    • Emily Bell
    • 2013
  3. In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called an original source) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic.

  4. Learn how to search and use primary sources from the Library of Congress online collections for teaching and learning. Find curated sets, tips, resources, and expert help.

  5. Primary sources are original documents and objects that were created at the time under study. Learn why and how to teach with primary sources, and find resources and activities from the Library of Congress.

  6. Apr 8, 2024 · Primary Source. A primary source is an eyewitness account of an event or data obtained through original statistical or scientific research. What are some examples of primary sources? Diaries; Letters; Speeches; Photographs; Official records (government reports, transcripts, court records, death certificates, etc.)

    • Susan McElrath
    • 2019
  7. Apr 24, 2024 · Primary sources are the "materials on a topic upon which subsequent interpretations or studies are based, anything from firsthand documents such as poems, diaries, court records, and interviews to research results generated by experiments, surveys, ethnographies, and so on."*

  8. Mar 25, 2024 · A primary source (also called original source) is a document, recording, artifact, or other source of information that was created at the time under study, usually by a source with direct personal knowledge of the events being described. It serves as an original source of information about the topic.

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