Research Guides
JSIS 201: The Making of the 21st Century - Winter 2013: Primary Sources
Primary Sources: International Studies focus
- Foreign Relations of the United States - UW restricted - online primary sources from the U.S. State Department from 1932 to the present. Organized by U.S. presidential administration
- Digital National Security Archive - UW restricted - Online access to critical declassified records on issues including U.S. national security, foreign policy, diplomatic and military history, intelligence policy, and more
- Primary Sources by international region - a UW Libraries guide of primary and secondary sources by international region
- Primary sources research guide - UW Libraries guide to finding primary sources
- Government Publications at the UW Libraries -access US and international government documents
- Historical News sources - a UW Libraries guide, includes The Times, L.A. Times, NY Times, and more!
- Finding Images - a UW Libraries guide
- Audio and Moving Images: (Internet Archive) - Search by keyword or browse by historical topic or country
General Primary Sources
Find specific types of primary sources via the following pages:
What Are Primary Sources?
Primary sources are the evidence of history. They are the first-hand accounts of an event or period of time created by participants or observers. There are many kinds of primary sources including texts (letters, diaries, government reports, newspaper accounts, novels, autobiographies), images (photographs, paintings, advertisements, posters), artifacts (buildings, clothing, sculpture, coins) and audio/visual (songs, oral history interviews, films).