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Browse by Series - Barker Texas History Series

Since 1992, the Center, in cooperation with the Texas State Historical Association, has published a series of Texas history books written by authors who drew extensively from the research collections on Texas history, the South, the Southwest, and the Rocky Mountain West.To purchase any of these publications, please fill out the order form and send or fax it to the Office of the Director.

Titles in the Barker Texas History Center Series are available for purchase from the Texas State Historical Association and most bookstores.

War Scare on the Rio Grande: Robert Runyon's Photographs of the Border Conflict, 1913-1916 - click for excerpt   Frank N. Samponaro and Paul J. Vanderwood. War Scare on the Rio Grande: Robert Runyon's Photographs of the Border Conflict, 1913-1916. Barker Texas History Center Series, ed. Don E. Carleton, no. 1. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1992.
     
 
The News from Brownsville: Helen Chapman's Letters from the Texas Military Frontier, 1848-1852 - click for excerpt   The News from Brownsville: Helen Chapman's Letters from the Texas Military Frontier, 1848-1852. Edited by Caleb Coker. Barker Texas History Center Series, ed. Don E. Carleton, no. 2. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1992.
     
 
Behold the People: R. C. Hickman's Photographs of Black Dallas, 1949-1961 - click for excerpt   R. C. Hickman. Behold the People: R. C. Hickman's Photographs of Black Dallas, 1949-1961. With a preface by Barbara Jordan. Barker Texas History Center Series, ed. Don E. Carleton, no. 3. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1994.
     
 
Imaginary Kingdom: Texas as Seen by the Rivera and Rubí Military Expeditions, 1727 and 1767 - click for excerpt   Pedro de Rivera and Cayetano Maria Pignatelli Rubí Corbera y Saint Clement, Marqués de Rubí. Imaginary Kingdom: Texas as Seen by the Rivera and Rubí Military Expeditions, 1727 and 1767. Edited and with an introduction by Jack Jackson. With annotations by William C. Foster. Barker Texas History Center Series, ed. Don E. Carleton, no. 4. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1995.
     
 
Texas Oil, American Dreams: A Study of the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association - click for excerpt   Lawrence Goodwyn. Texas Oil, American Dreams: A Study of the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association. Barker Texas History Center Series, ed. Don E. Carleton, no. 5. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996.
     
 
Texas, Her Texas: The Life and Times of Frances Goff - click for excerpt   Nancy Beck Young and Lewis L. Gould. Texas, Her Texas: The Life and Times of Frances Goff. With a preface by Ann W. Richards. Barker Texas History Center Series, ed. Don E. Carleton, no. 6. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1997.
     
 
William Pitt Ballinger: Texas Lawyer, Southern Statesman, 1825-1888 - click for excerpt   John Anthony Moretta. William Pitt Ballinger: Texas Lawyer, Southern Statesman, 1825-1888. Barker Texas History Center Series, ed. Don E. Carleton, no. 7. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2000.