REPOSITORIES OF

PRIMARY
SOURCES
What is Primary Sources?
A primary source (also called an original
source) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript,
autobiography, recording, or any other source of
information that was created at the time under
study. It serves as an original source of information
about the topic.
What is Repositories of Primary
Sources?
Is a "listing of over 5000 websites describing
holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books,
historical photographs, and other primary sources
for the research scholar."
What are the benefits of using Primary
Sources?
Primary sources help students develop knowledge,
skills, and analytical abilities. When dealing directly with
primary sources, students engage in asking questions,
thinking critically, making intelligent inferences, and
developing reasoned explanations and interpretations of
events and issues in the past and present.
 Six Repositories of Primary
sources Archives in the USA
🍑Association of Moving Image Archivists.
🍑Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
🍑Library of Congress Film Archive.
🍑Margaret Herrick Library.
🍑UCLA Film Center.
🍑Yale Mass Media Archives.
 What are the different example
repositories of primary sources:

🍑archives and manuscript material

🍑photographs, audio recordings,video recordings, films
🍑journals, letters and diaries
🍑scrapbooks
🍑published books, newspapers and magazine clippings published
at the time
🍑government publications
🍑oral histories
🍑records of organizations
🍑autobiographies and memoirs
🍑printed ephemera
🍑artifacts, e.g. Clothing, costumes, furniture
🍑research data, e.g. Public opinion polls
 Five Repositories of Primary Sources in
Philippines
🍑 Asia Pacific Research Center.
🍑 Ateneo de Manila University. American Historical Collection.
🍑 Ateneo de Manila University. Pardo de Tavera Room.
🍑 De La Salle University. University Archives.
🍑 Filipinas Heritage Library.