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Fire Insurance Maps of Burlington, Vermont, 1900
- Date Created: 1900
- Description: The 1900 fire insurance maps for Burlington, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn-Perris Map Co. to provide insurance companies and underwriters with detailed and accurate information about individual properties. There are also maps of two areas located outside Burlington, Queen City Park in the town of South Burlington and Dr. W. Seward Webb's farm in Shelburne.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of Burlington, Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of Essex Junction, Vermont
- Creator: Sanborn Map Company
- Date Created: 1894-1922
- Description: This collection contains large-scale maps of Essex Junction, Vermont produced by the Sanborn Company from 1894-1922 to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The fire insurance maps provide a detailed record of the village’s development in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The village of Essex Junction was located at the intersection of major east-west and north-south roads and the junction of six railroads. The insurance maps show the residences, businesses, industries, public buildings, churches and rail yard in the village center. They also include industrial and power generation facilities located south of the village on the Winooski River. The colored 21 x 25 inch sheets show building footprints, construction methods and materials, size and number of floors, and uses. They also indicate streets, railroads and trolley lines, property boundaries, street numbers, water systems and fire hydrants. Each map set includes a detailed key that lists the symbols used to indicate building features. The 1910 and 1922 sets include an index sheet showing the mapped area and sheet numbers, a list of streets and addresses, and a “specials index” of businesses and organizations. 1928 and 1962 insurance maps for Essex Junction and Essex Center are available in UVM Special Collections. More information about Sanborn fire insurance maps is available here - http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/sanborn/
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of Essex Junction, Vermont, 1922
- Date Created: 1922
- Description: The 1922 fire insurance maps sheets for Essex Junction, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn Map Company to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. Maps provide expanded coverage of residential areas in the village and show a concentration of industrial enterprises in the village along the railroad tracks, shifting away from the Winooski River where an electric generating plant was located.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of Essex Junction, Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of Richmond, Vermont, 1899
- Creator: Sanborn Map Company
- Date Created: 1899
- Description: The 1899 fire insurance map sheet for the central part of the village of Richmond, Vermont was produced by the Sanborn-Perris Map Co. to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. An inset shows the Vermont Condensed Milk plant.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of Richmond, Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of St. Albans, Vermont, 1884
- Creator: Sanborn Map Company
- Date Created: 1884
- Description: The 1884 fire insurance map sheets for the village of St. Albans, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn Map and Publishing Co. to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The maps record the extensive railroad facilities west of Main Street, manufacturing and industrial enterprises located nearby, the city’s commercial center along Main Street, and the churches, courthouse and academy located east of Taylor Park. The maps also include residences in the central section of St. Albans.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of St. Albans, Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of St. Albans, Vermont, 1901
- Creator: Sanborn Map Company
- Date Created: 1901
- Description: The 1901 fire insurance map sheets for the city of St. Albans, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn-Perris Map Co. to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The maps record the extensive railroad facilities west of Main Street, manufacturing and industrial enterprises located nearby, the city’s commercial center along Main Street, and the churches, courthouse and academy located east of Taylor Park. The maps also include residences in the central section of St. Albans.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of St. Albans, Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of Winooski, Vermont, 1889
- Creator: Sanborn Map Company
- Date Created: 1889
- Description: The 1889 fire insurance map sheets for Winooski, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn Map and Publishing Co. to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The maps document the extensive mill complexes along the Winooski River and the churches, residences, and commercial buildings in the village center.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of Winooski, Vermont
Out in the Mountains
- Date Issued: 1986-2007
- Description: Out in the Mountains was the only LGBT focused newspaper in Vermont from early 1986 to January of 2007 when the last issue was released. The newspaper provided a forum for a diverse LGBT community to stay connected, covered issues facing the community such as violence, isolation and HIV, and discussed policy and organizing efforts to battle discrimination against LGBT people in Vermont and in the United States as a whole. Some significant milestones for LGBT rights in Vermont covered by Out in the Mountains include the passage of Civil Unions and the Vermont Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The newspaper featured ongoing advice and dating column, a series of coming out stories, a column for youth writers, LGBT cartoonists including Alison Bechdel, and profiles of prominent community members. The newspaper refused to print advertisements for alcohol or cigarettes, and ran advertisements for safer sex practices. Out in the Mountains ceased publication due to financial difficulties.
Civil War Broadsides and Epemera
- Date Created: 1861-1865
- Description: The Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera Collection contains items from the UVM Silver Special Collections Library that were printed and circulated from 1861 to 1865. Most of the items are related to the war, while a small number are related to Vermont’s efforts to organize and train the state militia after the war. The collection features proclamations, orders and announcements about the state’s military operations, including recruitment, enrollment, supplies, and equipment; relief efforts; the end of the war; and President Lincoln’s death. One of the most unusual items is a broadside alerting the public to the theft of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds stolen from a St. Albans, Vermont bank by Confederate raiders in October 1864.
Fire Insurance Maps of St. Albans, Vermont, 1906
- Creator: Sanborn Map Company
- Date Created: 1906
- Description: The 1906 fire insurance map sheets for the city of St. Albans, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn Map Co. to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The maps record the extensive railroad facilities west of Main Street, manufacturing and industrial enterprises located nearby, the city’s commercial center along Main Street, and the churches, courthouse and academy located east of Taylor Park. The maps also include residences in the central section of St. Albans.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of St. Albans, Vermont