Where are Primary Sources at UC Berkeley?
Primary sources may be physically located in any of a number of UC Berkeley Libraries or archival collections, or they may be available online. Primary sources on campus may be in their original format; examples might include: • Patrick Breen diary (Donner Party) (Bancroft Library) • Julia Morgan Papers (Environmental Design Archives) • Chicano posters (Chicano Studies Library) • Social Protest Collection (flyers, leaflets, papers) (Bancroft Library) • Thousands of historical newspapers and magazines (various libraries on campus) Some primary sources have been reproduced in another format, for instance: • Patrick Breen diary: published as a book (available to check out) and available online. • Papers of the NAACP (originals at the Library of Congress, available at UCB in microfilm) • Newsreels (originals in various archives; available at UCB on DVD) • Some historical newspapers and magazines (examples include: New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Harper’s Weekly, The Nation) –histo