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In 1998, as Aston left the position of WTHA executive director, the association relocated from Hardin-Simmons to Texas Tech and became an integral part of the Southwest Collection.<ref name=hsu>{{cite web|url=http://www.hsutx.edu/news%20details.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FContent+Channel&WorkflowItemID=555663dc-220b-4151-8736-b876167d0c3a|title=Former Faculty Member, Historian had Great Impact on the Hardin-Simmons Campus: Dr. B W Aston dies after long illness|publisher=hsutx.edu|accessdate=April 3, 2010}}</ref>

In 1998, as Aston left the position of WTHA executive director, the association relocated from Hardin-Simmons to Texas Tech and became an integral part of the Southwest Collection.<ref name=hsu>{{cite web|url=http://www.hsutx.edu/news%20details.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FContent+Channel&WorkflowItemID=555663dc-220b-4151-8736-b876167d0c3a|title=Former Faculty Member, Historian had Great Impact on the Hardin-Simmons Campus: Dr. B W Aston dies after long illness|publisher=hsutx.edu|accessdate=April 3, 2010}}</ref>

His dissertation at Texas Tech is entitled ''The Public Career of Don Jose Ives Limantou,'' the story of the Mexican politician José Yves Limantour,, who lived from 1854 to 1935.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etd.lib.ttu.edu/theses/available/etd-04282009-31295001162121/unrestricted/31295001162121.pdf|title=The Public Career of Don Jose Ives Limantour (1972)|publisher=etd.lib.ttu.edu|accessdate=April 3, 2010}}</ref> ​

His dissertation at Texas Tech is entitled ''The Public Career of Don Jose Ives Limantou,'' the story of the Mexican politician José Yves Limantour, who lived from 1854 to 1935.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etd.lib.ttu.edu/theses/available/etd-04282009-31295001162121/unrestricted/31295001162121.pdf|title=''The Public Career of Don Jose Ives Limantour''|date=1972|publisher=etd.lib.ttu.edu|accessdate=April 3, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> ​

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His professional publications and lectures include ''Limantour and Mexico's Conversion to the Gold Standard'', ''Boom and Bust Along the [[Texas and Pacific Railroad|T&P]]'', ''The Use of Female Imagery In The Selling of World War II,'' and ''North American Free Trade Agreement,  Mexico, and the 1994 Gold Rush,'' a study of the [[NAFTA|North American Free Trade Agreement]]''.<ref name=obit/>

His professional publications and lectures include ''Limantour and Mexico's Conversion to the Gold Standard'', ''Boom and Bust Along the [[Texas and Pacific Railroad|T&P]]'', ''The Use of Female Imagery In The Selling of World War II,'' and ''North American Free Trade Agreement,  Mexico, and the 1994 Gold Rush,'' a study of the [[NAFTA|North American Free Trade Agreement]]''.<ref name=obit/>

In 1996, Aston and Ira Donathan "Don" Taylor updated and augmented Rupert Richardson's ''Along Texas Old Fort Trails.''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/Along-Texas-Forts-Trail-Aston/dp/1574410350|title=Along the Texas Forts Trail (paperback)|publisher=amazon.com|date=1997|accessdate=November 4, 2019}}</ref> Aston traveled throughout the United States, [[Canada]], and to some sixty other countries.<ref name=hsu/>​

In 1996, Aston and Ira Donathan "Don" Taylor updated and augmented Rupert Richardson's ''Along Texas Old Fort Trails.''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/Along-Texas-Forts-Trail-Aston/dp/1574410350|title=Along the Texas Forts Trail|publisher=amazon.com (paperback)|date=1997|accessdate=November 4, 2019}}</ref> Aston traveled throughout the United States, [[Canada]], and to some sixty other countries.<ref name=hsu/>​

He served on the Landmarks Commission of the Taylor County Historical Society and the Abilene Committee for the Humanities.<ref name=obit/>

He served on the Landmarks Commission of the Taylor County Historical Society and the Abilene Committee for the Humanities.<ref name=obit/>