Galveston Unscripted @ The Rosenberg Library

We are joining forces with the Rosenberg Library to put on a series of live conversations free to the public to come and dive in to details about Galveston's history! Join us at the library to listen to how each of these topics shapes our island today. Each conversation will last about an hour with time for a Q&A!

Thursday, April 20th @ 6PM: Ed Cotham Jr.

Civil War in Texas and the role Galveston played

Edward Cotham Jr. is Author of Juneteenth: The Story Behind the Celebration (State House Press), The Southern Journey of a Civil War Marine: Henry O. Gusley's Illustrated Note-Book, and Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston.

Tuesday, May 2nd @ 6PM: Dr. Paula Summerly

Bubonic Plague outbreak of 1920

Paula Summerly was born in the North of England. Her academic background is in the history of medicine, paleopathology, and fine art photography. She has researched and curated medical exhibitions in Galveston, Cleveland, Chicago, Scotland, and London. Her interests including the history of anatomy, pathology, and forensics.  

 Currently, Paula is curator of the Old Red Medical Museum at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB). The new museum will be housed in the former dissection laboratory on the top floor of Old Red (Ashbel Smith Building)the oldest surviving medical school building west of the Mississippi River. 

Location: The Rosenberg Library: 2310 Sealy Ave, Galveston, TX 77550

Inside the Wortham Auditorium on the first floor.

For more information about the series or the Rosenberg Library, visit: https://rosenberg-library.org/events/