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Monthly Archives: November 2022
Primary or Secondary?
When looking at movie through a historians lens, one of the most important questions is whether the film can be used as a primary or secondary source. Though sometimes it can be difficult to determine whether a film falls under primary or secondary source category, J. Edgar is quite easy to decide. It is wholeheartedly […]
Historical Context
The FBI (or the Bureau of Investigation as it was called then) was established in 1908 at a time when there were very few federal crimes. Many of these first agents came from a law enforcement background but received no formal training from the FBI. The role of the Bureau started to shift during WWI, […]
