Teaching with Primary Sources Southern Region
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Funded by the Library of Congress, the Teaching with Primary Sources Southern Region at MTSU promotes the widespread, sustained and effective use of primary sources from the Library by increasing access to the TPS program in eight states across the South. Content created and featured in partnership with the TPS program does not indicate an endorsement by the Library of Congress.*
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07/07/2026
Check out the new how-to video on architecture-based primary sources! In this video, Dr. Graham will show you how to search for sources pertaining to architecture using the Library of Congress’s digital collections, research guides, and story maps. Additionally, you will be able to see recommendations for the best digital collections to start with. Happy searching!
How To Find Architecture Primary Sources from the Library of Congress This is a quick guide to the best architecture-themed collections a...
05/21/2026
There’s a lot of talk about the Founding Fathers of the U.S. as we celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday, but what about the Founding Mothers? One name that should be considered for this title is Mary Katharine Goddard, an accomplished printer and publisher whose name appears on the second printing of the Declaration of Independence.
In January of 1777, after fleeing Philadelphia for Baltimore, the Continental Congress commissioned Goddard to print a second issue of the Declaration of Independence. This time, those who signed the Declaration in July of 1776 reasserted their commitment to the cause of Independence by allowing their names to be printed on the broadside. Mary Katharine Goddard put her name in print, too.
Printing this document was an act of treason. By printing this broadside and including her name, Mary Katharine Goddard was bravely aligning herself with the same risks that the signers had undertaken.
There are only 11 known surviving copies of the Goddard broadside, making it a very special treasure in the Library's collections.
To learn more about the Goddard broadside, visit the links below.
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/03/rare-book-of-the-month-a-revolutionary-woman-and-the-declaration-of-independence/?loclr=fbloc
https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10718/?loclr=fbloc
Image: A cropped and zoomed-in image of the Goddard Declaration of Independence with Mary Katharine Goddard's name highlighted at the bottom, and an illustration of Goddard in the upper righthand corner.
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