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Presented by former Division Manager, Judy James
Special Collections Division
Akron-Summit County Public Library
Contact current Manager,
Mary Plazo, for any questions:
330-643-9041
Using Primary and Secondary
Sources for Historical Research
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PRIMARY: first
Original records from the past recorded by people who were:
Involved in the event
Witnessed the event, OR
Knew the persons involved in the event……
WHAT ARE PRIMARY SOURCES?
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They can be documents, objects (artifacts) or visual evidence such as photographs or drawings
They give you an idea about what people alive at the time saw or thought about the event
Keep in mind that a primary source reflects only one point of view and may contain a person’s bias (prejudice) toward an event.
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EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES
GOVERNMENT RECORDS
DIARIES
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES WRITTEN AT THE
TIME
LETTERS
SPEECHES
INTERVIEWS
PHOTOGRAPHS
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Census Records• Taken every 10 years
• Records data about U.S.
citizens
1920 Census for
Seiberling Household
(transcription)PRIMARY SOURCE
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1920 Census: Household of F.A. and Gertrude
Seiberling: 3 children + 11 servants
PRIMARY SOURCE
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1930 Census for
Seiberling Household
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1930 Census: Household of F.A. and Gertrude
Seiberling: one son + 6 employees
LANDORFF, TRYGGVE
26 YEARS OLD – SERVANT – BORN IN SWEDEN
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Name
Relation
to headsex
race
age
Married or single
In school?
Read and write?
Self Father Mother
Language
Place of birth
Year of immigration
citizenship
Speak English?
ROW 33
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Summit County Clerk of Courts – Naturalization
Records, 1850-1991
Tryggve Knut Emanuel Landorff
PRIMARY SOURCE
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Naturalization Record
PRIMARY SOURCE
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PRIMARY SOURCE
PASSENGER LIST FROM SWEDEN TO THE UNITED STATES
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HOME OF ABRAHAM HATFIELD
NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT
New Canaan, Connecticut City Directory, 1939:
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PASSENGER ARRIVAL RECORD
OCTOBER 1952
PRIMARY SOURCE
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United States Social Security Death Record
PRIMARY RESOURCE
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PHOTOGRAPHS:
PRIMARY SOURCE
SUMMIT MEMORY
www.SummitMemory.org
Digital “scrapbook” of
Summit County History
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Swimming in the Lagoon at Stan Hywet
PRIMARY SOURCE
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March 1913 Flood
Primary Sources
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Newspaper Account of 1913 Flood
March 26, 1913
PRIMARY SOURCE
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PRIMARY SOURCE ARTIFACT
Mr. Seiberling’s “Needle Shower”
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SECONDARY: second or later
Secondary sources are made at a later
time.
They include written information by
historians or others AFTER an event has
taken place.
WHAT ARE SECONDARY SOURCES?
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BOOKS PUBLISHED AFTER THE FACT
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LIBRARY NEWSLETTER2012
SECONDARY
SOURCE
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PRIMARY SOURCES:
Original records from the past recorded by people
who were:
INVOLVED in the event
WITNESSED the event, OR
KNEW PERSONS involved in the event……
SECONDARY SOURCES
Records made at a later time:
They include written information by
historians or others AFTER an event has
taken place.