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Schlereth, Thomas J.  "Past Cityscapes: Uses of Cartography in Urban History.” In Artifacts of the American Past, 66-86, 1982.
 

Schlereth's article is an introduction to the use of maps and other materials to assist scholars concerned with researching cultural landscapes.  The use of maps and prints can be helpful in recovering spatial relationships that cannot often be discerned from using traditional documentary resources, such as manuscripts.  Varied types of cartographical items -- topographical, geographical, transportation, and fire insurance maps to name a few -- can generally assist a researcher in uncovering the cultural layers of a certain area over time.  [R. Schoeberlein]