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What are Primary Sources?

Primary Sources are immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it. Primary sources related to your assignment can include:

  • Newspaper reports, by reporters who viewed a film, and/or who quote people who did.
  • Speeches, diaries, letters, and interviews - what the people involved said or wrote.
  • Original research about a film or topic.
  • Datasets, survey data, such as census or economic statistics, box office numbers, etc.
  • Photographs, video, or audio that capture an event.

We do have an entire guide on primary sources if you're interested or want more detail: https://library.seattleu.edu/primary

Finding historical primary documents

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