Eugene C. Barker

Eugene C. Barker
Eugene C. Barker, circa 1899
Born	(1874-11-01)November 1, 1874 Riverside, Walker County, Texas, US
Died	October 22, 1956(1956-10-22) (aged 81) Austin, Texas, US
Spouse	Matilda LeGrand Weeden
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Texas (BA) University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania (PhD)
Thesis	"The Causes of the Texas Revolution" (PhD dissertation)
Doctoral advisor	John Bach McMaster
Influences	Frederick Jackson Turner,[1] Lester Gladstone Bugbee, George Pierce Garrison
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	American history, Texas history
Institutions	University of Texas Radcliffe College Texas State Historical Association Southwestern Historical Quarterly Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Notable students	Carlos Castañeda Llerena Friend[2] J. Evetts Haley William Ransom Hogan[3] Harry Ransom Walter Prescott Webb
Main interests	American history, Texas history, Texas Revolution
Notable works	The Life of Stephen F. Austin (1925)

Eugene Campbell Barker (November 1, 1874 – October 22, 1956) was an American historian at the University of Texas, the managing director of the Texas State Historical Association, and the editor of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. He chaired the history department while soliciting gifts to the university, which he used to build a collection of archives and artifacts. In 1950, the university dedicated the Eugene C. Barker History Center as a repository for his collections. These collections are an important part of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas.