Selected Library of Congress Resources for Minnesota
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 Minnesota 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.
How to Use Primary Sources (PDF, 245K)
Primary Sources Analysis Tool (PDF, 79K)




![TR in St. Paul, Minn. [1917]](images/roosevelt.jpg)



![A broadside picturing Leon Plante and the churn in which he lives, accompanied by explanatory matter] [Roseau, Minn. 1938?]](images/churn.jpg)
![Falls of Minne-ha-ha and rustic bridge / J. Carbutt, photographer, Chicago, Illinois, [between 1865 and 1871]](images/falls.jpg)

![To his excellency Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. Joint memorial. [St. Paul? 1863]](images/lincoln.jpg)