Back to Primary Sources by State
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.
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.
Primary Sources
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Thomas Jefferson Papers: Meteorological Diary, January 1792, Warrenton, North Carolina
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Tobias Lear, November 21, 1789, North Carolina Convention Resolution...
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Cooke's new map of the state of North Carolina, 1857
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[First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina] 1903
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A grocery window, 1939
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Hattie Rogers, c1930
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Drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn...
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Orders No. [25] Head Quarters, Eastern Division Cherokee Agency, Ten. May 17, 1838.
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[Fort Fisher, N.C. Interior of the “Pulpit”; another view] 1865
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Western North Carolina. the township of High Point and village of the same name...
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