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Primary Source: In the study of History, a primary source is an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study.
The following databases contain primary source material:
News coverage at the local, state, regional, national, and international level from over 14,200 print and online newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts, and videos.
Digitized pages of over 1,500 American special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, and children’s and women’s magazines published between 1740 and 1940.
Digitized pages of every issue of the Chicago Defender from 1909 through 1975 including articles, editorials, ads, and obituaries.
Digitized pages of every issue of the Chicago Tribune from 1849 through 2000 including articles, editorials, ads, and obituaries.
Digitized pages of every issue of the Detroit Free Press from 1831 through 1999 including articles, editorials, ads, and obituaries.
Digitized pages of every issue of the New York Times from 1851 through 2020 including articles, editorials, ads, and obituaries.
Digitized pages of every issue of the Washington Post from 1877 through 2008 including articles, editorials, ads, and obituaries.
