A primary source...was created at the time of the event...or by people who were observers of, or participants in, that event. ...
The medium of the primary source can be anything, including written texts, objects, buildings, films, paintings, cartoons, etc.
What makes the source a “primary” source is when it was made, not what it is.
--Professor Elspeth H. Brown, Dept. of History, University of Toronto.
See: http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/specific-types-of-writing/history
For another definition, see Yale University: https://primarysources.yale.edu/
Think about what kinds of primary sources are relevant to your topic:
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Example: http://www.e-rara.ch/bau_1/content/titleinfo/6299027
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Vesalius, Andreas: Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, scholae medicorum Patavinae professoris, de Humani corporis fabrica Libri septem. Basileae : [ex officina Ioannis Oporini], [Anno salutis reparatae 1543]. Universitätsbibliothek Basel, UBH AN I 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-20094 / Public Domain Mark |