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NEWS IN BRIEF
Historical
Happening
APPLICATION DEADLINE FAST
APPROACHING FOR THC
HISTORICAL MARKERS
The Texas Historical Commission (THC)
is accepting applications for subject
historical markers, designated Historic
Texas Cemeteries, and Recorded
Texas Historic Landmarks (RTHL).
The deadline to submit applications
is November 15, via email to
markerapplication@thc.state.tx.us.
The Texas Legislature has limited
the THC to processing 275 new
historical marker applications in 2012,
plus 20 new undertold topics. RTHLs
are prioritized for 2012 and will receive
additional points when applications
are scored.
Complete information regarding
the application process is available
at www.thc.state.tx.us or by calling
512.463.5853.
THC ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
FOR DIVERSITY INTERNSHIP
The Friends of the THC seeks to
increase the diversity of professionals
working in historic preservation
by offering a $5,000 stipend for an
eight-week internship with the THC.
Applicants should be U.S. citizens of
African, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, or
Native American/Hawaiian/Alaskan
heritage and should be Texas residents
attending an accredited four-year
college or university as a graduate
or undergraduate student.
Ideal applicants will demonstrate an
interest in pursuing a career in history,
preservation, architecture, landscape
architecture, archeology, downtown
revitalization, or heritage tourism.
Applications are available at
www.thcfriends.org/diversityinternship.
The deadline for submission isJanuary 31, 2012.
THC REVISES
CEMETERY
PRESERVATION
GUIDE
The THC has
p r o d u c e d a n u-pd a t e , '
updated guide ate ,
to cemetery -t
preservation, , I.
detailing the
agency's Historic
Texas Cemetery .:-.
(HTC) designation , 1e'4 "'
process and A new THC guide assists preservationists with historic cemeteries,
the RIP (record, irreplaceable resources that tell the real stories of Texas.
investigate,
and protect) Guardian network. The colorful manual also addresses cemetery
conservation and repair, maintenance, and cemetery law.
Established in 1998, HTC designation helps communities record graveyards
in the county records to addresses the problem of cemetery destruction. The
designation has recognized nearly 1,600 historic cemeteries in all 254 Texas
counties. The RIP Guardian network is a statewide connection of cemetery
preservation volunteers dedicated to protecting historic burial grounds.
To learn more, or to download the updated guidelines, visit www.thc.state.tx.us
or contact the agency's History Programs Division at 512.463.5853.u""AD ruC NAMES FIRST FEMALE (
For decades, Houston
preservationist Janet
Wagner has dedicated
her efforts to researching
multi-faceted aspects of
Texas' heritage; now she's made history
on her own.
Earlier this year, Wagner was
named the first female chair of the
Harris County Historical Commission
(CHC). She was officially sworn in by
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett and
was commended for breaking the
gender barrier. Wagner also serves
as president of the Harris County
Historical Society, the oldest historical
organization in Harris County.Wagner, a San Antonio native,
graduated from Texas A&M University
with a degree in landscape architecture
and eventually opened her own firm,
J.K. Wagner and Company, Inc., which
provides historical and cultural land-
use research services for archeological,
environmental, and land development
projects. Wagner was responsible
for registering the Old Sixth Ward as
Harris County's first historic district and
was also instrumental in designating
Houston's first subdivision, Frost Town,
as a City of Houston Landmark. Wagner
is currently working on a book detailing
her 20 years of research on Carolana
Florida, a 17th-century English colony
in Houston and the Gulf Coast region.TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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