Map and Spatial Data Librarian
theward@iu.edu
Map and Spatial Data Librarian
theward@iu.edu
Introduction
To find a particular city, use the "find" function of your browser or consult the indexes.
The year links to the IUCat record.
Where you see a hyphenated year, the first year is the original edition of the map while the second year is when the map was updated. Prior to the Great Depression, the maps were redrawn for each edition. Afterwards, to save money, they began reissuing old maps with updates. For example, Bloomington has maps dated "1927-1934." These maps were originally drawn in 1927 and reissued in 1934 with updates.
Links called "available DataCORE" indicate that you can download high-quality PDFs from IU DataCORE.
Also noted here for your convenience are maps available on microfilm. Microfilmed maps are in black and white only.
For more help, e-mail libmaps@iu.edu
Other Access
- Fire Insurance Maps Online
Access to high-definition, color Fire Insurance Maps, Real Estate Atlases, Plat Books, and other historical maps showing building structures, building construction details, property ownership, property uses, and other useful information.
- Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867–1970
Access to Sanborn maps for all fifty states, large-scale plans containing data that can help estimate the potential risk for urban structures.
- Library of Congress Sanborn MapsThe LC has made much of its extensive collection of fire insurance maps available to the general public. They have maps from all fifty states, D.C., and a handful of maps from Canada, Cuba, and Mexico.
- 1907 Bloomington Sanborn/City Directory MapIn Spring 2021, students in Dr. John Baeten's Social and Historical GIS course encoded the building information from the 1907 Sanborn map into an interactive map and then included information from a city directory of the same year. You can click on a building on the Sanborn Map and find out who lived there or what the building was used for. For more context about what 1907 Bloomington was like, Dr. Baeten also made a story map called "Reconstructing Bloomington."
About the scans
About these Images
The digital images were created in a joint project between Indiana University and the Historical Information Gatherers, Inc.. A 2011 IndianaView grant funded the archiving of the digital maps on the Indiana Spatial Data Portal.