NPS HABS/HAER: US/ICOMOS Internships

Fatima Al-Nammari
Amman, Jordan
Noelle McManus
Sligo City,  Republic of Ireland
Zsolt Szenassy
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Victoria Valletta
Tarxien, Malta
Shweta Vardia
New Delhi, India
Luis Pieraldi
San Juan, Puerto Rico

completed 2004 US/ICOMOS
Internships with the

National Park Service, HABS/HAER/HALS
Washington, DC, USA and other sites

Above: Hosts and interns - National Park Service, HABS/HAER/HALS.

Left to right:  Luis Pieraldi (Intern from Puerto Rico), Dana Lockett,Chris Marston, Mark Schara, Tom Behrens, John Burns (Acting Chief, HABS/HAER/HALS), Shweta Vardia (Intern from India), Fatima Al-Nammari (Intern from Jordan), and Naomi Hernandez.

"For me this was a 'not to miss' opportunity and experience, and I highly recommend it to anybody who wants something new, to meet new people, and improve his or her knowledge in the field of preservation."
 

Szolt Szenassy
2004 US/ICOMOS
Intern from Romania
 

 

"My experiences during this summer were quite rich.  The internship provided me with an invaluable experience in a beautiful city.  I enjoyed the places, the work, as well as the company I had."

Fatima Al-Nammar
2004 US/ICOMOS
Intern from Jordan

The National Park Service's HABS/HAER/HALS program has been a supporter and sponsor of numerous US/ICOMOS International Interns since the program's conception over 20 years ago.  In 2004, HABS/HAER hosted seven interns.  Several of the interns stayed in Washington, DC to work on a variety of computer-based documentation projects, finalizing measured drawings during previous NPS HABS/HAER/HALS summer documentation program. Others spent most of the summer at sites far outside of Washington on National Park Service sites and projects.  Their projects ranged from a fort in San Juan Puerto Rico to the covered bridges of Vermont, from the Panama Canal to the historic facades of Natchitoches, Louisiana, and from the cranberry industry to an oyster & lime factory. 

These internships were sponsored by the National Park Service's Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey and additional support from private donors.

The US/ICOMOS International Intern Exchange Program is funded by a variety sources.  Each of the host organizations in the U.S. contribute funds that cover a substantial portion of the costs for interns from overseas.  Grants from private foundations and individual donors support the internships for U.S. preservationists traveling overseas, with additional support from some of the overseas host organizations.  The 2004 overseas internships were supported by the Dorothy-Ann Foundation, Marpat Foundation, Keepers Fund for Historic Preservation, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Trust for Mutual Understanding, and contributions from numerous individuals.