Map Librarian
Lucinda M. Hall
Contact:
Evans Map Room, Baker-Berry Library
Dartmouth College
25 N Main ST
Hanover, NH 03755
Dartmouth College
25 N Main ST
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 646-0962
Website Skype Contact: d1128r8@kiewit.dartmouth.edu
Map collections
This box has the records for New Hampshire and Vermont. For other states, see the box above.
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: New Hampshire byCall Number: Electronic resourceDigital version of the Sanborn maps for New Hampshire.
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Sanborn fire insurance maps. Vermont, 1867-1950 byCall Number: Jones Media Micro Film 4499r Library has selected maps for Orange and Windsor Counties, VermontReel 1. Bethel. Bradford. (2 pts.) -- Reel 2. Chester. Fairlee. Hartland. (3 pts.) -- Reel 3. Ludlow -- Reel 4. Randolph. Rochester (2 pts.) -- Reel 5. South Royalton. Springfield. Wells River. West Randolph. White River Junction. Windsor. Woodstock (7 pts.)
Map collections
The digital Sanborn collections that various libraries have put online only cover maps published before 1923. Any map published 1923 or after is still in copyright and they are unable to put a digital version online.
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Alabama - Historical Fire Insurance Maps of Alabama byCall Number: Online resourceYou need a specific plug-in to view these Sanborns.
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Alaska - Fire Insurance Maps of AlaskaCall Number: Online resourceOnline maps available through the Library of Congress.
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District of Columbia - Fire Insurance Maps of the District of ColumbiaCall Number: Online resourceMaps available through the Library of Congress.
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Florida - Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Florida byCall Number: Electronic resourceThis is a collection of more than 3,000 map sheets for the state of Florida. The maps were designed to help fire insurance agents determine the degree of damage to a property and show accurate information to determine risks and establish premiums. They show the size (including color-coding), shape and construction of buildings (brick, adobe, frame, etc), dwellings (including hotels and churches), and other structures such as bridges, docks and barns.
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Georgia - Sanborn fire insurance maps for Georgia towns and cities, 1884-1922 byCall Number: Online resourceSanborn Fire Insurance maps for the state of Georgia.
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Missouri - Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Missouri Cities byCall Number: Online resources
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North Carolina Sanborn Maps byCall Number: Online resourceUNC-Chapel Hill hold the most comprehensive collection of North Carolina Sanborn maps. The dates range from the 1880's through 1922 online. The physical collection goes to the 1950's.
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Pennsylvania Sanborn Fire Insurance MapsCall Number: Online resourceThe digital collection will slowly be growing as they continue their efforts to scan all public domain editions of the Sanborn map collection.
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South Carolina - Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of South Carolina byCall Number: Online resourceSanborn Fire Insurance maps for the state of South Carolina.
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Texas - Sanborn Maps of Texas byCall Number: Online resource
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Utah Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps byCall Number: Online resource
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Wisconsin - Digital Sanborn Maps of Milwaukee 1894 & 1910 byCall Number: Online resourceHistoric Sanborn Fire Insurance maps for the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 1894 and 1910.
Sanborn collection covering the entire United States mapped
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United States - Sanborn Maps from the Library of Congress byCall Number: Online resourceThe Sanborn maps are arranged by state, then city and release data. Currently there are over 25,000 sheets from over 3000 city sets online in the following states: AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, OH, OK, PA, SD, TX, VA, VT, WY and Canada, Mexico, Cuba sugar warehouses, and U.S. whiskey warehouses. This digital collection is courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Other Fire insurance mapping companies
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Dakin Fire Insurance MapsEvery one knows the Sanborn Mapping Company. However, there were other companies involved in fire insurance mapping. This is one of those companies.
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Sanborn Map CompanyThe company famous for its insurance mapping.
Fire Insurance Maps for Vermont
Selected book titles for fire insurance mapping
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Online Checklist by Call Number: Electronic resourceThe Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Online Checklist is a searchable database of the fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company housed in the collections of the Geography and Map Division. The online checklist is based upon the Library's 1981 publication Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress and will be continually updated to reflect new acquisitions.
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Union list of Sanborn fire insurance maps held by institutions in the United States and Canada byCall Number: Evans Map Room Z 6026 .I7 H63 v. 1 - 2This 2 volume union list contains the names of every city and town which the Sanborn Company mapped and in whose collections the maps reside.
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Catalogue of Canadian fire insurance plans, 1875-1975 byCall Number: Evans Map Room GA 471 .O33 no.6This catalogue lists all the Canadian towns and cities mapped and in whose collections the maps reside throughout the Canadian provinces.
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Fire insurance maps : their history and applications byCall Number: Evans Map Room HG 9771 .O89 1997A short history of fire insurance maps in the United States.
Fire insurance maps for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
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Fire insurance maps and plans from The British LibraryGoad fire insurance plans are unique primary source materials capturing what is, in many cases, otherwise undocumented information about buildings, land use and urban design. This collection of Goad plans of the British Isles are the very first editions of this mapping, representing all of the major centres of population at the turn of the twentieth century; publication dates range from 1886 to 1930.
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Curator's note for Goad's Fire Insurance Maps... While not the first to produce maps to aid insurance companies in assessing fire risks, the Chas E Goad Co was the largest and most prolific such endeavor in Britain. The large-scale plans of urban areas – which ranged in size from eight sheets for Dover and over 500 for London – includes footprints and addresses for each building, with its use (commercial, residential, educational etc.) and the height of the building. ...
Internet resource(s)
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Sanborn Maps from WikipediaSanborn Maps was a creator and publisher of maps of US cities and towns. The Sanborn Maps were originally created for assessing fire insurance liability in urbanized areas in the United States. The maps include detailed information about buildings in approximately 12,000 US towns and cities.