Primary Sources in Kamat Research Database
by Vikas Kamat
Editor, Kamat Research Database
What are Primary Sources?
Primary sources of reference are the original and firsthand evidence of historical events. They are generally unpublished materials such as manuscripts, photographs, maps, artifacts, audio and video recordings, oral histories, diaries, letters, postcards, and posters.
Primary source are artifacts of direct evidence that describes or documents an historical event from the perspective of someone who was there.
In contrast, secondary materials, such as textbooks, synthesize and interpret primary materials.
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List of Primary Sources in Kamat Research Database
- Photographs taken by V.N. O'key during this travels across India. These include and photographs of Mahatma Gandhi at his hermitage.
- A large collection of anthropological sketches by K.L.Kamat
- Coin and antique collections
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