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{{Infobox person
| name=Mark Thomas Carleton
(Historian; Professor at Louisiana State University)
| birth_date=February 7, 1935
| birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]
| death_date=October 2, 1995 (aged 60)
| death_place=Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|spouse=Maureen O'Hearn Carleton (married 1963-1982, divorced)<br>
'''Children''':<br>
Roderick Lewis Carleton<br>
Michael Owen Carleton<br>
Mark Albert Carleton
|alma_mater=[[Yale University]]<br>
[[Stanford University]]
}}
'''Mark Thomas Carleton''' (February 7, 1935 – October 2, 1995), was an [[historian]] who specialized in political studies of [[Louisiana]]. From 1964 until his death at the age of sixty, he was a professor at [[Louisiana State University]] in his native [[Baton Rouge]].
==Background==
Carleton received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1957 from [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]]. He served thereafter in the [[United States Marine Corps]] from 1957 to 1960. He earned a [[Master of Arts]] in 1964 and a [[Ph.D.]] in 1970, both from [[Stanford University]] in Palo Alto, [[California]].<ref name=carleton>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/c4644.html|title=Mark T. Carleton Papers|publisher=lib.lsu.edu|accessdate=July 23, 2010}}</ref>
Carleton served from 1973 to 1978 on the "good government" group, the Public Affairs Research Council. He left LSU in the 1976-1977 academic year to be the PAR director but returned to the history department in 1978. The previous PAR director [[Edward Steimel]], in 1975 had founded the trade association, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
In 1963, Carleton married the former Maureen O'Hearn, and they had three sons: Roderick Lewis, Michael Owen, and Mark Albert. The couple divorced in 1982.<ref name=carleton/>
==Academic career==
In 1971, Carleton published his ''Politics and Punishment: The History of the Louisiana State Penal System'' (1971), with emphasis on the large prison farm at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in East Feliciana Parish]], bordered on three sides by the [[Mississippi River]]. Carleton reports that nearly "overnight" in Louisiana and several other southern prisons, the inmate population became predominantly [[African-American]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJp7dKVIl2UC&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148&dq=Rollo+C.+Lawrence&source=bl&ots=hQAvyuLGI-&sig=JnN17KqcyZ4zPse8mQnvzEr6WuE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFQQ6AEwDmoVChMI0qvV4pLvxgIVA_eACh0QHgDr#v=onepage&q=Rollo%20C.%20Lawrence&f=false|title=Politics and Punishment: The History of the Louisiana State Penal System|author=Mark T. Carleton|publisher=[[Louisiana State University]] Press|location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana|date=1971|isbn=0-8071-0940-1|accessdate=July 22, 2015}}</ref> The prison was populated at first mostly by young men from farming backgrounds. Carleton claims that agriculture became key to southern prisons in the era after the [[American Civil War]]. Convict labor and farm work became "synonymous terms in the public and political mind."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burkfoster.com/plantationdays.htm|title=
Plantation Days at Angola: Major James and the Origins of Modern Corrections in Louisiana (November 1993)|publisher=burkfoster.com|accessdate=July 23, 2010}}</ref>
In 1975, Carleton co-edited with [[sociologist]] [[Perry H. Howard]] and Joseph B. Parker the anthology entitled ''Readings in Louisiana Politics''. His contribution includes a study of the three failed [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaigns in 1956, 1960, and 1964 of [[Mayor]] deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison (1912-1964) of [[New Orleans]].<ref name=carleton/>
Carleton's other publications include:
* ''River Capital: An Illustrated History of Baton Rouge'' (1981)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecampus.com/book/9780965475402|title=''River Capital: An Illustrated History of Baton Rouge''|publisher=ecampus.com|accessdate=July 23, 2010}}</ref>
* ''Louisiana Politics: Festival in a Labyrinth'' (1982)<ref name=carleton/>
* ''Louisiana: A History'' (co-author, 1984)<ref name=carleton/>
In 1989, Carleton lauded the start of the [[Buddy Roemer]] gubernatorial administration from 1988 to 1992. He claimed that Roemer, who failed to gain reelection in 1991, had changed the mind-set of the state so that the citizens would understand that henceforth they had to foot their own tax bills, rather than depend on business, particularly petroleum interests, to carry the burden. He also hailed Roemer's early attempt to manage the state budget.<ref>"Historian grades governor highly," ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' March 31, 1989, p. 1.</ref>
Carleton was active in the establishment at LSU of the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History, named for T. Harry Williams (1909-1979), the Midwestern-born historian known particularly for his studies of the [[American Civil War]] and [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]<ref name=carleton/> In 1992, he was elected president of the Louisiana Historical Association, based in [[Lafayette]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site8.php|title=Presidents of the Louisiana Historical Association|publisher=lahistory.org|accessdate=July 21, 2010}}</ref>
Carleton's papers, consisting mainly of printed material, typescripts, and correspondence, were deposited with LSU. The materials include his career as a professor as well as his association with PAR.<ref name=carleton/>
==See also==
*[[John L. Loos]], Carleton's LSU colleague
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carleton, Mark T.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:United States Marine Corps]]
| name=Mark Thomas Carleton
(Historian; Professor at Louisiana State University)
| birth_date=February 7, 1935
| birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]
| death_date=October 2, 1995 (aged 60)
| death_place=Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|spouse=Maureen O'Hearn Carleton (married 1963-1982, divorced)<br>
'''Children''':<br>
Roderick Lewis Carleton<br>
Michael Owen Carleton<br>
Mark Albert Carleton
|alma_mater=[[Yale University]]<br>
[[Stanford University]]
}}
'''Mark Thomas Carleton''' (February 7, 1935 – October 2, 1995), was an [[historian]] who specialized in political studies of [[Louisiana]]. From 1964 until his death at the age of sixty, he was a professor at [[Louisiana State University]] in his native [[Baton Rouge]].
==Background==
Carleton received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1957 from [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]]. He served thereafter in the [[United States Marine Corps]] from 1957 to 1960. He earned a [[Master of Arts]] in 1964 and a [[Ph.D.]] in 1970, both from [[Stanford University]] in Palo Alto, [[California]].<ref name=carleton>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/c4644.html|title=Mark T. Carleton Papers|publisher=lib.lsu.edu|accessdate=July 23, 2010}}</ref>
Carleton served from 1973 to 1978 on the "good government" group, the Public Affairs Research Council. He left LSU in the 1976-1977 academic year to be the PAR director but returned to the history department in 1978. The previous PAR director [[Edward Steimel]], in 1975 had founded the trade association, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
In 1963, Carleton married the former Maureen O'Hearn, and they had three sons: Roderick Lewis, Michael Owen, and Mark Albert. The couple divorced in 1982.<ref name=carleton/>
==Academic career==
In 1971, Carleton published his ''Politics and Punishment: The History of the Louisiana State Penal System'' (1971), with emphasis on the large prison farm at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in East Feliciana Parish]], bordered on three sides by the [[Mississippi River]]. Carleton reports that nearly "overnight" in Louisiana and several other southern prisons, the inmate population became predominantly [[African-American]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJp7dKVIl2UC&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148&dq=Rollo+C.+Lawrence&source=bl&ots=hQAvyuLGI-&sig=JnN17KqcyZ4zPse8mQnvzEr6WuE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFQQ6AEwDmoVChMI0qvV4pLvxgIVA_eACh0QHgDr#v=onepage&q=Rollo%20C.%20Lawrence&f=false|title=Politics and Punishment: The History of the Louisiana State Penal System|author=Mark T. Carleton|publisher=[[Louisiana State University]] Press|location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana|date=1971|isbn=0-8071-0940-1|accessdate=July 22, 2015}}</ref> The prison was populated at first mostly by young men from farming backgrounds. Carleton claims that agriculture became key to southern prisons in the era after the [[American Civil War]]. Convict labor and farm work became "synonymous terms in the public and political mind."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burkfoster.com/plantationdays.htm|title=
Plantation Days at Angola: Major James and the Origins of Modern Corrections in Louisiana (November 1993)|publisher=burkfoster.com|accessdate=July 23, 2010}}</ref>
In 1975, Carleton co-edited with [[sociologist]] [[Perry H. Howard]] and Joseph B. Parker the anthology entitled ''Readings in Louisiana Politics''. His contribution includes a study of the three failed [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaigns in 1956, 1960, and 1964 of [[Mayor]] deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison (1912-1964) of [[New Orleans]].<ref name=carleton/>
Carleton's other publications include:
* ''River Capital: An Illustrated History of Baton Rouge'' (1981)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecampus.com/book/9780965475402|title=''River Capital: An Illustrated History of Baton Rouge''|publisher=ecampus.com|accessdate=July 23, 2010}}</ref>
* ''Louisiana Politics: Festival in a Labyrinth'' (1982)<ref name=carleton/>
* ''Louisiana: A History'' (co-author, 1984)<ref name=carleton/>
In 1989, Carleton lauded the start of the [[Buddy Roemer]] gubernatorial administration from 1988 to 1992. He claimed that Roemer, who failed to gain reelection in 1991, had changed the mind-set of the state so that the citizens would understand that henceforth they had to foot their own tax bills, rather than depend on business, particularly petroleum interests, to carry the burden. He also hailed Roemer's early attempt to manage the state budget.<ref>"Historian grades governor highly," ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' March 31, 1989, p. 1.</ref>
Carleton was active in the establishment at LSU of the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History, named for T. Harry Williams (1909-1979), the Midwestern-born historian known particularly for his studies of the [[American Civil War]] and [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]<ref name=carleton/> In 1992, he was elected president of the Louisiana Historical Association, based in [[Lafayette]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site8.php|title=Presidents of the Louisiana Historical Association|publisher=lahistory.org|accessdate=July 21, 2010}}</ref>
Carleton's papers, consisting mainly of printed material, typescripts, and correspondence, were deposited with LSU. The materials include his career as a professor as well as his association with PAR.<ref name=carleton/>
==See also==
*[[John L. Loos]], Carleton's LSU colleague
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carleton, Mark T.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:United States Marine Corps]]