Eugene C. Barker
| Eugene Campbell Barker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 10, 1874 Riverside, Walker County, Texas, USA |
| Died | October 22, 1956 (aged 81) Austin, Travis County, Texas |
| Resting place | Oakwood Cemetery in Austin |
| Occupation | Historian, Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Period | 19th century |
| Genre | Non-fiction, history |
| Subject | Texas history |
| Spouse | Matilda LeGrand Weeden Barker (married 1903-1952, her death) |
| Children |
Eugene C. Barker, Jr. |
Eugene C. Barker, Jr.
Lillie Barker
Marion Barker
Eugene Campbell Barker, Sr. (November 10, 1874 – October 22, 1956), was a distinguished professor of Texas history at the University of Texas in the capital city of at Austin, the first living person to have had a UT campus building, the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center, named in his honor. The structure is part of the Briscoe Center for American History and was relocated in 1971 to Sid Richardson Hall. Barker was renowned for his scholarship, research, classroom teaching, and in the formation of both the Texas State Historical Association and the American Historical Association.
The Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collection was authorized in 1945 and opened to researchers in 1950. It includes books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, photographs, broadsides, and recordings. It is the most extensive collection of Texas-related material in existence. The collection also houses the Eugene Campbell Barker Papers, which cover the period from 1812, his earliest research materials, until 1959, three years after his death.
Barker was born near Riverside in Walker County in east Texas, the oldest of four children of Joseph Barker (1850-1888) and the former Fannie Spearman Holland (1853-1897), a native of Mississippi. His parents are interred at Riverside Pioneer Cemetery. As a young man, he worked in the railroad shops in Palestine in Anderson County, where his mother died at the age of forty-four. When he arrived at UT as a student in 1895, he was still a night mail clerk for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Barker received the bachelor of arts and the Master of Arts from the University of Texas in 1899 and 1900, respectively. He procured his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He also studied at Harvard University and taught for a time there at Radcliffe College.
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