A primary source is a first-hand account of an event written or recorded at the time that the event took place. Examples include newspaper/periodical articles, diaries, scrapbooks, speeches, photographs, and recordings. The Gillespie Scrapbooks are primary sources, but there are other library resources that include primary sources.
The following databases provide full-text articles from the time period of the Gillespie State Department Tour. When searching, consider the following:
African American Newspapers; The Charleston Mercury; Chester & Delaware Federalist; The Christian Recorder; The Civil War Part I. A Newspaper Perspective; The Colored American; Delaware County American; Delaware County Republican; Frederick Douglass Paper; Douglass Monthly; Freedom's Journal; Media Advertiser; The National Era; The New York Herald; The North Star; The Pennsylvania Gazette; The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalog [collection]; Pennsylvania Newspaper Record; The Pennsylvania Packet; Porcupines Gazette; Provincial Freeman; Richmond Enquirer; The Upland Union; Village Record; Weekly Advocate.
