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 Massachusetts 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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Cy Young, Boston AL, full-length portrait, 1908
View PDF (149 KB)Join or die : front page of The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal, 1774
View PDF (1.44 MB)1st Massachusetts Cavalry camp in the woods, ca 1861-1865
View PDF (449 KB)Rail road & township map of Massachusetts, 1879
View PDF (1.33 MB)Bay Psalm Book (1st Book published in British North America), 1640
View PDF (117 KB)Fishing boats. Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1937
View PDF (156 KB)Edward O'Neil: Living Lore in New England - WPA Life Histories, 1938