Paul Blankenship's Primary Sources Page

I provide these links to assist my student in locating primary sources for their projects.

Primary source documents (PSDs) are required for projects in my classes.

What is a primary source document?

Library of Congress Learning Page - A lesson on primary sources.

Wikipedia defines primary and secondary sources.

Yale University provides some definitions.

Links

The American Colonist's Library - Primary sources for early American History.

Civil War Women - A collection of PSDs.

Discoverers Web: Primary Resources - About the voyages of discovery.

Eduplace: Primary Sources on the Web - An index of primary source sites.

EuroDocs - Western European primary sources.

NARA's Digital Classroom - The National Archives page for education.

From Revolution to Reconstruction - A large index of PSDs.

Repositories of Primary Sources

Using Primary Sources on the Web - includes citation help.

WWII Resources - PSDs from WWII.

Yale University on Primary Sources

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