Award citations - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

BruceMk11 · #1 28th September 2016, 21:23

Are these a primary source material or secondary?

hucks216 · #2 30th September 2016, 16:47

I would of thought that they are primary source as they provide direct firsthand evidence of an event.

BruceMk11 · #3 2nd October 2016, 17:06

Thanks for your input. But aren't the documents that a citation is based on (ie logbook, squadron diary or operations record book etc) the primary sources?

hucks216 · #4 5th October 2016, 19:43

I would say that in terms of primary source the citation and the record that provides the persons actions/recommendation are one and the same. They both provide direct evidence.

BruceMk11 · #5 7th October 2016, 14:12

Yes, agreed. And hard to argue with this: '...original documents and objects which were created at the time of study'.

www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/

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