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History Project: Are newspapers Primary sources?

yugimon121 · 2015-01-06 19:22:07

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…

06-01-2015 07:22PM

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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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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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