A primary source is a document or other sort of evidence written or created during the time of study; primary sources offer an eyewitness view of a particular event.
Types of primary sources include: addresses OR correspondence OR documents OR "oral history" OR diaries OR speeches OR letters OR minutes OR interviews OR journals OR narratives OR memoirs OR images OR "news film" OR autobiographies OR official records OR photographs.
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Image source: Primary source document--portion of contract agreement between G. W. Miles Rigor and Thomas R. Vickroy by which LVC was brought into being. Paul A. W. Wallace. Lebanon Valley College: A Centennial History.