You can find a large number primary source material or references to them in books. To begin, you should start with a broad search, for example, “black panther”, and review your results for clues that the work may be a first-person account or record of an actual event.
Second, if you have too many results, try narrowing them by adding one of the keywords/subject headings listed below (note: this is not a comprehensive list). When doing a keyword search, add one of these terms to your search. For example:
Examples of Library of Congress subheadings useful for locating primary source material:
sources |
manuscripts |
letters |
speeches, addresses, etc |
court records |
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oratory |
description and travel |
correspondence, reminiscences, etc. |
oral history |
autobiographies |
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church records |
registers |
printed ephemera |
essays |
diaries |
art |
passenger lists |
street literature |
periodicals |
photography |
art and photography |
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imprints |
pamphlets |
early works to 1850 |
facsimiles |
transcripts |
early works to 1900 |
archives |
pictorial works |
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