"Primary sources are original records created at the time historical
events occurred or well after events in the form of memoirs and oral
histories. Primary sources may include letters, manuscripts, diaries,
journals, newspapers, speeches, interviews, memoirs, documents produced
by government agencies such as Congress or the Office of the President,
photographs, audio recordings, moving pictures or video recordings,
research data, and objects or artifacts such as works of art or ancient
roads, buildings, tools, and weapons. These sources serve as the raw
material to interpret the past, and when they are used along with
previous interpretations by historians, they provide the resources
necessary for historical research."
From http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/
The following sites might help you to better understand primary sources and help you to locate primary sources on the web.
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Using Primary Sources on the Web
An overview of primary sources, where to find them and how they can be used.