{"id":291,"date":"2019-03-26T19:01:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T19:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/karen-cox\/?page_id=291"},"modified":"2019-03-26T19:12:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T19:12:41","slug":"using-non-traditional-sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/karen-cox\/using-non-traditional-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Using non-traditional sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Historians are known for using traditional primary sources for their work&#8211;letters, diaries, newspapers, print publications, etc.\u00a0 What about the non-traditional?\u00a0 How about visual or aural sources? Poetry or song lyrics? What can these sources tell us?\u00a0 Below are some examples:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visual\/Material Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Types:\u00a0 Photographs, maps, advertisements, sheet music (art and lyrics), postcards, cartoons, lithographs, paintings, books (as art), magazines, art, furniture, textiles (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayeuxmuseum.com\/en\/the-bayeux-tapestry\/\">The Bayeux Tapestry<\/a>? Hello?)<\/p>\n<p>Where found:\u00a0 Archives, online websites or digital archives, flea markets, eBay, magazine dealers, museums, libraries<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aural sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oral history interviews, radio programs\/speeches, music<\/p>\n<p>Where found:\u00a0 library archives, digital archives affiliated with a traditional archive, museums, collectors, CDs, etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LINKS TO <em>SOME<\/em> SOURCES, BUT NOT ALL!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.duke.edu\/dc\/adaccess\">Ad*Access (Advertising) Duke University<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/\">Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music &amp; Wayback Machine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu\/inharmony\/welcome.do\">IN Harmony: Sheet Music from Indiana University<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/\">Library of Congress<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are numerous oral history repositories with online resources including <a href=\"https:\/\/goldmine.uncc.edu\/islandora\/object\/uncc%3Ainterviews\">UNC Charlotte Oral History Collections<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sohp.org\/\">Southern Oral History Program<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bl.uk\/collection-guides\/oral-history\">British Library.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.si.edu\/collections\">Smithsonian Digital Collections<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWHAT ABOUT YOUR TOPIC?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What sources are you aware of that are not the traditional letters, diaries, newspapers?<\/p>\n<p>Draft a list of individual names that you discuss in your paper.\u00a0 Are there photos or paintings or drawings of those individuals?\u00a0 What do these images suggest about the subject?<\/p>\n<p>Were there songs written about an event in your paper?\u00a0 What was it about?\u00a0 What do the lyrics say about your topic?\u00a0 Is there artwork on the sheet music?\u00a0 What might that say about your subject?<\/p>\n<p>Are there any types of ephemera (postcards, advertising, etc.) related to your subject?\u00a0 What are those and what do they say about your topic?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historians are known for using traditional primary sources for their work&#8211;letters, diaries, newspapers, print publications, etc.\u00a0 What about the non-traditional?\u00a0 How about visual or aural sources? 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