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 Georgia 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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A view of Savannah as it stood the 29th of March 1734
View PDF (1.12 MB)Marching through Georgia / Henry C. (Henry Clay) Work [notated music]
View PDF (914 KB)Doffer boys in Bibb Mill #1, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia, 1909
View PDF (175 KB)Coke was invented in Atlanta and Coca Cola headquarters are there today, 1953
Market Scene in Macon, Georgia, 1867
View PDF (1.32 MB)Georgia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA, c1933
View PDF (1.23 MB)... Resolutions expressive of the determination of Georgia to prosecute the present war...
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