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Preferred Citation:

Sanborn Insurance Atlas, Williamsburg, Virginia, Collection, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2007.100 gift of Etherington Conservation. Acc. 2021.047 was accessioned from the backlog.

Historical Note:

The Sanborn Company began making fire insurance maps in 1867 when founded by Daniel Alfred Sanborn, a surveyor from Somerville, Massachusetts. The Sanborn Map Company created maps for fire insurance assessment in the U.S. and within several decades became the largest and most successful American map company. Sanborn was headquartered in Pelham, New York, but had regional offices in San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta.

Scope and Contents

Consists of materials related to the Sanborn Insurance Atlas of Williamsburg (Rare Book-Double Folio G 1294 .W5 G495), which had beeen originally accessioned as 2006.039 before being transfered to the Rare Book collection.

Acc. 2007.100 consists of 2 DVDs with images from the Atlas (located in the Mss. Audio-Visual Collection.)

Acc. 2021.047 consists of 9 color reprodctions depicting maps dated June, 1960 in mapcase 55 drawer 13.

Related Material

"Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia." New York: Sanborn Map Co., 1933.

https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/it9tur/alma991004431729703196

Separated Material

All audiovisual material from this collection has been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Land use--Virginia--Williamsburg
• Maps
• Virginia--Maps
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
• Williamsburg (Va.)--Maps