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Ideas for Using Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps in Your Library

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What are Sanborn Maps:

Presentation from Accidental Map Librarian Workshop mixon_sanborn_compressed.ppt (by Geneva Mixon)
Presentation from NCPH Conference on beths sanborn map presentation.ppt (by Beth Filar Williams)

Ideas from the Accidental Map Librarian Workshops:

Resources:

MIT Open CourseWare: a database of free MIT course materials. Search for "sanborn" to access some fabulous resources!
A Road Map to Our Town, by Anna Moyer, a lesson plan for 8th graders. Seems to have been developed during a class taught by Professor Susan Hardwick at the University of Oregon.
A Walk Down Mainstreet: Exploring Your Local Community, a lesson developed by Pat Gore at Greenwood Elementary in Independence, MO. Hosted by the Missouri Geographic Alliance.
Pictures of Sanborn Maps on Flickr

Historic Preservation Uses of Sanborn maps:

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