Finding the Answer with Local Maps with Nancy Webster, Archivist

Highland Park Historical Society will host on Thursday. October 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM ‘Finding the Answer with Local Maps,’ presented by Nancy Webster, Archivist.

Pinpointing the precise location of an event, building or other location can be a challenge due to changing names, numbers and boundaries. This presentation will share how to use Highland Park and township maps from locally drawn plat books to Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps to complete your research and answer questions.

Nancy Webster began working with historical collections in Highland Park, Illinois in 2010 when she launched the community archives program with a grant from the National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). Since beginning the community archives program in collaboration with the NHPRC, she has written and managed more than $200,000.00 in local and Illinois state grants for digitization and other history and culture projects. She teaches at Dominican University as an adjunct instructor, currently teaching the Advanced Archives seminar. Previously, she worked at the Bentley Library, the Chicago History Museum and Molex Connector Corporation. She received her MILS and BA from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Prior to her 30 year career as an archivist Webster worked as a translator, political science researcher, au pair, waitperson, and bartender. Her years working in restaurants provided a base for this project.

‘Finding the Answer with Local Maps,’ will be presented via Zoom. For further information or a zoom link, please contact the Highland Park Historical Society: 847.432.7090 or [archives@highlandparkhistory.org](mailto:archives@highlandparkhistory.org). Admission is free.