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Primary Sources

What are firsthand accounts?

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Primary sources are firsthand accounts of what people felt and experienced. These are original sources that can be in the form of written words, audio and video recordings, or artwork. There are many different types of primary sources, as you can see from the list below.

  • interviews
  • speeches
  • autobiographies
  • journal or diary entries
  • letters
  • emails
  • blogs
  • social media posts
  • images
  • videos
  • audio recordings
  • government publications
  • works of art
  • literature