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He was a man of warm affections, and loved the idea of home, but he never married. Texas was home and wife and family to him. He died on a pallet on the floor of a two-room clapboard shack, a month and twenty-four days past his forty-third birthday. His work was done, but he was denied the years so hardly earned for the enjoyment of its fruits. . . . “<ref>Eugene C. Barker, ‘’The Life of Stephen F. Austin,'' 1925.</ref></blockquote>
He was a man of warm affections, and loved the idea of home, but he never married. Texas was home and wife and family to him. He died on a pallet on the floor of a two-room clapboard shack, a month and twenty-four days past his forty-third birthday. His work was done, but he was denied the years so hardly earned for the enjoyment of its fruits. . . . “<ref>Eugene C. Barker, ‘’The Life of Stephen F. Austin,'' 1925.</ref></blockquote>
==Other scholarly efforts==
==Other scholarly activities==
After his book on Austin, Barker published in 1928 ''Mexico and Texas 1821-1835'' and in 1929, ''Readings in Texas History.'' He and Miss Amelia Williams undertook the collection of the Sam Houston papers, which were published in eight volumes between 1938 and 1943.<ref name=utex/> From 1927 to 1932, he was active in the short-lived East Texas Historical Association, reborn in 1962 and based on the campus of [[Stephen F. Austin State University]] in [[Nacogdoches]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/vte01|title=Archie P. McDonald, "East Texas Historical Association"|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=March 26, 2010}}</ref>
After his book on Austin, Barker published in 1928 ''Mexico and Texas 1821-1835'' and in 1929, ''Readings in Texas History.'' He and Miss Amelia Williams undertook the collection of the Sam Houston papers, which were published in eight volumes between 1938 and 1943.<ref name=utex/> From 1927 to 1932, he was active in the short-lived East Texas Historical Association, reborn in 1962 and based on the campus of [[Stephen F. Austin State University]] in [[Nacogdoches]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/vte01|title=Archie P. McDonald, "East Texas Historical Association"|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=March 26, 2010}}</ref>