Barker Texas History Center Series

William Pitt Ballinger: Texas Lawyer, Southern Statesman, 1825–1888

Behold the People: R. C. Hickman’s Photographs of Black Dallas, 1949–1961, 1st Edition

Imaginary Kingdom: Texas as Seen by the Rivera and Rubí Military Expeditions, 1727 and 1767

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The News from Brownsville: Helen Chapman’s Letters from the Texas Military Frontier, 1848–1852

The News in Texas: Essays in Honor of the 125th Anniversary of the Texas Press Association

Texas, Her Texas: The Life and Times of Frances Goff

Texas Oil, American Dreams: A Study of the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association

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War Scare on the Rio Grande: Robert Runyon’s Photographs of the Border Conflict, 1913–1916

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