![]() ![]() Up to three internships may be awarded each calendar year. Internships will include a stipend and/or housing and living expenses. ![]() Internships may draw from professional and para-professional aspects of the organization including historic preservation studies, research and documentation of historic properties, public policy and economic development initiatives, maritime studies and historic tall ship sailing, museum collections and documentation, archival planning, and craftsmanship, and historic building rehabilitation or restoration. “In a sense, we see this internship as a way to use Galveston as a laboratory and to build a wall of successful projects where interns learn to value history and architecture”. “We are very excited to be able to establish this terrific program to attract young men and women to the island to explore our history and architecture, to see our historic houses and commercial buildings, to climb a tall ship, to conserve valuable artifacts, to learn to make balusters for a historic porch, or analyze the next steps for historic preservation through planning or policy,” states GHF Executive Director, Dwayne Jones. Protz Historic Preservation Internship, supported by the Mary Moody Northen Endowment. Named in honor of Galveston preservationist Ed Protz, Galveston Historical Foundation announces the Edward L. Protz Historic Preservation Internship.ĬLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE SITE ABOUT THE EDWARD L. This exhibit was created by Katelyn Landry who participated in the Galveston Historical Foundation’s 2021 Edward L. Through interactive maps, images, and digitized archival materials such as ship manifests, newspaper articles, and Confederate impressment contracts, learn more about the lives and experiences of enslaved people who are often marginalized in mainstream historical narratives of Galveston. From Jean Laffite’s reign of piracy to the era of the Confederate government, the forced migrations, financial transactions, and labor exploitation of enslaved people in Galveston played a significant role in the development of the island city and Texas at large. Take a closer look at the history of enslavement on the Texas coast with a new digital exhibit, Facing the Gulf: Learning Stories of Slavery in Galveston, 1816-1865. Galveston’s Immigration Experience – Ship To Shore.Galveston Historic Seaport – Home of the 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA.Galveston’s Juneteenth Exhibhit – “And Still We Rise…”. ![]()
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