Websites for Primary Sources
Definitions Primary sources are firsthand evidence created directly by the person who witnessed, recorded or participated in the event.
Secondary sources are interpretations or records of an event long after it took place by someone who was not present at the event.
The Library of Congress American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/index.html
Other Sources
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html
http://nova.menloschool.org/~chanson/apush/pdox.html
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/
Secondary sources are interpretations or records of an event long after it took place by someone who was not present at the event.
The Library of Congress American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/index.html
Other Sources
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html
http://nova.menloschool.org/~chanson/apush/pdox.html
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/