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HIS208 History of Japan: Primary Sources

Types of Primary Sources

Autobiography
Diaries/Journals
Letters
Speeches
Government Documents
Magazines/Newspaper Articles
Manuscripts
Treaties

Primary Sources in the Catalog

1. Choose KEYWORD search for your topic and the type of primary source.
For example: Meiji and diary

2. Choose AUTHOR search for items written by your topic.

Published Primary Sources

The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa
Call Number: 952.025 F9616 a, 2007
Online at https://archive.org/details/
in.ernet.dli.2015.172747
Japan - A Documentary History
Call Number: 952 J353, 2015
Sources of East Asian Tradition
Call Number: 950 S7246
Sources of Japanese Tradition
Call Number: 952 S7246, 2001

Primary Sources in Library Databases

Black Life in America, the experience and impact of African Americans as seen through the news media, 1704 - today This link opens in a new window
A collection of international news articles from 1704 to the present covering all aspects of black life in America.

History Database Center
Type a word or phrase in the search box. Click Go. From the results page, select the "Primary Sources" tab to view the documents.
Salem History
Type a word or phrase in the search box. Click Search Now. The results will appear in the box on the right. Select the "Primary Sources" tab to view the documents.

Times of London Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Full-text searching across more than 7 million articles dating from 1785 through 1985.

Internet Primary Sources

National Archives of Japan