Primary Sources
Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence on a subject. They are created by someone who experienced the period or event first hand. Diaries, letters, oral histories, photographs, posters and pamphlets are all examples of primary sources.
Primary Sources: Databases
- Artstor Links to an external site. thousands of high quality digital images, including photographs, posters, paintings, maps, and other sources.
- Films on Demand Links to an external site. streaming video documentaries.
Digital Collections
- Calisphere Links to an external site. primary sources on California history
- Digital Public Library of America Links to an external site. primary sources on U.S. History
- ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now Links to an external site. (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
- Farmworker Movement Documentation Project Links to an external site.
"Sleepy Lagoon Defendents Links to an external site.." UCLA Library Special Collections, 1944.
Gonzales, Rodolpho. Message to Aztlán: Selected Writings of Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales Links to an external site.. Arte Público Press, 2001. eBook Collection.
Garcia, Rupert, 1941-1969. ¡Huelga! Links to an external site.Artstor.
"Brown Berets: To Serve, Observe, and Protect Links to an external site.." UCLA Library Special Collections.