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HIST 150: Gandhi in the World (Fall 2025)

What is a primary source?

A Primary Source is a historical document or artifact or person from the time period under study. This may include:

  • diaries
  • journals
  • newspapers
  • contemporary publications
  • autobiographies
  • music/songs
  • recordings or images
  • Any publication or document from the time period

Important Note: Not all primary sources are in databases -- Many are in published collections

Examples:

  • All men are brothers; life and thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mahatma 1958. 

  • Mahatma Gandhi : selected political writings / Gandhi, Mahatma;  Dennis Dalton 1996. 

  • All men are brothers : autobiographical reflections / Gandhi, Mahatma;  Krishna Kripalani 1980. 

  • Gandhi on women : collection of Mahatma Gandhi's writings and speeches on women / Gandhi, Mahatma;  Pushpa Joshi 1988

  • Women and social injustice / Gandhi, Mahatma;  Amrit Kaur, Rajkumari 1954, ©1942 [Fourth enlarged edition]. 

  • India of my dreams. Gandhi, Mahatma;  R K Prabhu 1959 

  • The role of women, Gandhi, Mahatma;  Anand T Hingorani 1964

  • Woman's role in society / Gandhi, Mahatma;  R K Prabhu 1959

  • The Gandhi reader : a sourcebook of his life and writings / Gandhi, Mahatma;  Homer A Jack 1989 New Evergreen ed.  

  • Birth-control; the right way and the wrong way. Gandhi, Mahatma;  R K Prabhu 1959 [1st ed.].

  • To the women / Gandhi, Mahatma;  Anand T Hingorani 1946 3rd ed.