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Primary sources, according to a definition used by the American Library Association, are original records created at the time historical events occurred or well after events in the form of memoirs and oral histories.

Primary sources may include letters, manuscripts, diaries, journals, newspapers, speeches, interviews, memoirs, documents produced by government agencies such as Congress or the Office of the President, photographs, audio recordings, moving pictures or video recordings, research data, and objects or artifacts such as works of art or ancient roads, buildings, tools, and weapons.

These sources serve as the raw material to interpret the past, and when they are used along with previous interpretations by historians, they provide the resources necessary for current historical research.

General List of Ingram Library Online Databases

featuring Primary Sources:

America's Historical Newspapers

American Periodicals Online

Ancestry Library Edition

ArchivesGrid

Digital Library of Georgia

Eighteenth Century Collections Online

New York Times 1851-2001

Periodicals Archive Online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 1867-1970

U.S. Congressional Serial Set

Washington Post 1877-1991