The Delaware Heritage Collection is a digital repository sponsored by the Delaware Division of Libraries. As a member, DSU contributes scanned items from our archives to our own distinct collection within the site. These items are freely accessible from anywhere to anyone. This is a great place to start if you are looking for primary sources related to the university!
What are Primary Sources?
Primary sources are materials created during a given historical period and offer an inside view of a particular event including the ideas, thoughts, and attitudes of the individuals, organizations, or governments involved. Primary sources record someone's actual experience and are the foundation for scholarly research.
Examples of Primary Sources:
What are Secondary Sources?
Secondary Sources use primary sources to answer research questions, solve problems, and interpret the past. The authors or creators of these sources were not present at the time of the event they seek to explain.
There are incidents when secondary sources may become primary sources. For example, if you were researching trends among scholars’ interpretations of an event, you would want to turn to the secondary publications of those scholars to support your thesis. These publications become your primary sources.
Examples of secondary sources: