History Links from Whitman's History Department Additional useful material. Atlases give you visual assistance in understanding events and concepts. The following are only some of the types that exist. Primary Sources Primary sources are the narration or discussion of an event as it happened, or soon thereafter. They exist in many different formats, including microfilm and electronically.
Newspapers are especially good forms of such source material.
Annals of America 21 volumes of primary source material covering 1493-1986. Also includes photographs and illustrations. Nearly 500,000 photos of events, people and places since the mid-nineteenth century. An annual source of documents arranged chronologically. 1972- Keesing's Record of World Events and Keesing's Contemporary Archives Concise daily coverage of events including speeches.