Illuminating the past through personal narratives and other first-hand sources, EyeWitness is presented by Ibis Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational programming. Although the site is maintained by a commercial publisher access to the source material is free. For about more than 80 historical events ranging from everday life in ancient Greece to the payoff to the Vice President of the United States, Spiro Agnew, in 1971, the site gives access to extracts from first-hand accounts of these events. The source material provided by this way may be of use for instructional purposes or as first access to a specific topic.