Research Guides: Finding Primary Sources: Artifacts to Reproductions, Primary Sources in the SU Libraries Principal Collections

Artifacts to Reproductions, Primary Sources in the SU Libraries Principal Collections

Primary Sources for Research on Individuals and Specific Groups: Stories Reflected in Diaries, Journals, Correspondence, Interviews, Autobiographies, Memoirs

Example of an autobiographical source found via a Classic Catalog Author search (in this case, on "Obama, Michelle, 1964-")
"Becoming," by Michelle Obama. (New York: Crown, 2018)
Example of autobiographical material found via a Classic Catalog topical Subject Heading search (in this case, on "Slave narratives")
"Speaking Lives, Authoring Texts: Three African American Women's Oral Slave Narratives." (Albany: State University of New York Press, c2010)
Example of biographical material found via a Classic Catalog search on a personal-name Subject Heading with the subdivision "Correspondence" (in this case, on "Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence")
"My Dear Mr. Stalin: The Complete Correspondence Between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin," edited, with commentary, by Susan Butler. (New Haven: Yale University Press, c2005)
Example of a filmed interview found via a Classic Catalog search on a personal-name Subject Heading with the subdivision "Interviews" (in this case, on "Jobs, Steve, 1955-2011--Interviews")
"Steve Jobs One Last Thing." Pioneer Productions for PBS in association with Channel 4 and Mentorn International. ((2011) (DVD, ca. 60 min.)

Primary Sources for Research on the Histories of Countries, Organizations, and Other Entities, on the History of Ideas, and on Historical Events, Movements, and Trends

Example of an early 20th-century English translation of a work by a major figure in the history of ideas found via a Classic Catalog Author search (in this case, on "Freud Sigmund, 1856-1939")
“Psychopathology of Everyday Life,” by Professor Dr. Sigmund Freud, LL. D. "Authorized English ed., with introduction by A. A. Brill.” (London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1917)
Example of a World War II-era cartographic source (declassified) found via a Classic Catalog Author search (in this case, on "United States Office of Strategic Services")
“Approaches to Japan” [21 March 1945] (Washington: Reproduction Branch, Office of Strategic Services, 1945) (color map, 55 x 47 cm.)
Example of primary-source government document material found via a Classic Catalog search on a Subject Heading with the subdivision "Sources" (in this case, on "Kenya -- History -- Sources")
Brief description: Microfilms of original documents, correspondence, and reports held by the Kenya National Archives. Reproduction (35 mm microfilm) produced by the Kenya Government Archives Photographic Service. Index and reel guide to collection published separately. Holdings: reel 1(1925) - reel 102 (1961)
Example of primary-source material found via a Classic Catalog search on a Subject Heading with the subdivision "Sources" (in this case, on "China--History--1949-1976--Sources")
“Borderland Memories: Searching for Historical Identity in Post-Mao China,” by Martin T. Fromm. (Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019)