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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 to Robert Clark Calvert and the former Pauline McGaffey 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 to Robert Clark Calvert and the former Pauline McGaffey 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]].  

 

From 1967 to 1973, Calvert taught at the University of North Texas. 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>​

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>​

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>​

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>​

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/>​

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