The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. The list below is just a sample of the many Arkansas resources available for free on the Library's Web site.
The tools at the end of the page can help teachers use these in the classroom. Teachers can find even more primary sources, along with the tools to help use them in the classroom, at www.loc.gov/teachers. They can also search the Library's American Memory or Prints and Photographs collections.

Bird's eye view of the city of Little Rock, the Capitol of Arkansas 1871
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![[Hattie Caraway, full-length studio portrait, sitting, facing front], 1914](images/carraway.jpg)
[Hattie Caraway, full-length studio portrait, sitting, facing front], 1914
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![Little Rock, 1959. Mob marching from capitol to Central High / [JTB]](images/mob.jpg)
Little Rock, 1959. Mob marching from capitol to Central High / [JTB] |

The Arkansas Traveler, c1939
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Bird's Eye view of Eureka Springs, Ark, c1916 |

Bathhouse Row, Quapaw Bathhouse, Central Ave, Hot Springs, AR, 1920
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To the Hot Springs of Arkansas, 1880 |

Map of the battlefield of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, 1876 |

Adeline Blakeley as told by: Adeline Blakeley, 1936 |

Delta Plantation landscape south of Wilson, Arkansas, 1938 |

Arkansas citizens to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, February 11, 1864 (telegram) |

The Progress of Arkansas. The North American Review August 1886 |
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