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:Not to be confused with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, ''Robert S. Calvert.''​

:Not to be confused with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, ''Robert S. Calvert'' (1892-1981).​

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'''Robert Arnold Calvert, Jr.,''' known as '''Bob Calvert''' (October 18, 1933 &ndash; November 30, 2000), was a [[historian]] and [[professor]] at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]], best known for his standard textbook, ''The History of Texas'', co-authored with Arnoldo De Leon and Gregg Cantrell.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/History-Texas-Robert-Calvert/dp/0882959662|title=''The History of Texas'' (paperback), 3rd edition, 2001, ISBN 0-88295-966-2|publisher=Harlan Davidson|accessdate=October 15, 2010}}</ref>​

'''Robert Arnold Calvert, Jr.,''' known as '''Bob Calvert''' (October 18, 1933 &ndash; November 30, 2000), was a [[historian]] and [[professor]] at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]], best known for his standard textbook, ''The History of Texas'', co-authored with Arnoldo De Leon and Gregg Cantrell.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/History-Texas-Robert-Calvert/dp/0882959662|title=''The History of Texas'' (paperback), 3rd edition, 2001, ISBN 0-88295-966-2|publisher=Harlan Davidson|accessdate=October 15, 2010}}</ref>​

 

Calvert was born in Stephenville in Erath County, located southeast of [[Abilene]], Texas. He attended [[Southern Methodist University]] in University Park, Texas, and the University of North Texas at Denton prior to entering the [[United States Army]] in 1954. He procured both his Bachelor of Arts (1957) and [[Master of Arts]] (1960) in history from North Texas. He taught history in the Denton public schools and at[Nicholls State University in Thibodaux in Lafourche Parish, [[Louisiana]]. He taught at the University of North Texas, his alma mater, from 1967 to 1973, when he resigned to pursue his [[Ph.D.]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], from which he graduated in 1975. He then joined the TAMU faculty, of which he had also been a member from 1965 to 1966.<ref name=dreid/> There he specialized in the history of Texas and the American South since 1877, with emphasis on the [[civil rights]] movement. He also wrote textbooks on ethnic and labor history, 20th century Texas, and [[Progressivism]] in the South.<ref name=calvert>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tsusm/00012/tsu-00012.html|title=A Guide to the Robert Calvert Papers, 1970-1995|publisher=lib.utexas.edu|accessdate=October 15, 2010}}</ref>​

Calvert was born in Stephenville in Erath County, located southeast of [[Abilene]], Texas. He attended [[Southern Methodist University]] in University Park, Texas, and the University of North Texas at Denton prior to entering the [[United States Army]] in 1954. He procured both his Bachelor of Arts (1957) and [[Master of Arts]] (1960) in history from North Texas. He taught history in the Denton public schools and at[Nicholls State University in Thibodaux in Lafourche Parish, [[Louisiana]]. He taught at the University of North Texas, his alma mater, from 1967 to 1973, when he resigned to pursue his [[Ph.D.]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], from which he graduated in 1975. He then joined the TAMU faculty, of which he had also been a member from 1965 to 1966.<ref name=dreid/> There he specialized in the history of Texas and the American South since 1877, with emphasis on the [[civil rights]] movement. He also wrote textbooks on ethnic and labor history, 20th century Texas, and [[Progressivism]] in the South.<ref name=calvert>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tsusm/00012/tsu-00012.html|title=A Guide to the Robert Calvert Papers, 1970-1995|publisher=lib.utexas.edu|accessdate=October 15, 2010}}</ref>​

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In 1970, Calvert co-authored with Donald E. Chipman and Randolph B. Campbell ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL,'' an inside study of the organization and financing of the [[NFL]]'s [[Dallas Cowboys]], a vital cog of "an industry that occupies an important segment of American time and attention . . . a sophisticated industry that has worked out complex statistics to select the best thrower of a forward pass. . . . [and] has reformed television habits . . . "<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jstor.org/pss/30238133f|title=Book review of ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFl''|publisher=jstor.org|accessdate=October 15, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010}}</ref><ref>Robert A. Calvert, Donald E. Chipman, and Randolph Campbell, ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL'', [[Norman, Oklahoma]]: [[University of Oklahoma Press]], 1970</ref>​

In 1970, Calvert co-authored with Donald E. Chipman and Randolph B. Campbell ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL,'' an inside study of the organization and financing of the [[NFL]]'s [[Dallas Cowboys]], a vital cog of "an industry that occupies an important segment of American time and attention . . . a sophisticated industry that has worked out complex statistics to select the best thrower of a forward pass. . . . [and] has reformed television habits . . . "<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jstor.org/pss/30238133f|title=Book review of ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFl''|publisher=jstor.org|accessdate=October 15, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010}}</ref><ref>Robert A. Calvert, Donald E. Chipman, and Randolph Campbell, ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL'', [[Norman, Oklahoma]]: [[University of Oklahoma Press]], 1970</ref>​

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In 1981, Calvert and [[Alwyn Barr]], a retired historian from [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], co-authored ''Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times.''<ref name=calvert/> In 1991, he co-authored with his friend and TAMU colleague, Walter L. Buenger, the book entitled ''Texas Through Time: Evolving Interpretations.'' One of the chapters in ''Texas Through Time'' is oddly titled "The Shelf Life of Truth in Texas," also co-authored by Calvert and Buenger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamu.edu/history/faculty/buenger/cv.pdf|title=Walter L. Buenger|publisher=tamu.edu|accessdate=October 14, 2010}}</ref> In 1982, Calvert co-authored with his friend and TAMU colleague, Larry D. Hill, the article entitled "The University of Texas Extension Services and Progressivism" in the ''[[Southwestern Historical Quarterly]].''<ref name=dreid>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WLbzLmuU_1gC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=Robert+A.+Calvert+and+Larry+D.+Hill&source=bl&ots=OUX8-YI7SX&sig=VN8vMlf1oUOcV8wQ86mPpWdBJrA&hl=en&ei=DSfHTJGSLoW0lQeHzIHPAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Robert%20A.%20Calvert%20and%20Larry%20D.%20Hill&f=false|editor=Debra Ann Reid|title=Seeking Inalienable Rights: Texans and Their Quests for Justice|pages=preface and pp. xiv, 56|isbn=9781603441186|publisher=[[Texas A&M University]] Press|year= 2009|accessdate=October 26, 2010}}</ref>​

In 1981, Calvert and Alwyn Barr, a retired historian from [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], co-authored ''Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times.''<ref name=calvert/> In 1991, he co-authored with his friend and TAMU colleague, Walter L. Buenger, the book entitled ''Texas Through Time: Evolving Interpretations.'' One of the chapters in ''Texas Through Time'' is oddly titled "The Shelf Life of Truth in Texas," also co-authored by Calvert and Buenger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamu.edu/history/faculty/buenger/cv.pdf|title=Walter L. Buenger|publisher=tamu.edu|accessdate=October 14, 2010}}</ref> In 1982, Calvert co-authored with his friend and TAMU colleague, Larry D. Hill, the article entitled "The University of Texas Extension Services and Progressivism" in the ''[[Southwestern Historical Quarterly]].''<ref name=dreid>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WLbzLmuU_1gC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=Robert+A.+Calvert+and+Larry+D.+Hill&source=bl&ots=OUX8-YI7SX&sig=VN8vMlf1oUOcV8wQ86mPpWdBJrA&hl=en&ei=DSfHTJGSLoW0lQeHzIHPAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Robert%20A.%20Calvert%20and%20Larry%20D.%20Hill&f=false|editor=Debra Ann Reid|title=Seeking Inalienable Rights: Texans and Their Quests for Justice|pages=preface and pp. xiv, 56|isbn=9781603441186|publisher=[[Texas A&M University]] Press|year= 2009|accessdate=October 26, 2010}}</ref>​

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Calvert spent years studying and chronicling the civil rights movement. By 1982, he had concluded that the movement had died because the American public grew skeptical that "the national government could play a positive role in erasing social and economic injustice," a view much at odds with his own [[liberal]] thinking in that regard.<ref name=dreid/>​

Calvert spent years studying and chronicling the civil rights movement. By 1982, he had concluded that the movement had died because the American public grew skeptical that "the national government could play a positive role in erasing social and economic injustice," a view much at odds with his own [[liberal]] thinking in that regard.<ref name=dreid/>​

In 1993, Calvert co-authored with Maury B. Forman, ''Cartooning Texas: One Hundred Years of Cartoon Art in the Lone Star State,'' which focuses on political cartoons.<ref name=calvert/>​

In 1993, Calvert co-authored with Maury B. Forman, ''Cartooning Texas: One Hundred Years of Cartoon Art in the Lone Star State,'' which focuses on political cartoons.<ref name=calvert/>​

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Calvert was the coordinator of TAMU history graduate studies at the time of his death. He was a member of the [[TAMU Press]] faculty advisory committee and was the co-editor of the TAMU Southwestern Studies series. He was a contributor to the ''[[Handbook of Texas]],'' much of which is now on-line.<ref name=calvert/> He was a past president of the [[Texas State Historical Association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/about-tsha/presidents|title=Presidents, Texas State Historical Association |publisher=tshaonline.org |accessdate=October 15, 2010 }}</ref> He was a co-editor of ''Texas Vistas: Selections from the Southwestern Historical Quarterly'', an [[anthology]] of TSHA scholarly articles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/publications/books/702|title=''Texas Vistas''|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=October 15, 2010}}</ref>​

Calvert was the coordinator of TAMU history graduate studies at the time of his death. He was a member of the TAMU Press faculty advisory committee and was the co-editor of the TAMU Southwestern Studies series. He was a contributor to ''The Handbook of Texas,'' much of which is now on-line.<ref name=calvert/> He was a past president of the Texas State Historical Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/about-tsha/presidents|title=Presidents, Texas State Historical Association |publisher=tshaonline.org |accessdate=February 15, 2020}}</ref> He was a co-editor of ''Texas Vistas: Selections from the Southwestern Historical Quarterly'', an [[anthology]] of TSHA scholarly articles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/publications/books/702|title=''Texas Vistas''|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=October 15, 2010}}</ref>​

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Calvert died at his home in College Station and was survived by his second wife, Donna Hannah-Calvert, two sons, Don and Jeff Calvert, and daughter Patrice Lewis. A second daughter, Polly, died in childhood in 1973.<ref name=dreid/>​

Calvert died at his home in College Station and was survived by his second wife, Donna Hannah-Calvert, two sons, Don and Jeff Calvert, and daughter Patrice Lewis. A second daughter, Polly, died in childhood in 1973.<ref name=dreid/>​