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.
Historic Preservation Uses of Sanborn maps:
Using Sanborn maps to research old buildings, from the Wisconsin Historical Society