Primary sources of information

A primary source brings you information directly from the source.

Examples:

• original documents like email, letters, minutes of meetings, official records, diaries, speeches, interviews, raw research data, photographs, news film footage

• creative works like art, music, drama, poetry, novels

• relics or artifacts like clothing, jewelry, furniture, pottery, buildings.

In other words, primary sources are created by people who actually saw or took part in an event, and then immediately recorded the event or how they felt about it.