Guest post by Jonathan Santiago
My experience of searching for primary sources was difficult
in the beginning, but that is mainly because of what I had in mind for my
primary source. This class provided me with very helpful resources and advice
that I used to look for primary sources; however, I wanted a primary source
from a specific character that I had learned about in class and from the
readings. Therefore, this made my experience a little more difficult than it
needed to be since I had to do a bit more digging to find the info that I
wanted. At first, I had used the library to search for primary sources, but
after a while of searching and not finding the information that I wanted I soon
went to Google. I ended up finding a secondary source that contained primary
sources. This article talked about Byron Kilbourn, which is the person who I
wanted to find info on, and gave lots of background info on him and his impact
on Milwaukee, but what most intrigued me was the primary source that the
article contained which was an advertisement flyer. This flyer dated back to
1851 and was the perfect form of a primary source that I needed since it had a
direct connection to the information on Byron Kilbourn as well as his overall
impact on this city and its railroads.
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