Historical Sources

Materials used for the writing of history

• Historical Resources

• Anachronistic Event Reference

• Hermeneutics

Materials that have been published for public use, such as books, magazines, reading journals, travelogues, or speech transcripts

• Manuscripts

• Published materials

• Non-written sources,

Any handwritten or typed record that has not been printed, such as archival materials, memoirs, and diaries.

• Manuscripts

• Published materials

• Non-written sources,

These are oral history, artifacts, ruins, fossils, artworks, video and audio recording

• Manuscripts

• Published materials

• Non-written sources

Materials produced by people or groups directly involved in the event or topic being studied – either participants or witnesses

• Primary sources

• Secondary sources

• Historical sources

Materials written and/or published by a firsthand eyewitness or the participant

• Written Sources

• Images

• Oral testimonies

Visual documents published or made by an eyewitness, or the participant

• Written Sources

• Images

• Oral testimonies

Materials made by a firsthand eyewitness, or the participant

• Written Sources

• Images

• Artifacts

Documented conversations written and/or published by a firsthand eyewitness, or the participant

• Written Sources

• Images

• Oral testimonies

Materials that analyze and interpret primary sources

• Primary sources

• Secondary sources

• Historical sources