LOC Collections

Explore the Library of Congress digital collections. The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. Use LOC Collections to access iconic photos, historic maps, books, films, newspapers, manuscripts and sound recordings.

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Read books.

Search historic newspapers.

Watch early films from Thomas Edison and other pioneers.

Explore the papers of U.S. presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and more).

View iconic photos and maps documenting the Civil War.

View letters, diaries and notes in the papers of Rosa Parks, Mary Church Terrell, Susan B. Anthony and other changemakers.