About primary sources
| A primary source is a first-hand, original account of events, while a secondary source offers analysis and/or interpretation of the material. Most journal articles would be considered secondary sources. |
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Of particular interest:
- Genocide Documentation Project (National Security Archive)This engine searches the growing collection of primary-source documents the National Security Archive has published on this web site. New materials are added frequently. The listing is chronological.
University Archives
What's in 
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?The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center (5th floor of Mugar, South elevator) contains papers of major figures: manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, audio, and other material, available for viewing on-site upon written request. (BU students should email archives@bu.edu to make an appointment. Since some materials are stored off-site, it may take a few days to make the archives available.)
Collections that may be of interest include:
- Wiesel, Elie (1928- 2016)"A remarkable collection of Holocaust related material is included, as collected by Professor Wiesel, as well as wide-ranging correspondence. Several letters are to and from various officials (including Francois Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac), individuals, media outlets, and government and private organizations. Letters in English also include several letters from various political figures, including Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, Ted Kennedy, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Michael Dukakis, and others. Other notable correspondents include Joan Baez, Pearl Bailey, the Dalai Lama, Armand Hammer, Arthur Miller, Golda Meir, Irving Kristol, Henry Kissinger, Chaim Potok, Yitzhak Rabin, Philip Roth, Carl Sagan, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Gloria Steinem, Isaac Stern, and Joseph Wiseman." --from the site
Notable collections at other universities:
- Genocide Studies Program (Yale University)From the site:
"Founded in January 1998 to expand the work begun in 1994 by Yale University’s Cambodian Genocide Program, the Genocide Studies Program at Yale’s MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies conducts research, seminars and conferences on comparative, interdisciplinary, and policy issues relating to the phenomenon of genocide, and has provided training to researchers from afflicted regions, including Cambodia, Rwanda, and East Timor. For more information about the program, please see the “About” page.
The Program also maintains a Vimeo web site, which features 148 video interviews."
