The repository holdings include multiple types of qualitative data including (but not limited to) unpublished primary sources, published primary sources, primary sources cited in secondary sources, and secondary sources.

DATA TYPES

Structured, semi-structured, or unstructured interviews; focus groups; oral histories (audio/videorecordings; transcripts; notes; questionnaires/interview protocols)

Field notes (including from participant observation or ethnography)

Maps/satellite imagery/geographic data

Official/public documents, files, reports (diplomatic, public policy, propaganda, etc.)

Meeting minutes

Government statistics

Correspondence, memoranda, communiqués, queries, complaints

Parliamentary/legislative proceedings

Testimony in public hearings

Speeches, press conferences

Military records

Court records; legal documents (charts, wills, contracts)

Chronicles, autobiographies, memoirs, travel logs, diaries

Brochures, posters, flyers

Press releases, newsletters, annual reports

Records, papers, directories

Internal memos, reports, meeting minutes

Position/advocacy papers, mission statements

Party platforms

Personal documents (letters, personal diaries, correspondence, personal papers)

Maps, diagrams, drawings

Radio broadcasts (audio or transcripts)

TV programs (video or transcripts)

Print media (magazine, newspaper articles)

Electronic media

Published collections of documents, gazeteers, yearbooks, etc.

Books, articles, dissertations, working papers

Photographs

Ephemera; popular culture visual or audio materials (printed cloth, art, music /songs, etc.)

Data are stored in a variety of formats and media: alpha-numeric (e.g., word-processed text, databases, spreadsheets), audio (digital and non-digital), video, and photographic (digital and non-digital).