Public History Intern
Denver, Colorado, United States
A 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization that collaborates with other Colorado entities to commemorate, preserve, document, and interpret the state's rich history.Recipient of Norwich University Graduate History Program Outstanding Internship Project Award 2022Applied academic knowledge, theory, and data gathered on the Foundation’s historic conservation easement portfolio to create a digital Story Map using Esri ArcGIS StoryMap software. The Story Map included a map tour of the Foundation’s 113 easement properties and featured stories on two separate properties: Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and Temple Israel in Leadville, Colorado.Developed curatorial skills in historic preservation and conservation easement practices, research, documentation, and evaluation to help promote the lesser-known intangible cultural heritage of the Colorado Historical Foundation’s (CHF) historic conservation easement properties.Researched and authored articles on four historic easement properties for publication in the Colorado Historical Foundation’s quarterly communications. Each article focused on the social, political, and cultural value of the historic conservation easement properties.Utilized Colorado Historical Foundation’s records, and other research materials to survey, categorize, and catalog the Foundation’s current easement property portfolio and applied, as appropriate, the National Park Service’s “How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation.”