Caraga state university

Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Philippines

URL: www.carsu.edu.ph

KINDS AND
REPOSITORIES OF
PRIMARY SOURCES
 PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS

 are those that are intended for public distribution or

use.
 Newspapers, magazines, books, reports, government
documents, laws, court decisions, literary works,
posters, maps, and advertisements are some of the
examples.
 PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS

 The readers must comprehend not just the substance

of the document but also the background of the
author, as it may be written based on the author’s
perspective.
 UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS

 Documents such as diaries, journals, letters, wills, and

other personal papers that are not published may be
used as primary sources.

 unlike published ones, may be difficult to locate as

they are kept in private and hence, may not be easily
accessed by the public.
 UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS

 These documents are also confidential and are

restricted from public use like personal letters, which
are in the possession of the recipients.
 ORAL TRADITIONS

 Traditions and histories or stories transferred through

generations may tell us something about the past.

 Accepted as primary sources of this kind are those

that come from people who have actually witnessed
or experienced the past events.
 ORAL TRADITIONS

 Although some oral traditions (from some cultures)

that are still unwritten up to date may be used in
writing history, it is essential that their reliability is
properly evaluated.
 ARTWORKS AND ARTIFACTS

 These are visual documents that tell us several views

of the past from the perspectives of creators.

 Drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and

artifacts are some of the visual documents that may
have captured historic moments and provide
evidence to change that happened over time.
 ARTWORKS AND ARTIFACTS

 Knowing the type of primary source helps in

identifying its repository. Written documents may be
found in libraries or archives while unwritten
documents may be stored in museums and galleries.
 THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE PHILIPPINES

 Organized under Republic Act No. 9470 passed on

May 21, 2007, the National Archives of the Philippines
(NAP) was established to store, preserve, conserve,
and make available to the public the records, papers,
periodicals, books or other items, articles or materials,
that have been selected for permanent reservation.
 THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE PHILIPPINES

 The NAP is holding about 60,000,000 archival

documents with Spanish Collection comprising an
estimated 13,000,000 manuscripts from the 16th to 19th
Century with 400 titles on various aspects of Philippine
history under the a) Spanish rule, b) American and
Japanese occupation records, and c) recent records
composed of notarial documents, registers, civil
service records, and 1,000 cubic meter of inactive
records of national/local governments, including those
of abolished, transferred or merged offices.
 THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE PHILIPPINES

 The National Library of the Philippines (NLP) is the

repository of the printed and recorded cultural
heritage of the country and other intellectual, literary
and information sources.

 It was established by a royal decree on 12 August 1887

and named as the Museo-Biblioteca de Filipinas. Its
mission is to acquire, organize, conserve, and preserve
Filipiniana materials and provide equitable access to
library resources through a system of public libraries
throughout the country.
 THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES

 As an educational, scientific, and cultural institution,

the National Museum (NM) operates the National
Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of
Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History,
National Planetarium and other branch museums
around the country. Its collection covers fine arts,
archeology, ethnography, and natural history.
THANK YOU!
 Reference:

Dolina, Virgilio, Nery, Imelda, and Sion, Paul John

(2019). Readings in Philippine History, 2-7 Copyright
2019 ISBN 978-621-95942-4-0