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| birth_place=Riverside, Walker County,<br> [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
| birth_place=Riverside, Walker County,<br> [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date =October 22, 1956 (aged 81)
| death_date =October 22, 1956 (aged 81)
| death_place=[[Austin]], Texas
| death_place=[[Austin]], Texas<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
Oakwood Cemetery in Austin
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| spouse =Matilda LeGrand Weeden Barker (married 1903-1952, her death)<br>
| spouse =Matilda LeGrand Weeden Barker (married 1903-1952, her death)<br>
Marion Barker<br>
Marion Barker<br>
David Edward Barker<br>
David Edward Barker<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Joseph and Fannie Spearman Holland Barker
'''Alma mater''':<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[University of Texas]]<br>
[[University of Texas]]<br>
'''Eugene Campbell Barker, Sr.''' (November 10, 1874 – October 22, 1956), was a distinguished [[professor]] of [[Texas]] [[history]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] at [[Austin]], the first living person to have had a UT campus building, the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center, named in his honor. The structure is part of the Briscoe Center for American History and was relocated in 1971 to Sid Richardson Hall. Barker was renowned for his scholarship, research, classroom teaching, and in the formation of both the Texas State Historical Association and the [[American Historical Association]].<ref name=lib>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00023/cah-00023.html|title=A Guide to the Eugene Campbell Barker Papers|publisher=Lib.utexas.edu|accessdate=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
'''Eugene Campbell Barker, Sr.''' (November 10, 1874 – October 22, 1956), was a distinguished [[professor]] of [[Texas]] [[history]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] at [[Austin]], the first living person to have had a UT campus building, the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center, named in his honor. The structure is part of the Briscoe Center for American History and was relocated in 1971 to Sid Richardson Hall. Barker was renowned for his scholarship, research, classroom teaching, and in the formation of both the Texas State Historical Association and the [[American Historical Association]].<ref name=lib>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00023/cah-00023.html|title=A Guide to the Eugene Campbell Barker Papers|publisher=Lib.utexas.edu|accessdate=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
The Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collection was authorized in 1945 and opened to researchers in 1950. It includes books, manuscripts, maps, [[newspaper]]s, [[photograph]]s, broadsides, and recordings. It is the most extensive collection of Texas-related material in existence. The collection also houses the Eugene Campbell Barker Papers, which cover the period from 1812, his earliest research materials, until 1959, three years after his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cah.utexas.edu/collections/texas_history.php|title=Texas History|[publisher=Cah.utexas.edu|accessdate=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
The Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collection was authorized in 1945 and opened to researchers in 1950. It includes books, manuscripts, maps, [[newspaper]]s, [[photograph]]s, broadsides, and recordings. It is the most extensive collection of Texas-related material in existence. The collection also houses the Eugene Campbell Barker Papers, which cover the period from 1812, his earliest research materials, until 1959, three years after his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cah.utexas.edu/collections/texas_history.php|title=Texas History|[publisher=Cah.utexas.edu|accessdate=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==