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 Maine 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 Augusta, Maine, 1878
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Kennebunkport, Maine, c1911
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The Life of Henry Mitchell, 1938-9
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Interview with Josh Pate, East Sullivan, Maine, September 27, 2001 |

Logging in Maine, 1906
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Goods Not Genuine ... |

We'll vote for Blaine the man from Maine / by Thos. O'Neill, 1884
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Social qualities of our candidate, 1852 |
![[Map of] The northern part of Maine, with the adjoining parts of lower Canada and N. Brunswick exhibiting the newly established boundary line. [Jackson campain broadside], 1832](images/broadside.jpg)
[Map of] The northern part of Maine, with the adjoining parts of lower Canada and N. Brunswick exhibiting the newly established boundary line. [Jackson campain broadside], 1832 |

Views of the ruins in Portland, 1866 |

Maine State House, State & Capitol Streets, Augusta, Kennebec County, ME, c1933 |

An act authorizing the secretary of the Treasury to finish the light-house, on PortlandHead, in the district of Maine, 1790. |
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