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History Project: Are newspapers Primary sources?

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  • 06-01-2015 8:22pm
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    yugimon121
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    I need help, as online there is conflicting information and I need some advise for my evaluation of sources.
    If I have a newspaper article that is from 1921, but is not written by someone who was at the ambush, is it considered a Primary or secondary source?
    I have been told that if it takes place during the time of the ambush it is primary, however others said it must be an eyewitness account.
    Thanks!


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    spurious
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    Newspapers can be both primary and secondary.
    An eye-witness account in the form of a statement or an interview with a witness is a primary source.
    Any interpretation of it and it is a secondary source.


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