Fire Insurance Maps and Plans

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1 Fire Insurance Maps and Plans Bulk s linear feet (1 box, 1 oversize box) Processed by Alyse Hennig June 2012 Inset of a key to map symbols, Underwriters Map Association, 1920 Archives and Special Collections St. John s University

2 Access An appointment is necessary to use this collection. Please review the library s access and membership policies. Access to certain materials may be restricted at the discretion of the library due to preservation concerns. Preferred Citation Fire Insurance Maps and Plans Collection., St. John s University. Copyright Materials may be subject to copyright restrictions. It is the responsibility of the researcher to request permission from the copyright holder for further reproduction. Scope and Content This collection is comprised of books and pamphlets, maps, map keys, plan drawings, clippings, correspondence, and lectures, all related to the construction and use of fire insurance maps and plans, as well as famous conflagrations. A portion of the materials is related to the construction of and fire safety prevention for a standard cotton mill. In addition, there are several early lectures on fire insurance maps and plans. Processing Note File F847 (Fire Insurance Maps) was removed from the vertical file in May Subject Terms Conflagrations. Cotton Mills. Fire insurance maps. Lectures. Pamphlets. Sanborn Map Company. Standard cotton mill Organization The collection is organized into 4 series: Series 1 Books and Pamphlets Lectures Insurance Society of New York Lectures Various Series 3 Clippings and Correspondence Maps of Famous Conflagrations Standard Cotton Mills Plans and Diagrams 2

3 Container List Series 1 Books and Pamphlets Folder Title 1 Draughting Fire Insurance Plans, by L.M. Clement (first edition) c Draughting Fire Insurance Plans, by L.M. Clement c Plan Drawing, by E. S. Richmond The Fire Insurance Map (Flat Projection): an outline devised for the use of fire insurance surveyors, by Raymond T. Nelson [2 copies] Notes on Fire Insurance Plan Drawing, by A. Hugh Minchin Plan Drawing for Insurance Examinations, by G. E. Clair c Morrison Card System of Fire Insurance Maps: Report of Committee of Companies Fire Insurance Maps: A statement of the Morrison Map System together with the Report of the Committee of the National Board of Fire Underwriters showing its merits over the present antiquated and expensive method United States Fire Insurance and Underwriters Maps, , by Walter W. Ristow, Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, Volume 25, Number Plan Drawing Symbols to be used by Examination Candidates, by Chartered Insurance Institute. c Drafting -- Fire Insurance Plans. Lecture Outlines, by Gorham Dana, The Insurance Library Association of Boston. c Making Wood Fire Retardant, by T. R. Truax, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Why Map? a full report of an impartial survey and a timely message of vital concern to Fire Insurance Company Management, by Sanborn Map Company and Utilization of the Sanborn Map, by Sanborn Map Company [4 copies] and Utilization of the Sanborn Map, by Sanborn Map Company [5 copies] A Guide to Sound Fire Insurance Underwriting, Report Numbers 1-4, by Sanborn Map Company c Insurance Society of New York 9 Fire insurance plans; address, intermediate fire course, by V. E. Neville March 3, Fire Insurance Part II #17 [2 copies] March 29, Drafting Fire Insurance Plans Fire II, Lecture 19 [2 copies] March 9, Drafting Fire Insurance Plans Fire II Lecture #9 December 6,

4 Various 10 The Publication of Fire Insurance Maps, by L.L. Buchanan, Delivered to the Fire Insurance Club of Chicago June 11, Drafting Fire Insurance Plans, by the Insurance Institute of Hartford [2 copies] c Drafting and Fire Insurance Plans, Lecture before the Insurance Institute of Hartford by Mr. John H. Sheridan and Mr. Martin D. Rumrill 1936/ Plan Drafting to Scale, Including Plan Notations (lectures), by John S. Caldwell, The Insurance Library Association of Boston [4 copies] Series 3 Clippings and Correspondence 11 Clippings and Correspondence Key to Plan Notations Fire Underwriters Uniformity Association Key to Plan Notations Fire Underwriters Uniformity Association 1924 [3 copies] 12 Key Sanborn Map Company [3 copies] c Plan Notation Eastern Underwriters Inspection Bureau [2 copies] Key to Signs Etc. Used on Bureau Maps, Circular No. 310, Middle States Inspection Bureau c Key. This key was used by Sanborn Map Company in 1866 n.d. Key to symbols used upon maps issued by the Underwriters Map Association, New York January 1919 Key to symbols used upon maps issued by the Underwriters Map Association, New York January

5 Maps of Famous Conflagrations Baltimore, MD. Map showing district burned in conflagration of February 7 th and 8 th, [fragile] n.d. Map. This plan of the City of New York (within the Palisades which were erected in the year 1745) was made for the purpose of shewing the progress and extent of the Great Fire which happened in the year 1776 the number of houses that was consumed. And also the Fire of Presented to the New York Historical Society by David Grim. c Clipping. New York, December 23, Dreadful Conflagration in New York. Diagram of the Fire Engraved by Butler & Morse, for the Mercantile Advertiser & New York Advocate Standard Cotton Mills Plans and Diagrams Hartford, Conn. n.d Hartford, Conn. n.d. Hartford, Conn. Revised November Hartford, Conn. Revised November Construction Main Mill, Indicator Post, Protection 1905 Hartford, Conn. Revised November Tank Cotton Mill Processes. Diagram showing order of processes and number of laps, slivers, and rovings doubled at each unit, C.B. Langdon, Eng. March 8, 1923 Typical White Goods Cotton Mill. No Scale. C.B. Langdon, Chief Eng Diagrammatic layouts of principal parts of machines in spinning process. n.d. Typical White Goods Cotton Mill. No Scale. C.B. Langdon, Chief Eng n.d. 5