Fourteen cannons from Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in Florida arriving at the Conservation Research Lab at Texas A&M University. (Texas A&M Marketing and Communications photo/Mark Guerrero) By Heather Rodriguez, Texas A&M University College of Liberal Arts The Conservation Research Laboratory (CRL) at Texas A&M University is restoring…
Loil Ellison and wife, Estella Ellison, and daughter Estella Mae Ellison standing in street in front of their house at 520 Callaghan Avenue, early 1930s. In the background are shotgun-style houses, across the street at 519 (left) and 521 Callaghan Avenue, in a neighborhood demolished to make way for Victoria…
Ben Baaske prepares to scan the Wheelock Schoolhouse. (College of Architecture) By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture From tape measures to state-of-the-art laser scans, Texas A&M preservation students employed an array of tools while meticulously documenting an historic schoolhouse building in Wheelock, Texas in a successful effort…
Amanda Gobeli said Kirby is an excellent conservation conversation starter and popular with both youth and adults. (Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute) By Paul Schattenberg, Texas A&M University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences One of the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute’s most popular “spokespersons” for quail appreciation and conservation…
Texas General Land Office Commissioner George P. Bush addresses the crowd at the Alamo in San Antonio during Cannon Fest, where the announcement was made that the cannons were being conserved by the Conservation Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University. By Elena Watts, Texas A&M Marketing and Communications The…