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Re: Sanborn Maps



I haven't heard how the LOC project is progressing. The Sanborn maps are
available on a subscription basis from UMI:  http://sanborn.umi.com/


Thomas J. Wood
Archivist
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
University of Illinois at Springfield
P.O. Box 19243
Springfield IL 62794-9243
217-206-6520 | wood@uis.edu | http://www.uis.edu/library/lib-arch


-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Kizer Ball [mailto:rogerhkb@MDARCHIVES.STATE.MD.US]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 12:40 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Sanborn Maps


>Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:37:09 -0500
>To: archives@listserv.muohio.edu
>From: Roger Kizer Ball <rogerhkb@mdarchives.state.md.us>
>Subject: Sanborn Maps
>
>Back in 1999 there was a posting to this list, referencing a Library of
>Congress press release, that said the Sanborn fire insurance maps were
>being scanned and would be available as part of the American Memory
>project. What happened to this project? The maps are available online as a
>subscription service but nothing has appeared on American Memory.
>
>
>Date:         Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:50:00 -0400
>  Reply-To:     Archives & Archivists <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
>  Sender:       Archives & Archivists <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
>  From:         Marla Krauss <mkrauss@CONNIX.COM>
>  Subject:      Re: Fire Insurance Maps
>  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>  Those of you interested in fire insurance maps would be pleased to know
> that over
>  one million Sanborn Fire Insurance Map images will be online as part of a
>  National Digital Library project. The project is sponsored by my
> company, e data
>  resources, inc. The maps will be included on the American Memory website.
>  http://memory.loc.gov   I can't give a definite date as to when the
> first maps
>  will be available. Maybe the spring? Feel free to contact me with
> questions. The
>  press release is at:  http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/1997/97-204 (It's
> #97-204 released
>  in 1997 in case
>  the link doesn't work.)
>
>  Marla Krauss
>  Archivist
>  The Sanborn Library, LLC
>  35 Nutmeg Dr.
>  Trumbull, CT 06611
>  (203) 377-7845
>  mkrauss@connix.com

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Roger H. Kizer Ball, C.A.               rogerhkb@mdarchives.state.md.us
Archives of Maryland On-Line             http://www.archivesofmaryland.net
Maryland State Archives
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
410.260.6417
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