Ethnic Studies: Primary Sources

A Primary source of information is first-person, original information. Examples:

• a journal or diary
• original research
• interview
• letter
• speech
• original work of art
• government document
• research article from a variety of databases and web sites

A Secondary source of information is material that has been taken from primary sources and then synthesized. Examples:

• college textbook
• biography
• criticism
• historical study
• journal or magazine article that reviews original works

A Collection of Photos from the Central Coast spanning centuries.  Be sure to click "Browse all" once you arrive on the page. 

This page contains the following subpages.  You can click on the dropdown triangle in the header tab to get directly to the page: 

African Americans
Asian Americans
Native Americans
LatinX Americans