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National History Day Guide

This guide is for students and teachers who are interested in using our collections for their National History Day Project.

Primary Source Introduction

Primary sources are firsthand accounts, eyewitness evidence, that documents something that occurs.

Types of records often considered primary sources:

  • Artifacts

  • Contemporary news articles

  • Correspondence

  • Diaries

  • Film/video of event

  • Government documents

  • Interviews

  • Meeting minutes

  • Memos

  • Personal narratives

  • Photographs

  • Research Data

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