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==Background==
==Background==
Barr was the only child of Chester A. Barr, Sr. (1885-1973), a native of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], and the former Wilma Matlock (1905-1987). Barr received his Bachelor of Arts (1959), [[Master of Arts]] (1961), and [[Ph.D.]] (1966) from the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. He joined the Texas Tech faculty in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/officialpublications/archives/99-00CONTENTS/99-00ugfaculty.html|title=Texas Tech University Teaching Faculty|publisher=depts.ttu.edu|accessdate=November 16, 2012, no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>
Barr was the only child of Chester A. Barr, Sr. (1885-1973), a native of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], and the former Wilma Matlock (1905-1987). Barr received his Bachelor of Arts (1959), [[Master of Arts]] (1961), and [[Ph.D.]] (1966) from the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. He joined the Texas Tech faculty in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/officialpublications/archives/99-00CONTENTS/99-00ugfaculty.html|title=Texas Tech University Teaching Faculty|publisher=depts.ttu.edu|accessdate=November 16, 2012, no longer accessible on-line}}</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>
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>