Teaching with Primary Sources Portal

The University of Arizona Libraries (UAL) Teaching with Primary Sources Portal is a resource for instructors and librarians to identify lessons, ideas, sources, and tools to use in their courses. The initial set of lesson plans were co-developed by UA disciplinary faculty and UAL librarians as part of a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program grant, primarily using digital sources from the Library of Congress. Additional lessons and source sets are being added.

Contact Mary Feeney, Project Director, with questions about this portal, the project, or teaching with primary sources. 

Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program. Content created and featured in partnership with the TPS program does not indicate an endorsement by the Library of Congress. 

About the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States — and extensive materials from around the world — both on-site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov; access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov; and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov. About the Teaching with Primary Sources Partner Program: Since 2006, the Library has awarded Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grants to build a nationwide network of organizations that deliver educational programming, and create teaching materials and tools based on the Library’s digitized primary sources and other online resources. Each year members of this network, called the TPS Consortium, support tens of thousands of learners to build knowledge, engagement and critical thinking skills with items from the Library’s collections.

FY2021-2022 collaborators:

• Rachel Castro, University Libraries, and Dr. Matthew Mugmon, Fred Fox School of Music
• Lisa Duncan, University Libraries, and Dr. Jennie McStotts, W.A. Franke Honors College
• Mary Feeney (PI), University Libraries, and Dr. Michelle Berry, Departments of Gender & Women's Studies and History
• Mary Feeney (PI), University Libraries, and Dr. Tyina Steptoe, Department of History
• Leslie Sult, University Libraries, and Dr. Leah Durán, College of Education
• Niamh Wallace, University Libraries, and Dr. Jennifer Jenkins, Department of English

FY2022-2023 collaborators:

• Lisa Duncan (Co-PI), University Libraries, and Dr. Victor Braitberg, W.A. Franke Honors College
• Mary Feeney (Co-PI), University Libraries, and Dr. Ute Lotz-Heumann, Department of History
• Leslie Sult, University Libraries, and Dr. Fabian Alfie, Department of French and Italian
• Niamh Wallace (Co-PI), University Libraries, and Dr. Julia Clancy-Smith, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

FY2023-2024 collaborators:

• Lisa Duncan (Co-PI), University Libraries, and Dr. Jacqueline Barrios, Department of Public & Applied Humanities
• Mary Feeney (Co-PI), University Libraries, and Dr. Susan Swanberg, School of Journalism
• Niamh Wallace (Co-PI), University Libraries, and Dr. Samantha Simon, School of Government and Public Policy

Thanks to Evan Brown, Website Developer, and graduate students Michelle Boyer, Zoe Harrison, and Ryann Squires for their contributions to the TPS Portal.

Banner image: Photo collage created by Mary Feeney using the following sources (left to right): Topaz Times. (Topaz, UT), Feb. 6 1943. From the Japanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers, 1942-1946, Collection; Lee Lung Sing Market, 600 South Meyer Avenue, Tucson, Pima County, AZ (1933) from the Historic American Buildings Survey. Julia Obear, messenger girl at the National Women's i.e. Woman's Party headquarters, 1922. Address of Booker T. Washington, principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute [1895]; Marching from Lowell [Ariz.] Deportation of I.W.W.'s July 12, 1917; Students, middle school, Eyüp Rüşdiyesi, Turkey [Between 1880 and 1893];  Phoenix Weekly Herald. Oct. 6, 1898. Lesson plans box: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Stone work. Courts, Curtains, West Main and Towers above cellar. Plans, elevations, sections, details, and isometric projections. 1889. Primary Source Sets box: Hartley's map of Arizona. [1865]. Resources and Tools box: Group of young women reading in library of normal school, Washington, D.C., 1899.