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Eugene Campbell Barker (November 10, 1874 – October 22, 1956) was a distinguished professor of Texas history at the University of Texas at Austin. He was the first living person to have a UT campus building, the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center, named in his honor. The structure is part of the 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.〔(A Guide to the Eugene Campbell Barker Papers, 1785 (1812-1959) )〕 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. 〔(Texas History )〕 ==Early years and education== Barker was born near Riverside in Walker County in east Texas. As a young man, he worked in the railroad shops in Palestine in Anderson County. 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 UT 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.〔Memorial resolution honoring the late Eugene C. Barker, Walter P. Webb (chairman): http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2000-2001/memorials/SCANNED/barker.pdf〕 In 1940, Barker received an honorary LL.D. from Transylvania College in Lexington, Kentucky, the alma mater of Stephen F. Austin, whom Barker considered to have been the most important person in Texas history. Barker was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of the Phi Delta Theta social fraternity.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eugene C. Barker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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