"Primary sources are the raw materials of history - original documents and objects which were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts or interpretations of events created by someone without firsthand experience."
Library of Congress Summer Teaching Institute 2016
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Examples of Primary Sources
| Official/Legal | Personal | Financial | Communications |
| government records deeds wills inventories court documents military records tax records census records |
letters diaries journals travel logs |
invoices bills ship records/logs account books |
newspapers advertisements broadsides maps |
