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Barr's primary research focus on the history of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the American South, and African Americans. His publications include ''Polignac's Texas Brigade'' (published while he was still in graduate school in 1964, second edition, 1998),<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=6smKD4cv3hYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=alwyn+barr&source=bl&ots=Zzv_r6IY3s&sig=IR-4hePTdi-B66rEuQbjWTH5gt4&hl=en&ei=Mwy5TO6UNsX6lwft_Im9DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CB4Q6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Polignac's Texas Brigade|date=March 1, 1998|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|ISBN=978-0-89096-814-7|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref> a study of Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac (1832-1913) and the Texan soldiers who fought in 1864 in the [[Battle of Mansfield]] south of [[Shreveport]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]], a victory for the Confederacy. A monument to the Texan soldiers was dedicated at the site on the centennial of the Civil War battle in April 1964. His first major monograph is the 1971 ''Reconstruction to Reform: Texas Politics, 1876-1906'' (later in a second edition, 2000). <ref>Reconstruction to Reform: Texas Politics, 1876–1906. By Alwyn Barr. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1971. xiv + 315 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $8.50.) | Journal of American History | Oxford Academic.</ref> Next came the first edition (1973) of ''Black Texans: A History of African-Americans in Texas, 1528-1971'' which he later updated with a new preface, new chapter on 1970-1995, and new index (University of Oklahoma Press, 1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpast.org/?q=contributor/barr-alwyn|title=Alwyn Barr|publisher=blackpast.org|year=2009, no longer accessible on-line.</ref>

Barr's primary research focus on the history of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the American South, and African Americans. His publications include ''Polignac's Texas Brigade'' (published while he was still in graduate school in 1964, second edition, 1998),<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=6smKD4cv3hYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=alwyn+barr&source=bl&ots=Zzv_r6IY3s&sig=IR-4hePTdi-B66rEuQbjWTH5gt4&hl=en&ei=Mwy5TO6UNsX6lwft_Im9DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CB4Q6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Polignac's Texas Brigade|date=March 1, 1998|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|ISBN=978-0-89096-814-7|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref> a study of Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac (1832-1913) and the Texan soldiers who fought in 1864 in the [[Battle of Mansfield]] south of [[Shreveport]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]], a victory for the Confederacy. A monument to the Texan soldiers was dedicated at the site on the centennial of the Civil War battle in April 1964. His first major monograph is the 1971 ''Reconstruction to Reform: Texas Politics, 1876-1906'' (later in a second edition, 2000). <ref>Reconstruction to Reform: Texas Politics, 1876–1906. By Alwyn Barr. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1971. xiv + 315 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $8.50.) | Journal of American History | Oxford Academic.</ref> Next came the first edition (1973) of ''Black Texans: A History of African-Americans in Texas, 1528-1971'' which he later updated with a new preface, new chapter on 1970-1995, and new index (University of Oklahoma Press, 1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpast.org/?q=contributor/barr-alwyn|title=Alwyn Barr|publisher=blackpast.org|year=2009, no longer accessible on-line.</ref>

Another Barr work is ''The African Texans'' (2004), which describes the experience of free blacks and [[slaves]] prior to the Civil War and concludes with late 20th-century political developments.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Z-KtTIhDwNIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Barr's+The+African+Texans&source=bl&ots=6NYkFDN0WP&sig=uCtvYGGXsgsjK1GJyU8PsXBpLGo&hl=en&ei=Ow25TISxOcWqlAfQ-bjHDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The African Texans|date=February 19, 2004|publisher=Texas A&M University Press |isbn=978-1-58544-321-5 |accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>  In 1981 Barr and [[Robert A. Calvert]], late historian at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]] co-edited ''Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times.''<ref>{{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=Texas Archival Resources Online|accessdate=October 15, 2010}}</ref>  In 2000 Barr wrote the introduction to ''Black Cowboys of Texas,'' edited by Sara R. Massey.

Another Barr work is ''The African Texans'' (2004), which describes the experience of free blacks and [[slaves]] prior to the Civil War and concludes with late 20th-century political developments.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Z-KtTIhDwNIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Barr's+The+African+Texans&source=bl&ots=6NYkFDN0WP&sig=uCtvYGGXsgsjK1GJyU8PsXBpLGo&hl=en&ei=Ow25TISxOcWqlAfQ-bjHDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The African Texans|date=February 19, 2004|publisher=Texas A&M University Press |isbn=978-1-58544-321-5 |accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>  In 1981, Barr and [[Robert A. Calvert]], late historian at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]] co-edited ''Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times.''<ref>{{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=Texas Archival Resources Online|accessdate=October 15, 2010}}</ref>  In 2000, Barr wrote the introduction to ''Black Cowboys of Texas,'' edited by Sara R. Massey.

In addition to his previously mentioned research interests, Barr has also done extensive research in military history.  In 1990, he published a short study entitled ''Texans in Revolt: The Battle for San Antonio, 1835'' that remains the primary study of the capture of San Antonio by Texans and Tejanos during the [[Texas Revolution]] prior to the fall of the Alamo in the spring of 1836.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=757wbUi7tJYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=alwyn+barr&source=bl&ots=FNs9AX23uz&sig=Hug_n8SaTh7GA99a7oSRnX6xSsM&hl=en&ei=wwi5TPOdFoL_8Aab67CpCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&sqi=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Texans in Revolt: The Battle for San Antonio, 1835''|publisher=University of Texas Press |year=1990|isbn=978-0-292-78120-7

In addition to his previously mentioned research interests, Barr has also done extensive research in military history.  In 1990, he published a short study entitled ''Texans in Revolt: The Battle for San Antonio, 1835'' that remains the primary study of the capture of San Antonio by Texans and Tejanos during the [[Texas Revolution]] prior to the fall of the Alamo in the spring of 1836.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=757wbUi7tJYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=alwyn+barr&source=bl&ots=FNs9AX23uz&sig=Hug_n8SaTh7GA99a7oSRnX6xSsM&hl=en&ei=wwi5TPOdFoL_8Aab67CpCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&sqi=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Texans in Revolt: The Battle for San Antonio, 1835''|publisher=University of Texas Press |year=1990|isbn=978-0-292-78120-7

More than thirty doctoral students at Texas Tech completed their studies under Barr, and eleven of their dissertations were revised and published as books. He has been a consultant for the [[National Park Service]], National Endowment for the Humanities, Humanities Texas, the U.S. Department of Justice, Smithsonian Productions, and for the 2006 public [[television]] documentary ''Texas Ranch House,'' a [[reality show]] in which modern Americans attempted to live as they would have in the year 1867.<ref name=ttu>{{cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/faculty/profiles/barr_alwyn.php|title=Alwyn Barr|publisher=Texas Tech University|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>

More than thirty doctoral students at Texas Tech completed their studies under Barr, and eleven of their dissertations were revised and published as books. He has been a consultant for the [[National Park Service]], National Endowment for the Humanities, Humanities Texas, the U.S. Department of Justice, Smithsonian Productions, and for the 2006 public [[television]] documentary ''Texas Ranch House,'' a [[reality show]] in which modern Americans attempted to live as they would have in the year 1867.<ref name=ttu>{{cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/faculty/profiles/barr_alwyn.php|title=Alwyn Barr|publisher=Texas Tech University|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>

Among Barr's colleagues at Texas Tech were  [[Paul H. Carlson]],  [[Allan J. Kuethe]], [[Dan Flores]], and [[Ernest Wallace]]. In 2012, Barr wrote the foreword to the book ''Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity,'' by Glen Sample Ely of [[Fort Worth]]. The book is a new interpretation of the areas west of the 100th meridian which encompass West Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texashistory.com/|title=Texas History.com|publisher=texashistory.com|accessdate=March 25, 2012}}</ref>

Among Barr's colleagues at Texas Tech were  [[Paul H. Carlson]],  [[Allan Kuethe]], Dan Flores, and [[Ernest Wallace]]. In 2012, Barr wrote the foreword to the book ''Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity,'' by Glen Sample Ely of [[Fort Worth]]. The book is a new interpretation of the areas west of the 100th meridian which encompass West Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texashistory.com/|title=Texas History.com|publisher=texashistory.com|accessdate=March 25, 2012}}</ref>

Barr and his wife, the former Nancy Dement, reside in Lubbock. Their daughters are Juliana Barr, a professor of history at [[Duke University]]  whose best known work is ''Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands (2007),<ref>Juliana Barr | Scholars@Duke profile/ref> and Alicia Barr, a psychology professor at the two-year South Plains College in Levelland west of Lubbock.<ref>Alicia Barr- South Plains College/ref>r

Barr and his wife, the former Nancy Dement, reside in Lubbock. Their daughters are Juliana Barr, a professor of history at [[Duke University]]  whose best known work is ''Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands (2007),<ref>Juliana Barr | Scholars@Duke profile/ref> and Alicia Barr, a psychology professor at the two-year South Plains College in Levelland west of Lubbock.<ref>Alicia Barr- South Plains College/ref>r