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Barker wrote textbooks used from third grade to high school. In 1912, Barker, C. W. Ramsdell and C. S. Potts published ''A School History of Texas,'' the state-adopted text for many years. Among his associates in writing the school textbooks were Henry Steele Commager, who later became an academic critic of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Joe McCarthy|Joseph Raymond McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]]; William E. Dodd, later [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s ambassador to [[Nazi Germany]]; and Walter Prescott Webb (1888-1963), an East Texas native who had studied western history under Barker. As department chairman, Barker concentrated on making the UT history department second to none in its field nationally. He encouraged scholars to work in one another’s fields as their research interests so led them. He disdained any scholar claiming virtual "ownership" of a particular field of study.<ref name=utex/>
Barker wrote textbooks used from third grade to high school. In 1912, Barker, C. W. Ramsdell and C. S. Potts published ''A School History of Texas,'' the state-adopted text for many years. Among his associates in writing the school textbooks were Henry Steele Commager, who later became an academic critic of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Joe McCarthy|Joseph Raymond McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]]; William E. Dodd, later [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s ambassador to [[Nazi Germany]]; and Walter Prescott Webb (1888-1963), an East Texas native who had studied western history under Barker. As department chairman, Barker concentrated on making the UT history department second to none in its field nationally. He encouraged scholars to work in one another’s fields as their research interests so led them. He disdained any scholar claiming virtual "ownership" of a particular field of study.<ref name=utex/>
==Personal life and political views==
==Personal life and political views==
On May 6, 1903, Barker married the former Matilda LeGrand Weeden (1874-1952), originally for Hearne in Robertson County in central Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56889393|title=Matilda Legrand Weeden Barker|publisher=findagrave.com|date=August 10, 2010|accessdate=December 6, 2015}}</ref> The couple had four children, Eugene C. Barker, Jr. (born 1905), Lillie Barker (born 1907), Marion Barker (born 1908),
On May 6, 1903, Barker married the former Matilda LeGrand Weeden (1874-1952), originally for Hearne in Robertson County in central Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56889393|title=Matilda Legrand Weeden Barker|publisher=findagrave.com|date=August 10, 2010|accessdate=December 6, 2015}}</ref> The couple had four children, Eugene C. Barker, Jr. (born 1905), Lillie Barker (born 1907), Marion Barker (born 1908),