Archival collections are a particular kind of primary source and they provide a direct view into the past from the perspective of specific people or groups. Our guide can help you learn more and become comfortable with using them as part of your research process:
OVERVIEW
A Special Collections and Archives is a great resource for interacting with primary documents. Not all subjects are represented in their collections, however. So, Libraries turn to digital collections to expand their offerings, those available as open access databases--free to the public--and many others that are only available for student and faculty use.
Primary Source Databases differ in their offerings, for example:
PRIMARY SOURCE DATABASES TO TRY:
Newspapers and Magazines
The land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.
The land acknowledgement used at UC Santa Cruz was developed in partnership with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Chairman and the Amah Mutsun Relearning Program at the UCSC Arboretum.
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