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HIST 260: An Introduction to Canadian History

Primary Sources

Primary sources are original sources, in which its witnesses or first recorders describe a time, person or event.

Some types of primary sources include:

  • diaries and journals
  • speeches, interviews, letters
  • memoirs and autobiographies
  • government documents
  • published materials,  e.g. magazine and newspapers articles written at the particular time

Featured Resources

The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ARchives

Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources

CBC Archives
      
Expo 67 videos

Archives of Sexuality and Gender

 

 

 

Relevant Guides

For more information:

Check the Primary Sources page and the Canadian History- Finding Primary Sources pages.