How did something as boring as maps for insurance companies become one of the highest-traffic items on the Library of Congress&apos;s website? Because these maps were accidentally telling the stories of the cities they depicted -- cities that were growing, changing, and sometimes withering away... You can look for Sanborn maps of your town or city in digital collection of the Library of Congress <a href='https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps'>here</a>. You can find more information about the history of the Sanborn collection at Cal State Northridge <a href='https://www.csun.edu/social-behavioral-sciences/sanborn-collection'>here</a>. For more information on this episode and more Artifactual podcast content, visit <a href='http://artifactualpodcast.com/'>artifactualpodcast.com</a>. Artifactual is a content partner of <a href='https://www.documentarytelevision.com/'>Peter Hamilton’s Documentary Business</a> newsletter and <a href='https://www.sunnysideofthedoc.com/home.htm'>Sunny Side of the Doc</a>.

The Snowdon Tapes: Interviews from a Royal Biography

Artifactual is a podcast about archival material -- who made it, who saved it, and why. It was inspired by the documentary work we do at 1895 Films, where we often come across amazing pieces of archival material (tapes, maps, letters, etc.). But we don't always have the space to tell the stories behind this archival material in the documentaries themselves. And so, Artifactual was born...