Primary sources are first-hand accounts of an event. Primary sources are wide-ranging and include newspaper articles (from the time period that an event took place), letters, diaries, interviews, laws, reports of government commissions, and many other types of documents.
Duke University Libraries has a wealth of primary source databases as well as special collections manuscript materials housed in the Rubenstein Library. The Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History & Culture, housed in the Rubenstein Library, acquires and preserves published and unpublished materials that reflect the public and private lives of women throughout history. The Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History collections promote understanding of the social, cultural and historical impact of advertising, marketing and sales.
Search for news articles from historical American newspapers published from 1690-1922
Search for news, business, legal, medical, and congressional information. Note: formerly named Lexis Nexis Academic.
"There was a young woman who swallowed a lie..."
Illustrated satirical poem by Meredith Tax
From the Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement Digital Collection
Also available in print: Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance Archives, box 12
From the Miss America Protests, 1968 and 1969 Digital Collection
These research guides highlight many of the Bingham Center's print, manuscript and multimedia holdings related to these topics but are not comprehensive listings of our collections. All Bingham Center materials are included in the Duke University Libraries online catalog.
