Below are some examples of primary source types that work particularly well with history classes. Remember that all of these would be *from the time period being studied*:
This set covers 125 iconic primary documents from the 1600s to the present.
Combining full-text primary sources with in-depth expert analysis, the 125 entries in the 4-volume set cover important and influential primary source documents from the third millennium BCE to the twenty-first century.
Here, the lives of notable Americans are illuminated through an in-depth study of primary source texts that made them exceptional. .
Each "Primary Sources volume covers a decade in American history ,amplifying and illuminating the decade with first-hand accounts and other primary source documentation.
A historian and former presidential speechwriter presents an unprecedented two-volume collection of the greatest speeches in American history.
When searching our catalog for books and media, combine a relevant search term with a "primary source" term, such as diaries, correspondence, personal narratives, or speeches:
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