Selected Library of Congress Resources for North Carolina
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 North Carolina 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)



![[First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina] 1903](images/flight.jpg)



![[Ronald Martin, Robert Patterson, and Mark Martin stage sit-down strike after being refused service at a F.W. Woolworth luncheon counter, Greensboro, N.C.] 1960](images/counter.jpg)
![Orders No. [25] Head Quarters, Eastern Division Cherokee Agency, Ten. May 17, 1838. [n. p. 1838].](images/orders.jpg)
![[Fort Fisher, N.C. Interior of the “Pulpit”; another view] 1865](images/pulpit.jpg)

