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Thank you for visiting As They Saw It.

AsTheySawIt.com is an independent historical reference exploring events, places, and everyday life through contemporary reports, eyewitness accounts, newspapers, letters, diaries, photographs, government records, maps, and other primary and secondary sources.

We welcome messages from readers, researchers, students, educators, genealogists, writers, archivists, librarians, and anyone interested in improving the historical record presented on the site.

General Inquiries

For general questions about AsTheySawIt.com, its content, features, research tools, or editorial approach, please use the contact form below.

When contacting us about a particular article, including the exact page URL will help us identify the material you are referring to.

Report a Historical Error

Historical research is never finished, and mistakes can happen.

If you find an incorrect date, name, location, statistic, quotation, transcription, attribution, timeline entry, photograph caption, or other factual issue, we encourage you to let us know.

Please include, where possible:

  • the URL of the affected page;
  • the information you believe is incorrect;
  • the proposed correction;
  • the source supporting the correction; and
  • a link, citation, archive reference, or document identifier that allows the evidence to be checked.

Corrections supported by reliable evidence may be investigated and incorporated into the relevant page.

Suggested subject: Historical Correction

Suggest a Primary Source

Have you found a newspaper article, letter, diary entry, photograph, map, government document, speech, archival collection, or other primary source that could improve one of our articles?

Source suggestions are welcome.

Please provide as much information as possible, including:

  • source title;
  • creator or author;
  • date;
  • archive, library, or collection;
  • permanent URL or catalog record;
  • relevant historical topic; and
  • the AsTheySawIt.com page to which the source relates, if applicable.

Major institutions such as the Library of Congress provide dedicated reference services for researchers seeking help with historical collections, illustrating the importance of connecting research questions to identifiable sources and collections.

Suggested subject: Primary Source Suggestion

Photograph and Image Corrections

Historical photographs are particularly vulnerable to incorrect dates, locations, names, and captions as images are copied between collections and websites.

If you believe an image has been misidentified, please send:

  • the AsTheySawIt.com page URL;
  • a description of the image;
  • the incorrect information;
  • the correct identification, if known;
  • the original archive or collection record; and
  • any supporting evidence.

Suggested subject: Image Correction

AsTheySawIt.com respects intellectual property rights.

If you are a copyright owner, rights holder, photographer, archive representative, or authorized agent and believe that material appearing on this website has been used improperly, please contact us.

Include enough information for the matter to be reviewed efficiently:

  • your name and contact information;
  • identification of the copyrighted work;
  • the exact AsTheySawIt.com URL where the material appears;
  • your relationship to the rights holder;
  • evidence of ownership or authority where appropriate; and
  • a description of the action you are requesting.

Legitimate copyright and licensing concerns will be reviewed and appropriate action may be taken.

Suggested subject: Copyright / Rights Concern

Digital archives change.

Historical documents can move to new URLs, collections can be reorganized, databases can be redesigned, and formerly public resources can become unavailable.

If you encounter:

  • a broken archival link;
  • an incorrect citation;
  • a document that has moved;
  • an inaccessible source;
  • a missing reference; or
  • a link pointing to the wrong historical record,

please send us the affected page URL.

If you know the new location of the source, include that as well.

Suggested subject: Broken Source Link

Research Questions

AsTheySawIt.com publishes historical reference material, but it is not a substitute for a professional archival reference service.

We may not be able to conduct individual historical or genealogical research on request.

For questions involving specific archival holdings, original manuscripts, government records, or specialized collections, contacting the institution that holds the records is often the best approach. The U.S. National Archives, for example, separates general, research, records, and website inquiries through its contact system, while the Library of Congress offers its Ask a Librarian service for reference assistance.

Useful places to continue research may include:

  • national archives;
  • state or regional archives;
  • university special collections;
  • national and local libraries;
  • newspaper archives;
  • museums;
  • historical societies; and
  • specialist research institutions.

Genealogy Questions

Historical Year + Place articles and everyday-life resources on AsTheySawIt.com may help provide context for genealogical research, but we generally cannot identify individual ancestors or obtain private records on behalf of readers.

When asking about a source cited on the site, please specify the exact document or page whenever possible.

Educational Use

Teachers, students, librarians, and educational organizations are welcome to contact us regarding:

  • historical source guides;
  • classroom use;
  • primary-source activities;
  • citation questions;
  • educational resources;
  • suggested historical topics; and
  • factual corrections.

For formal academic work, students should still consult the original sources and follow the requirements of their school, university, instructor, or citation style.

Media and Interview Requests

Journalists, podcasters, authors, documentary researchers, and other media professionals may contact us regarding AsTheySawIt.com, its research methodology, historical collections, or specific published material.

Please include:

  • your name;
  • publication or organization;
  • subject of the request;
  • relevant page or historical topic;
  • intended use; and
  • deadline, if applicable.

Suggested subject: Media Inquiry

Partnerships and Institutional Collaboration

We welcome relevant inquiries from:

  • archives;
  • libraries;
  • museums;
  • universities;
  • historical societies;
  • educators;
  • researchers; and
  • digital-history projects.

Potential collaboration could involve historical resources, archival discovery, educational material, corrections, collection visibility, or research projects that align with the mission of As They Saw It.

Partnership inquiries do not guarantee acceptance or endorsement.

Suggested subject: Collaboration

Advertising and Commercial Inquiries

For legitimate advertising, sponsorship, licensing, or other commercial inquiries related to AsTheySawIt.com, please clearly identify the organization you represent and the nature of the proposal.

Editorial coverage is independent.

Commercial relationships do not guarantee favorable coverage, historical conclusions, backlinks, or changes to editorial content.

Write for Us

AsTheySawIt.com may consider contributions from historians, researchers, educators, archivists, genealogists, and writers with demonstrable knowledge of relevant historical subjects.

Strong proposals should fit the site’s central approach:

history through contemporary evidence and perspectives.

Potential contributions may include:

  • primary-source analysis;
  • eyewitness accounts placed in context;
  • historical newspaper research;
  • Year + Place studies;
  • local history;
  • everyday-life history;
  • archival discoveries;
  • historical photography research; or
  • evidence-based explorations of how an event was understood at the time.

A proposal should include:

  • proposed title;
  • brief summary;
  • historical period and location;
  • primary sources you expect to use;
  • relevant expertise or experience; and
  • links to previous work, where applicable.

Please do not submit a complete unsolicited article unless requested.

Suggested subject: Write for Us

Guest Posts

AsTheySawIt.com does not accept generic guest posts created primarily for SEO, link placement, product promotion, or unrelated commercial marketing.

Relevant scholarly or editorial contributions may be considered when they provide genuine historical value and meet the site’s sourcing standards.

Payment, publication, attribution, editing, rights, and linking arrangements—if applicable—should be agreed upon before publication.

Please Do Not Send Sensitive Information

Do not use the contact form to send passwords, financial account information, government identification numbers, confidential personal records, or other sensitive information.

The National Archives similarly warns users not to submit sensitive information such as credit-card or Social Security numbers through its general contact form.

Response and Publication

Submitting a message does not guarantee:

  • a response;
  • publication;
  • acceptance of a correction;
  • inclusion of a suggested source;
  • acceptance of a contribution;
  • creation of a requested article; or
  • establishment of a partnership.

Messages may be prioritized according to relevance, evidence provided, urgency, and available editorial resources.

Contact As They Saw It

For the fastest review, choose the most appropriate subject and include the relevant URL whenever your message concerns a specific page.

    Suggested options:

    • General Inquiry
    • Historical Correction
    • Primary Source Suggestion
    • Image Correction
    • Copyright / Rights Concern
    • Broken Source Link
    • Educational Inquiry
    • Media Inquiry
    • Collaboration
    • Write for Us
    • Commercial Inquiry
    • Other

     

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