Official records explain institutions and decisions, while biographies and less formal accounts can reveal the people behind them. A person's off-duty writing or recollections may help evaluate how personality shaped official work. That evidence still needs careful handling because no source type answers every question equally well. The method should fit the subject instead of being applied by habit.
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Matching historical sources to the research question
A research-method aside explains why official records, biography, and personal writing answer different historical questions.