Primary Sources are firsthand accounts that document events, individuals, experiences, and time periods.
Examples of primary sources include:
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Primary vs. Secondary Sources via Minnesota History Youtube Channel
Subjects: Women's and Gender Studies, Sociology, History
Description: Primary source collection from Gale Cengage Learning containing LGBTQ+ documents and images. Includes materials from 1950 to present. Mainly focused on the United States and Europe. Additional information about the AIDS crisis, LGBTQ+ grassroots organizations, and personal photographs from renowned activists.
Contents: Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; Primary Sources
Subjects: Women's and Gender Studies, History, Sociology, Art / Art History, Music, Research Tools
Description: Defining Gender is a collection of digitized primary sources depicting gender in British history, literature, society, and culture from 1450-1910. Materials in this collection allow the viewer to see how British perceptions of gender and gender roles developed and changed. Material types include ephemera, pamphlets, commonplace books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, manuscript journals, government papers, illustrated writings on anatomy, writings on midwifery, art and fashion publications, receipt books, conduct and advice literature, poetry, novels, ballads, drama, literary manuscripts, travel writing, and more.
Contents: Primary Sources; E-books; Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles
Subjects: Women's and Gender Studies, Sociology
Description: Primary source collection from Adam Matthew containing documents, images, and literature. Includes materials from 1800-1920. Mainly focused on the United States.
Contents: Primary Sources
Subjects: History, Political Science, Sociology, Education, Archives and Special Collections
Description: Records from men’s and women’s organizations, advice literature and etiquette books that reveal developing gender roles and relations. Gain an insight into changing societal expectations about gender roles through personal diaries and correspondence and explore the life and careers of key figures and pioneers in gender history.
Contents: Streaming Video; Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; E-books; Book Reviews
Subjects: MANY
Description: Primary source collection from Adam Matthew containing full text. This collection explores the changing attitudes towards human sexuality, gender, and sexual behaviors in America and beyond..
Contents: Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Primary Sources; Streaming Video; Streaming Audio
Subjects: Women's and Gender Studies, History, African American Studies
Description: Primary source collection from Alexander Street Press containing full text. Includes materials from 1550s-2005. Mainly focused on U.S., Canada, and Europe. Some restrictions on content access depending on repository, like oral histories. Browse by subject, historical event, or personal event.
Contents: Primary Sources
Subjects: Women's Studies
Description: Primary source collection from Gale, covering nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Resources are primarily western focus with limited content from Africa, India, East Asia, and the Pacific Rim. Browse using "Explore Collection" by organization or movement.
Contents:Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Primary Sources; organizational and government documents
Subjects: Women's and Gender Studies, History, Sociology
Description: Primary source collection from Alexander Street Press containing full text. Scanned documents may not have transcripts. Browse or search by organization or topic/theme (e.g. political and human rights, women and immigration, etc.).
Contents: Conference Proceedings; Primary Sources; Organizational and government documents
Subjects: Women's and Gender Studies, History
Description: Primary source collection from Alexander Street Press containing full text. Browse or search by movement name (e.g. Age of Consent, Temperance Movement, etc.)
Contents: Primary Sources
