History 333 Final Research Project
For this final project, you'll be curating an exhibit of primary sources from between the years 1400-1778. This guide provides suggestions on conducting research and tools to find both your primary and secondary sources.
Below is a list of primary sources that may be available on your topic.
Types of Primary Sources
These are some possible categories/formats of materials you might find. Of course, technologies available at the time of the event will determine some categories: Film newsreels are not going to be found if you are searching the Dark Ages!
- Newspapers
- Memoir, autobiography
- Diary or diaries
- Letters, Correspondence
- Maps
- Personal narrative
- Journal (not the scholarly publication, but more like a diary)
- Government reports and publications
- Oral history transcriptions
Image or sound file
- Photographs/slides/prints
- Paintings and drawings (a high quality photograph will be acceptable)
- Newsreels
- Television shows
- Newscasts
- Music recordings and videos
- Oral history recordings
Realia (objects)
- Artwork
- Buildings
- Toys and games
- Clothing
- Furniture
- Souvenirs
- Scrapbooks
- Ephemera (items created for short-term or one-time use such as flyers, brochures, ticket stubs)
