IV. PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH
A. BOOKS
The Public Career of Richard Franklin Pettigrew of South Dakota (Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society, Vol. XXXIV, South Dakota Historical Collections, 1968)
Essays and Commentaries in American History (Washington: University Press of America, 1977-78, 2nd ed., 1981) 2 Vols.,ed.
The Waters of the Brazos: A History of the Brazos River Authority, 1929-1979 (Waco: The Texian Press, 1981)
Hard Times in Oklahoma: The Depression Years (Oklahoma City: The Oklahoma Historical Society, 1983), ed., co-author
The Chief Executives of Texas: From Stephen F. Austin to John B. Connally, Jr. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1995)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Bibliography of His Times and Presidency, 3 Vols. (Lanham, MD.: Scarecrow Press, Inc.,2005)
The Spanish-American War, (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group-Greenwood Guide to Historic Events, 1500-1900,July, 2003)
Profiles in Power: Twentieth Century Texans in Washington, ed., with Michael L. Collins (Chicago: Harlan-Davidson, 1993, Revised Edition with Michael L. Collins and Patrick Cox, Austin: The University of Texas Press, 2004)
American Wars Told in Primary Sources: The Spanish-American War (Berkeley, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, Inc.,2006)
Images of America: Wichita Falls (Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishers, 2009)
B. CO-AUTHOR
Bolivia I: A Report on Peace Corps Training at the University of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962)
Remembering Texas, ed., with Patrick Cox (Austin: University of Texas Press, scheduled 2011)
C. CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS
"George R. Lunn and the Christian Socialist Movement in Schenectady, New York," in Socialism and the Cities, Bruce Stave, ed., (New York: Kennikat Press, 1975)
"The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Southwestern States," in The Depression in the Southwest, Donald W. Whisenhunt, ed., (New York: Kennikat Press, 1980)
"A Leak in the Dike: The Problem of Water Resource Management and Conservation in Texas," in Agricultural Legacies, R. Alton Lee, ed. (Vermillion: The University of South Dakota Press, 1986)
"Richard Franklin Pettigrew, Andrew E. Lee, and Coe I. Crawford: The Populist-Progressive Era in South Dakota," in Leaders in South Dakota History, Herbert Hoover, ed. (Vermillion: The University of South Dakota Press, 1989)
"Texas Politics Since 1945," in Texas Through Time, Robert Calvert and Walter Buenger, eds., (College Station: Texas A & M Press, 1991)
"Modern Texas: The Political Scene Since 1945," in Texas Heritage, 2nd ed. Ben Procter and Archie P. MacDonald, eds., (Wheeling, Illinois: Harlan Davidson, 1991. Revised edition, 2003)
"Joan Baez," in American Portraits: Biography as History, Donald W. Whisenhunt, ed. (Dubuque: Kendall-Hunt, 1993)
"Franklin Delano Roosevelt," "Lyndon Baines Johnson," "Richard Milhous Nixon," in Presidential Administration Profiles for Students (Detroit: Gale Group, Inc., 2000)
"The PLO Does Not Adequately Represent the Interests of the Palestinian People"; "The Palestinian Refugees Have a Moral and Legal Right of Return"; "The Scarcity of Water is the Major Issue in the Middle East" in History in Dispute, Volume 14 & 15 , The Middle East Since 1945, First Series, ed. by David Lesch,(Columbia, SC: Manly, Inc., September, 2003)
"Red River Uplift: The Rise of the Oil Industry in North Texas," Tales of Texoma (Midwestern State University Press, 2005)
APatrons of a Lost Cause: The Civil War Texas Governors,@ in The Seventh Star of the Confederacy, Kenneth Howell, ed., (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2009)
D. ESSAYS
“Franklin Delano Roosevelt Biographies,” in Blackwell Companion to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, William Reader ed. (New York: Blackwell Publishers, 2010)
"George R.Lunn," Dictionary of American Biography, 1972
"William Z. Foster," "Elizabeth Gurley Flynn," "Emma Goldman," in Encyclopedia Americana, 1973
"Algie Martin Simons," "Arthur Brisbane," "Cooperative Movement," "Urban Socialism," in Historical Dictionary of the Progressive Era (New York: Greenwood Press, 1986)
"W.E.B. DuBois," "Martin Luther King," "Booker T. Washington," in Biographical Dictionary of Social Welfare in America, Walter L. Trattner, ed. (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1986)
"Edwin Austin Abbey," "Anarchists," "American Bar Association," "Air Mail," "Louis Adamic," "Alexander Agassiz," "Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz," "Air Conditioning," "Ezra Taft Benson," in Encyclopedia U S A, R. Alton Lee and Archie P. MacDonald, eds. (Gulf Breeze, Florida: Academic International Press, various dates)
"The Brazos River," "The Brazos River Authority," "The Civilian Conservation Corps in Texas," "The Nueces River Authority," "Midwestern State University," "Wichita Falls,
Texas," "National Youth Administration," in The Handbook of Texas, Thomas W. Cutrer, ed. (Austin: The Texas State Historical Association, 1996)
"Franklin Delano Roosevelt," in Leaders of the World (Gale Research, Inc., 1992)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy," in Leaders of the World (Gale Research, Inc., 1992)
AAn Era of Economic Instability, 1897-1920,@ AEra of Prosperity,@ APostwar Prosperity, 1921-1929,@ AFarmers= Protest Movements, 1870-1900,@ ACauses of the Great Depression,@ AUtopian Communities,@ AImperialism,@ ATreatment of Native Americans,@ A Labor Unions,@ A Land Grants to Railroads,@ A Radical Unions,@ A Prohibition,@ ASlavery.@ Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, (Detroit: Gale Group, 1999)
"Wichita Falls," in Encyclopedia of the Great Plains.
"The Federal Music Project in Oklahoma," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma Art and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society, 2001
One Hundred Thirty-Three Topical Essays in Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution, 1760-2007, (New York: Facts on File Publishers, 2009)
E. ARTICLES
"George R. Lunn and the Socialist Era in Schenectady, New York, 1909-1916," New York History (January, 1966)
"Some Political Aspects of the Populist Movement in South Dakota," North Dakota History (Winter, 1967)
"Reluctant Expansionist--Jacob Gould Schurman and the Philippine Question," Pacific Historical Review (November, 1967)
"James H. Maurer--Labor Leader," Berks County Historical Review (Winter, 1969)
"The Reading Socialists and World War I: A Question of Loyalty," Pennsylvania History (October, 1969)
"The Pro-War Socialists, The Social Democratic League, and the Ill-fated Drive for Industrial Democracy in America, 1917-20," Labor History (Summer, 1970)
"The Socialist Administration in Reading, Pennsylvania, Part I, 1927-1931," Pennsylvania History (October, 1972)
"Triumph and Disaster: The Reading Socialists in Power and Decline, Part II, 1932-1939," Pennsylvania History (October, 1973)
"The Civilian Conservation Corps in Texas," MSU Faculty Forum Papers, (1975)
"The Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (Spring, 1976)
"The National Youth Administration in South Dakota," South Dakota History (Winter, 1979)
"The Civilian Conservation Corps in South Dakota," South Dakota History (Winter, 1980)
"Relief for Youth: The National Youth Administration and the Civilian Corps in North Dakota," North Dakota History: The Journal of the Northern Plains, (Winter, 1981)
"The Federal Arts Project in Iowa," Upper Midwest History, (Vol. IV, 1984)
"The Federal Music Project in Oklahoma: A Case Study in the Politics of Culture," Chronicles of Oklahoma (Winter, 1985)
"The River Authorities and Water Conservation in Texas: An Historical Overview, 1953-1983," Agricultural History, (April, 1985)
"The WPA Arts Projects in Texas," East Texas Historical Journal Vol. XXVI, No. 2, p. 334), 1988
"The Failure of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers in Berks County, Pennsylvania: A Case Study of Industry-Labor Conflicts," Midwestern State University Faculty Papers (1983)
"The Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District and Possum Kingdom Dam: A Case Study of the New Deal in Action," Midwestern State University Faculty Papers (1983)
"The National Youth Administration in Texas," Midwestern State University Faculty Papers (1983)
"Prospects for Peace: An Israeli Perspective," National Council for U.S.-Arab Relations Newsletter, 1991
"A Conversation with Gilbert C. Fite," Great Plains Heritage (Fall, 1990)
"'The Plow That Broke the Plains' and 'The River'", Organization of American Historians Magazine (Winter, 1991)
"The WPA Federal Arts Programs in Minnesota," Minnesota History (Spring, 1993)
"The Last Populist: George Washington Armstrong and the Texas Gubernatorial Election of 1932, and the >Zionist= Threat to Liberty and Constitutional Government," East Texas Historical Journal Volume XL, No.1, Spring, 2002. Pp 3-16
"The Peace That Could Not Be," Proceedings, 2001: A Peace Odyssey, (Hofstra University, 2002)
“Imagining Lyndon Johnson," The Historian (Volume 65, No. 2, Winter, 2002), 417-430
"George Washington Armstrong and the Texas Election of 1932,"Journal of the West, (Volume 41, No. 4, Fall, 2002), pp. 43-50
"Replenishing the Soil and the Soul of Texas: The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Lone Star State as an Example of State-Federal Work Relief During the Great Depression," The Historian (Volume 65, No. 4, Summer, 2003), 801-816
AWorld Neighbors Operations in Honduras,@ Sound Historian, (Volume 10, 2007)
F. WORKS IN PROGRESS
Legacy of Hate: The Life and Times of George Washington Armstrong.
Remembering Texas: Historians of the Lone Star State, ALlerena Friend,@ (University of Texas Press)
The Seventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas and the Civil War, AThe Civil War Governors,@ (University of North Texas Press)
Wichita Falls, TX: A Pictorial History, (Arcadia Publishing, Inc., in progress)
G. BOOK REVIEWS
Politics and Patronage in the Gilded Age: The Correspondence of James A. Garfield and Charles E. Henry. By James D. Norris and Arthur H. Shaffer, eds. (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1970) Civil War History June, 1971, pp. 184-185
Labor and Socialism in America: The Gompers Era. By William M. Dick, (Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1972). In Labor History
Crusade Against Radicalism: New York During the Red Scare, 1914-1924. By Julian F. Jaffee. (Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1972). In Social Science Quarterly Vol. 54, No. 4, March, 1974, pp. 893-894
The American Left in the Twentieth Century. By John F. Diggins (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., 1973). In The History Teacher, Vol. 8, No. 1, November, 1974, pp. 148-149
George W. Brackenridge: Maverick Philanthropist. By Marilyn Mc-Adams Sibley (Austin: The University of Texas Press, 1973). In Southwest Social Science Quarterly
Fred Gipson, Texas Storyteller. By Mike Cox (Austin: Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc., 1980). In West Texas Historical Yearbook, 1981
The Code of the West. By Bruce A. Rosenberg (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982). In North Dakota History, Vol. 50, No. 1, (Winter, 1983), p. 35
Kate Richards O'Hare: Selected Writings and Speeches. By Phillip S. Foner and Sally M. Miller, eds., (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982). In Labor History, Vol. 25, No. 4, (Fall, 1984), pp. 602-603
The Harder We Run: Black Workers Since the Civil War. By William H. Harris (New York: Oxford University Press, 1982). In The History Teacher, Vol. 10, No. 1, (November, 1982), pp. 151-152
Blacks in Tennessee, 1791-1970. By Lester C. Lamon (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1982). In The History Teacher, Vol. 16, No. 2, (February, 1983), pp. 291-292
The Afro-American Slaves: Community or Chaos. By Randall M. Miller, ed. (Malabar, Florida: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co., 1981). In The History Teacher, Vol. 16, No. 1, (November, 1982), pp. 133-134
Which Side Were You On? The American Communist Party During the Second World War. By Maurice Isserman (Middleton, Ct.: Wesleyan University Press, 1982). In The American Historical Review, (June, 1983), p. 776
Voices of Protest: Huey P. Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great Depression. By Alan Brinkley (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982). In Georgia Historical Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 1, (Spring, 1983), p. 143
The Compassionate Samaritan--The Life of Lyndon Baines Johnson. By Phillip Rulon (Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1982). In The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 60, No. 4, (Winter, 1982-83), pp. 487-489
A Priest in Public Service: Francis J. Haas and the New Deal. By Thomas E. Blantz (South Bend: University of Notre Dame Press, 1982). In The Old Northwest, Vol. 8, No. 4, (Winter, 1982-83), pp. 395-397
The American Farmer and the New Deal. By Theodore Saloutos (Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1982). In Annals of Iowa, Vol. 47, No. 3, (Winter, 1984), pp. 313-314
Eugene V. Debs, Citizen and Socialist. By Nick Salvatore (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1982). In The Old Northwest, Vol. 9, No. 2, (Summer, 1983). pp. 193-194
Hard Times: Beginnings of the Great Depression in North Carolina, 1929-1933. By John L. Bell, Jr. (Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1982). In The Public Historian, Vol. 5, No. 4, (Fall, 1983), pp. 151-152
Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug, Texas Politics, 1921-1928. By Norman D. Brown (Texas A & M Press, 1984). In Arizona and the West, Vol. 27, No. 2, (Summer, 1985), pp. 179-180
The Uneasy State: The U S From 1915-1945. By Barry D. Karl. (University of Chicago Press, 1983). In The Historian
Texas Last Frontier. By Clayton Williams (College Station: Texas A & M Press, 1982). In American Studies
The Impossible Dream: The Rise and Demise of the American Left. By Bernard K. Johnpoll (Westport: The Greenwood Press, 1981). In The Old Northwest
Alonso de Posada Report, 1686. By A. B. Thomas, ed. (Pensacola: The Perdido Bay Press, 1982). In Annals of Wyoming, Vol. 55, No. 2, (Fall, 1983), p. 38
Lone Stars and State Gazettes. By Marilyn McAdams Sibley. (College Station: Texas A & M Press, 1938). In The Public Historian, Vol. 8, No. 2, (Spring, 1986), pp. 175-176
Depression and the New Deal in Virginia. By Ronald L. Heineman (Charlottesville: The University of Virginia Press, 1983). In The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 21, No. 4, (Fall, 1984), p. 1050
From Italy to San Francisco: The Immigrant Experience. By Dino Cinel (Stanford: The Stanford University Press, 1982). In The Social Science Journal, Vol. 21, No. 4, (1984), pp. 125-126
Holiday: Minnesotans Remember the Farmers' Holiday Association. By David Nass, ed. (Marshall, Minnesota: Plains Press, 1984). In The Old Northwest, Vol. 11, Nos. 1 & 2, (Spring/Summer, 1985), pp. 115-116
TVA and the Dispossessed: The Resettlement of Population in the Norris Dam Area. By Michael J. McDonald and John Muldowny (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1982). In The Journal of American History, (September, 1983), pp. 456-457
Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters From the "Forgotten Man." Ed. by Robert S. McElvain (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1983). In The Alabama Review, (July, 1984), pp. 230-231
Mabel Dodge Luhan: New Woman, New Worlds. By Lois P. Rudnick (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984). In South Dakota History, Vol. 15, Nos. 1 & 2. (Spring/Summer, 1985), pp. 124-125
Forts and Supplies: The Role of the Army in the Economy of the Southwest, 1846-1861. By Robert W. Frazer (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984). In Southwestern Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 4, (April, 1985), pp. 428-429
Farmers in Rebellion: The Rise and Fall of the Southern Farmers Alliance and the Peoples' Party in Texas. By Donna A. Barnes (University of Texas Press, 1984). In Annals of Iowa, Vol. 48, Nos. 3 & 4, (Winter, 1986), pp. 220-222
The Rise of the Urban South. By Lawrence H. Larsen (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1985). In South Dakota History, Vol. 16, No. 3, (Fall, 1986), pp. 309-310
The Lyrical Left. By Edward Abrahams (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1986). In The Historian
Land, Oil and Education. By Berte R. Haigh (El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1986). In Southwestern Quarterly, Vol. XCL, No. 2, (October, 1987), pp. 273-274
Emil Loriks: Builder of a New Economic Order. By Elizabeth Williams (Sioux Falls: Center for Western Studies, 1987). In South Dakota History
The Life of Herbert Hoover. By George Nash (New York: Norton, 1987). In The Historian
Texas' Other Frontier. By Harry Hunt Ransom, ed. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1984). In Annals of Iowa. Vol. 49, Nos. 3 & 4, (Winter/Spring, 1988), pp. 317-318
Moses Austin: His Life. By David Gracey. In Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 31, No.4, (1988), pp. 595-596
The WPA Guide to 1930s' Kansas. Introduction by James R. Shortridge (Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1984). In The Great Plains Newsletter, Vol. 10. No. 2, (April, 1988), p. 4
Hubert Humphrey: A Biography. By Carl Solberg (New York: Norton, 1984). In Ohio History, Vol. 92, (Summer/Autumn, 1988), pp. 158-159
Historical Atlas of Texas. By Ray A. Stephens (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988). In Journal of the West
American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California. By James N. Gregory. In Chronicles of Oklahoma
Jewish Pioneers in Texas. By Valerie Ornish. In Journal of the West
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent. By Robert Caro. In The Historian
Watering the Valley: Water Projects on the Arkansas River, 1870-1950. By James Earl Slerow. In Journal of American History
Plains Farmer: The Diary of William G. De Loach, 1914-1964. By Janet M. Neugebauer, ed. In Locus
The Texas Rangers: Images and Incidents. by John L. Davis. In The Public Historian. Vol. 16, No. 3, (Summer, 1994) p. 80
Summer Stock: Behind the Scenes with LBJ in '48: Recollections of a Political Drama. By Joe Phipps. In East Texas Historical Journal.(Spring, 1994), pp. 74-75
Reckoning with Reagan: America and its Presidents. By Michael Schaller. In Presidential Quarterly
Bob Kleburg and the King Ranch: A Worldwide Sea of Grass. By John Cypher. In Locus
Using Oral History - Community History Projects. By Laurie Mercieri and Madeline Buckendorf. Oral History and the Law. By John A. Neuenschwander. In The Sound Historian
North of the River: A Brief History of North Fort Worth. By J'Nell Pate. For The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 62, No. 1, (February, 1996) pp. 188-198
Radicalism in Minnesota, 1900-1960: A Survey of Selected Sources. By Carl Ross. In South Dakota History. Fall/Winter Issue
When the Old Left Was Young. By Robert Cohen. Oxford University Press, 1993. The American Historical Review. (December, 1994) pp. 1768-1769
Force Without Fanfare: The Autobiography of K. M. Van Zandt. Edited by Sandra L. Myers. In East Texas Historical Journal.
Ernie Pyle in the American Southwest. By Richard Melzer. In Military History of the West. Vol. 27, No. 1, Spring, 1997
Desegregating Texas Schools: Eisenhower, Shivers, and the Crisis at Mansfield High School, by Robyn Duff Ladino. In East Texas Historical Quarterly Journal.
Worker-Writer in America: Jack Conroy and the Tradition of Midwestern Literary Radicalism, 1898-1990. By Douglas Wixson. In North Dakota History Quarterly Journal of the Northern Plains. Vol. 64. No. 1, Winter, 1997, pages 31-32
A Political Education. By Harry McPherson. In East Texas Historical Journal.
Legacy of the Land: Agriculture's Story and the Present. By Hiram M. Drache. In Ohio History.
The Texas State Capitol: Selected Essays from the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. In Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
Rebel Without Justice: The Life of Frank P. O'Hare. By Peter H. Buckingham. In The American Historical Review.
Land Is the Cry! Warren Angus Ferris, Pioneer Texas Surveyor and Founder of Dallas County. In Journal of Southern History
Texas Oil, American Dreams: A Study of the Texas Independent Oil Producers and Royalty Owners Association, by Lawrence Goodwyn. In East Texas Historical Association Journal.
History of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, 1882-1997. By Christopher Cumo. In Ohio History. [nd]
Parks for Texas: Enduring Landscapes of the New Deal. By James Wright Steely. In Great Plains Research Journal, Volume II, No. 1, Spring, 2001, pages 198-199.
No More Silence: An Oral History of the Assassination of President Kennedy. By Larry A. Sneed.(Denton: University of Texas Press, 1998). In East Texas Historical Journal.
Oil in Texas: The Gusher Era, by Diane Davids Olien and Roger M. Olien (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press). In The Journal of American History. June 2003, pp. 265-266
Oil in Texas: The Gusher Era, by Diane Davids Olien and Roger M. Olien (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, for West Texas Historical Yearbook.)
A More Abundant Life: New Deal Artists and Public Art in New Mexico, by Jacqueline Hoefer. (Sante Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press, for New Deal, 2003.)
Texas Ghost Stories: Fifty Favorites for the Telling, by Tim Tingle and Doc Moore (Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press.)
Reviewed APrivate Trials of a Public Man: Jimmie Allred and the Vicissitudes of Family MSS, for East Texas Historical Journal, June, 2008.
V. PAPERS AND TALKS DELIVERED
"The Pro-War Socialists in America," Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, 1967.
"The Reading Socialists and World War I: A Question of Loyalty," Pennsylvania State Historical Association, Pottstown, Pennsylvania,1967.
"The New York Socialists and World War I," New York Historical Association, Brockport, New York, 1969.
"Norman Thomas and the Decline of the Socialist Party in America: A Critique of the Johnpoll Thesis," Southwestern Social Science Association, San Antonio, TX, 1972.
"The Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania",
Duquesne History Forum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1973.
"Who Voted Socialists in Schenectady? Why the People of Course," Northern Great Plains History Conference, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1973.
"A Response to New Deal Labor Legislation: The Case of the Berks County Hosiery Workers," Phi Alpha Theta History Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 1975.
"The Negro Experience in America: A Bicentennial View," Midwestern State University Bicentennial Symposium, 1975.
"The Growth of Presidential Power: The Modern Era," Midwestern State University Bicentennial Symposium, 1976.
"New Deal Liberalism and the Workers: The Historical Balance Sheet," Midwestern Regional Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies, Omaha, Nebraska, 1977.
"The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Red River Valley," Southwestern Social Science Association, Dallas, TX, 1977.
"Relief for Youth: The N Y A and the C C C in North Dakota," Northern Great Plains History Conference, Fargo, North Dakota, 1978.
"The National Youth Administration in Texas," Texas State Historical Association, Austin, TX, 1980.
"The Texas Association for the Advancement of History," American Historical Association, Washington, D.C., 1980.
"The Federal Music Project in Oklahoma: A Case Study in the Politics of Culture," Oklahoma State History Professors Association, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1981.
"Comment," Great Plains Studies, Northern Great Plains History Conference, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1981.
"Comment," New Deal Studies, Southwestern Social Science Association, San Antonio, TX, 1982.
"An Analysis of 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'," Wichita Falls Museum, Wichita Falls, TX, 1982.
"An Analysis of 'Shane'," Wichita Falls Museum, Wichita Falls, TX, 1983.
"The New Deal and the Arts in Iowa," Northern Great Plains History Conference, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1983.
Panel Participant, "Water: Will It Be There?", Conference Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 1984.
"The New Deal and the Arts in Texas," Texas State Historical Association, Austin, TX, March, 1984.
"Wichita Falls," Bureau of Commerce and Industry, Leadership Conference, Wichita Falls, TX, 1984.
"The River Authorities and Water Conservation in Texas: An Historical Perspective," National Conference on the History of Soil and Water Conservation, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, May, 1984.
"Texas and Her Water Resources: An Historical Overview, 1933-1983," 1984 Annual Meeting of Soil Conservation Society of America, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, August, 1984.
"The Water Question in Texas: An Historical Overview," Northern Great Plains History Conference, Bismarck, North Dakota, October, 1984.
"Comment," Phi Alpha Theta Session, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1984.
"Comment," Agricultural History, Western Social Science Association, Fort Worth, TX, 1985.
"Comment," Progressivism, Northern Great Plains History Conference, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1985.
"The New Deal and the Arts: A Cultural Retrospective," Southern Historical Association, Houston, TX, 1985.
"The New Deal and the Arts," University of South Dakota History Banquet, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1986.
"Confessions of an Arctophile," University of South Dakota Phi Alpha Theta Conference, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1986.
"The Significance of the Teddy Bear," Oklahoma State Historical Society, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1986.
"Comment," Conservation History, Western Historical Association, Billings, Montana, 1986.
"Comment," New Deal Session, Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, March, 1987.
"Red River Uplift: The Oil Industry in Northern Texas," Burkburnett Rotary Club, Burkburnett, TX, April, 1987.
"Comment," Agricultural History Session, Western Social Science Association, El Paso, TX, April, 1987.
"The W P A and the C C C in Woodward County," Plains Indians and Pioneer Historical Foundation, Woodward, Oklahoma, September, 1987.
"The North Texas Oil Industry," Wichita County Historical Commission, Wichita Falls, TX, March, 1988.
"Comment," Agricultural History Session, Western Social Science Association, Denver, Colorado, April, 1988.
"The Historical Literature on Texas Politics Since the New Deal," Symposium on Texas Historical Literature, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, October, 1988.
"The WPA Federal Arts Projects in Minnesota," Northern Great Plains History Conference, Saint Cloud, Minnesota, September, 1989.
"Texas Historiography Since the New Deal," Southern Historical Association, Lexington, Kentucky, November, 1989.
"Comment," Populist-Progressive Era Session, Southwest Social Science Association, Fort Worth, TX, March, 1990.
"The Oilman as Progressive: The Early Years of the North Texas Oil and Gas Association," Texas State Historical Association, Austin, TX, March, 1990.
"World Neighbors Operations in Honduras," Western Social Science Association, Portland, Oregon, April, 1990.
"Feeding the Poor in the Third World: A Successful Approach," Baylor University, Waco, TX, April, 1990.
"The Israelis, the Palestinians and the Middle East Crisis," Wichita County Historical Commission, Wichita Falls, TX, September 5, 1990.
"The Israelis, the Palestinians and the Middle East Crisis," First Presbyterian Church Men's Fellowship, Wichita Falls, TX, September 10, 1990.
"The Middle East in Crisis," Notre Dame High School, Wichita Falls, TX, September 25, 1990.
"The Middle East in Crisis," Sheppard Air Force Base, TX, September 27, 1990.
"Comment," Recent American History Session, Northern Great Plains History Conference, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, October 4, 1990.
"Comment," Phi Alpha Theta Session, Western Historical Association, Reno, Nevada, October 20, 1990.
High School Symposium on the Middle East, Midwestern State University, November 7, 1990.
"The Middle Eastern Crisis," Unity Club, Wichita Falls, TX, November 7, 1990.
"Comment," Israeli-Palestinian Politics Session, Middle East Studies Association, San Antonio, TX, November 11, 1990.
"The Israeli-Palestinian Dimension of the Middle East Crisis," Faculty Forum, Midwestern State University, November 13, 1990.
High School Symposium on the Middle East, Midwestern State University, November 27, 1990.
Junior High School Symposium on The Middle East, Midwestern State University, November 28, 1990.
Teach-In on the Gulf War, Midwestern State University, January 28, 1991.
"World Neighbors Operations in Guatemala: A Case Study in Integrated Agricultural Development," Western Social Science Association Conference, 1991. Agriculture and Human Values Society, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, May, 1991.
"Comment," Agriculture History Session, Great Plains History Conference, Mankato, Minnesota, October, 1991.
"Conceptualizing Lyndon Johnson: Virtual History, Revisionism, and the Problem of Biography," Southern Historical Association, Fort Worth, TX, November, 1991.
Civil Rights Roundtable, MSU, Faculty Forum, January 22, 1992.
"Middle East," North Texas Geography Teachers' Association, St. Monica's School, Dallas, TX, March 5, 1992.
"Kuwait," Downtown Rotary, Wichita Falls, TX, June 11, 1992.
"Comment," Special Problems for Historians Session, Northern Great Plains History Conference, Fargo, North Dakota, October, 1992.
"Comment," Phi Alpha Theta Session, Western History Association, New Haven, Connecticut, October, 1992.
"Peace Prospects in the Middle East," MSU Faculty Forum, November 9, 1992.
"The Middle East Peace Process," Southwest Rotary Club, Wichita Falls, TX, February 1, 1993.
"The Middle East Peace Process," Wichita Falls, TX, Lions' Club, February 9, 1993.
"Presidents Past," Crockett School Inspire Day, Wichita Falls, TX, February 19, 1993.
"Salvaging Soul and Soil: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Texas," Texas State Historical Association, Houston, TX, March, 1993.
"The Middle East Peace Process," First United Methodist Church, Wichita Falls, TX, April 18, 1993.
"Middle East Culture," Crockett School Inspire Day, Wichita Falls, TX, May 7, 1993.
"Images of Lyndon: An Analysis of the Johnson Literature from Haley to Dallek," Nacogdoches, TX, September 24-25, 1993.
"The Middle East Peace Process," North Texas Council on the Social Studies, Wichita Falls, TX, October 11, 1993.
"Texas Chief Executives," First Presbyterian Mens' Fellowship, Wichita Falls, TX, November 8, 1993.
"The Middle East Peace Process," Combined Womens' Church Circle, Wichita Falls, TX, November 10, 1993.
"The Middle East Peace Process and the Water Question," North Texas Geographical Association, Dallas, TX, March, 1994.
"The Middle East Peace Process," First Methodist Church, Wichita Falls, TX, June 12, 1994.
"The Middle East Peace Process and the Water Question," MIDEON, University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, November 11-13, 1995.
"The Water Issue in the Middle East," North Texas Geographical Alliance, Dallas, TX, March 3, 1995.
"The Chief Executives of Texas: A Revisionist View," Faculty Forum Series III, Midwestern State University, April 11, 1995.
"Chief Executives," Governor's Mansion, Austin, TX, October 16, 1995.
"Lookin' for Lyndon or a Naive Relativist Seeks the Real Lyndon Johnson Midst a Welter of Images Created by Writers with Agendas of their Own", Missouri Valley History Conference, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Nebraska, March 7-9, 1996.
"Integrating the Significance of Presidential Elections into the Teaching of American History," Teaching of History-World History Conference, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, September 6, 1996.
Red River Civil War Roundtable-Introduction of Merle Anthony MSU Scholarship Fund, Luby's, Wichita Falls, TX, September 12, 1996.
AComment,@ State Chairs Committees on U.S.-Arab Relations Council Conference, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, September 14-15, 1996.
"The Short Term Probability for a Comprehensive Peace Between the Israelis and Palestinians is Zero," World View Symposium VII, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX, November 6, 1996.
"Comment" "Water in Twentieth Century Texas: The Edwards Aquifer" Session #30 at Texas State Historical Association, University of Texas/Austin, TX, March 7-8, 1997.
"Golan Heights - A Geo-Political Time Bomb," North Texas Geography Alliance Conference, Dallas, TX, March 8, 1997.
"Comment," State Committee Directors Meeting NCUSAR, MIT, Lexington, Virginia, September 6-8, 1997.
"Comment," East Texas State Historical Conference, SFASU, Nacogdoches, TX, September 18-20, 1997.
"Who's the Boss?: Urban Politics in the Midwest Session," Northern Great Plains History Association Conference, Bismark, North Dakota, September 24-19, 1997.
"Panel on 'Amistad' Incident," Sheppard Air Force Base Black History Committee-MSU Forum, Wichita Falls, TX, February 4, 1998.
"Cultural Diversity in the Arab-Muslim World: A Comparison of Saudi Arabia and Tunisia," Tenth Annual Geo-Tech Conference, Bishop Dunne High School, Dallas, TX, March 8, 1998.
"Comment," State Committee Directors Meeting, NCUSAR, Washington, D.C., August 18-23, 1998.
AComment,@ North and South Dakota Session, Northern Great Plains History Conference, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, October, 1998.
AComment,@ Rural Health Session, Southern Historical Association, Birmingham, Alabama, November, 1998.
AComment,@ Phi Alpha Theta Texas Central Regional Conference, Session 4B, MSU, Wichita Falls, TX, February 27, 1999.
ASpeech on Texas Independence Day,@ Kiwanis Club of Wichita Falls, TX, March 2, 1999.
AThe Arab-Israeli Peace Process: A Study in Frustration,@ Eleventh Geo-Tech Conference, Bishop Dunne High School, Dallas, TX, April 16, 1999.
AWhy There will be No Peace Between the Palestinians and the Israelis,@ Retired Officers Club, Sheppard Air Force Base, TX, May 3, 1999.
AThe Short Term Probability for a Comprehensive Peace Between the Israelis and Palestinians is Zero,@ First Christian Church, Wichita Falls, TX, May 26, 1999.
AThe Significance of the Teddy Bear,@ Phi Alpha Theta National Convention, Tampa, Florida, December 25-29, 1999.
AThe Peace Process: An Update, Twelfth Geo-Tech Conference, Bishop Dunne High School, Dallas, TX, April, 14, 2000.
ADeath of a Dream: The Rise and Fall of Liberalism in Twentieth Century America,@ for Bridging the Millennium Series, for The Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton Public Schools and Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma, September 15, 2000.
“Comment,” as PAT President, Phi Alpha Theta and Southern Historical Association Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, November 8-11, 2000.
AOne Land-Two People: The Arab-Israeli Controversy,@, Geo-Tech 2001 Conference, Bishop Dunne High School, Dallas, TX, January 26, 2001.
AThe Significance of the Teddy Bear,@ Emerson Lectures, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, February 7-13, 2001.
AThe Peace That Could Not Be: An Analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute,@ East Texas Historical Association, Nacogdoches, TX, March 2, 2001.
The Peace That Could Not Be: An Analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute, MSU, Dr. Emily LaBeff's Sociology Seminar Class, March 6, 2001.
“Comment,” Southwestern Historical Association Meeting, Fort Worth, TX, March 14-18, 2001.
“The Peace That Could Not Be: An Analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute,”, Southwest Model Arab League, Texas A&M University@Commerce, TX, April 5-7, 2001.
“The Significance of the Teddy Bear,” Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, MSU Clark Student Center, April 21,2001.
“Comment,” Represented as PAT President, Northwest Regional Phi Alpha Conference, Seattle, Washington, April 25-29, 2001.
“The Peace That Could Not Be: An Analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute,” Wichita Falls, TX, Kiwanis Club, July 3,2001.
“The Peace That Could Not Be: An Analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute,” Wichita Falls, TX, Gideons International Meeting, Piccadilly Cafeteria-Sikes Senter Mall, July 23, 2001.
“The Peace That Could Not Be,” First United Methodist Church,
Wichita Falls, TX, September 23, 2001.
Phi Alpha Theta Annual Luncheon Host, Western History Association Conference, San Diego, California, October 3-7, 2001.
Participant, Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine Affairs Conference, Washington, DC, November 1-4,2001.
2001: A Peace Odyssey, Plenary Session Speech: The Peace That Could Not Be, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, November 7-10, 2001.
AImagining Lyndon B. Johnson@, Presidential Speech, and Presidential Report #3, Phi Alpha Theta Biennial National Convention, San Antonio, TX, December 26-30, 2001.
Geo-Tech 2002 Conference for High School Geography Teachers. Dallas, TX, January 25, 2002, "Thinking About the Unthinkable."
"George W. Armstrong: The Last Populist," West Texas Historical Association, Midwestern State University, March 30, 2001.
Chair, Frontier Session, East Texas Historical Association, Nacogdoches, TX, September 29, 2001.
"Comment," Recent United States History Sessions, Southwest Social Sciences Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 27-30, 2002.
"Comment," National Council on US-Arab Relations Executive Directors Policy Makers Conference; "Revisiting US-Arab Relations: September 11 - One Year Later and the Way Forward," Washington, DC, September 8-9, 2002.
"The Significance of the Teddy Bear," Presidential Speech, East Texas Historical Association Conference/Board of Directors Meeting, Nacogdoches, TX, September 18-21,2002.
Geo-Tech 2003-15th Annual Conference Exploring New Frontiers for Geography High School Teachers, "The Golan Heights: A Geo-Political Time Bomb," Session 3, Dallas, TX, January 24, 2003.
East Texas Historical Association 2003 Spring Program/Board of Directors Meeting, Marshall Civic Center, Marshall, TX, February 14-15, 2003.
"Legacy of Hate: George W. Armstrong and the Great Jewish Banking Conspiracy," Texas State Historical Association Conference, El Paso, TX, March 5-7. 2003.
National Radio Telephone Interview with Todd Fineburg on Iraqi Invasion and Middle East Peace Process," Boston, Massachusetts/Wichita Falls, TX, Saturday, March 29, 2003.
"Eye on The Falls" Televised Interviews on Iraqi Invasion," Wichita Falls, TX, March, 2003.
Southwest Model Arab League Competition [Syria], Adviser, Texas A&M University@Commerce, TX, April 9-12, 2003.
Chair and Discussant, Southwest Social Sciences Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, April 16-19, 2003.
"Iraq," Wichita Falls Gideons International Meeting, Piccadilly Cafeteria-Sikes Senter Mall, Wichita Falls, TX, May 19, 2003.
Session Chair and Discussant, 43rd Annual Western History Association Conference, Fort Worth, TX, October 9, 2003.
Session Chair and Commentator, 69th Annual Southern Historical Association Conference and Phi Alpha Theta Conference, Houston, TX, November 6-9, 2003.
Geo-Tech 2004 16th Annual Conference for Geography Teachers, ARoad Map to Nowhere: An Analysis of the Current Status of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process,@ Dallas, TX, January 24, 2004.
East Texas Historical Association Conference and Board of Directors Spring Program Conference, San Augustine, TX, February 19-21, 2004.
Participant in sessions of the Texas State Historical Association Conference and Texas Oral History Association Conference (as the editor of Sound Historian and ex-officio Board member), Austin, TX, March 3-6, 2004.
Southwest Social Sciences Association Conference, Adviser, Corpus Christi, TX, March 15-18, 2004.
Southwest Model Arab League Competition [Palestine], Adviser, Baylor University, Waco, TX, April 15-17, 2004.
Participant in East Texas Historical Association Conference sessions and Board of Directors Fall, 2004, Meeting, Nacogdoches, TX, September 22-26, 2004.
AThe New Deal and the Rise of Modern Liberalism,@ key
note address at the grand opening of the Great Depression exhibit at the Museum of North Texas History, October 8, 2004.
AHow to Acquire and Lose a Fortune in Early Twentieth Century Texas: A Formula Devised by George Washington Armstrong, Fort Worth Millionaire,@ East Texas Historical Association Conference, Galveston, TX, Spring Meeting, February 18-19, 2005.
Participant in Southwestern Historical Association Annual Meeting (Phi Alpha Theta Sessions) New Orleans, LA, March 23-26, 2005.
Southwest Model Arab League Competition [Egypt], Adviser, Baylor University, Waco, TX, March 31-April 2, 2005.
AWeather History,@ Texas State Historical Association Conference, Fort Worth, TX, March 2-5, 2005.
Geo-Tech 17th Annual Conference for Geography Teachers, AWhy Iraq Will Not Become A Democracy,@ Session IV, Bishop Dunne High School, Dallas, TX, March 2-5, 2005.
Member, MSU Department of Education, National Council for American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Conference (NCATE), Arlington, VA. September 14-17, 2005.
Participant in East Texas Historical Association Conference,Sessions and Editorial Board Fall Meeting, Nacogdoches, TX., September 28-October 2, 2005.
Session chair in the East Texas Historical Association Spring, 2006 Conference, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX.,February 16-20, 2006.
AGeorge Washington Armstrong: Texas Icon,@ paper presented at the ASelf-Made Legends@ Session and chaired the AIdentity Issues@ Session at the American Studies Association of Texas 49th Annual Conference, Midwestern State University, November 17-19, 2005.
Omani Ambassador to the U.S. Conference Concerning Omani Policies, Washington, D.C., February 21-24, 2006.
Geo-Tech 18th Annual Conference for Geography Teachers-2006, AIslam and Democracy: Why the Twain Shall Never Meet,@ Bishop-Dunne Catholic High School, Dallas, TX, March 4, 2006.
Oman Adviser, Southwest Model Arab League Competition, University of North Texas, Denton, TX., March 30-April 1, 2006.
Session Chair in the East Texas Historical Association Fall 2006 Conference, Fredonia Hotel, Nacogdoches, TX., September 21-23, 2006.
Co-taught with colleague, Dr. Michael L. Collins, a Biography in United States History Graduate Seminar Class based on Profiles in Power book at Austin College for Dr. Light T. Cummins, Sherman, TX., September 26, 2006.
Moderator, Sixth Annual Speakers & Issues Series, Midwestern State University Center for Continuing Education, Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities & Social Sciences, & The WF Times Record News, KCCU 88.7 FM-NPR, and World Forum for The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: AWhat the West Should Know...,@ WF MSU Museum & Art Center, November 9, 2006.
Session Chair, East Texas Historical Association Spring, 2007 Conference, MCM Elegante Hotel, Beaumont, TX, February 15-18, 2007.
Geo-Tech 19th 2007 AWhere Earth, Technology, and Education Meet Conference,@ for Geography Teachers, speech given entitled: AWhy US Policy in Iraq Will Fail,@at Bishop-Dunne Catholic High School, Dallas, TX. March 3, 2007.
Program Committee Member of the Texas State Historical Association Conference, Crowne Plaza Hotel, San Antonio, TX., March 7-10, 2007.
Session Chair-Phi Alpha Theta (H143):escorting MSU History Graduate Students presenting papers, Southwest Social Sciences Association Conference, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 13-18, 2007.
Sputnik Round Table Discussion (consisting of myself, Mr. Patrick Shelby, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Donald Adair, Public Affairs Librarian-Wichita Falls Public Library), March 16, 2007.
Geo-Tech, 2008,@Where Earth, Science and Technology Meet Conference@,Speech topic: AThe Surge Is Working, So What?@ Bishop Dunne Catholic High School, Dallas, TX., March 1, 2008.
Session Chair, Texas Rangers: A Revisionist Review-(Session 24),112th Texas State Historical Association Conference, Omni Bayfront Hotel, Corpus Christi, TX., March 3-7, 2008.
ARed River Uplift: The Rise of the Oil Industry in North Texas,@ Desk and Derrick Club of Wichita Falls, TX., Wichita Falls Country Club, Wednesday, August 19, 2008.
APatrons of a Lost Cause: The Civil War Texas Governors,@ Paper presented at the Fall, 2008, East Texas Historical Association Conference, and ETHA Board of Directors= Meeting, Nacogdoches, TX., September 24-27, 2008.
21st Geo-Tech Conference, 2009,(Title of Speech given at Conference to be inserted) Bishop Dunne Catholic High School, Dallas, TX., March 7, 2009.
Texas State Historical Association (113th) Conference Board of Directors Annual Meeting, Palmer Events Center, Austin, TX., March 26-28, 2009.
VI. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Chairman, National Book Award Committee, Phi Alpha Theta, 1985 - 1997
International Council, Phi Alpha Theta, 1984-85
National Paper Prize Committee, Phi Alpha Theta,1982-84
Manuscript Consultant, The Historian
Manuscript Consultant, History of Education Quarterly
Manuscript Consultant, South Dakota History
Manuscript Consultant, New York History
Manuscript Consultant, The Great Plains Quarterly
Manuscript Consultant, Texas A & M Press
Manuscript Consultant, University of Kentucky Press
Manuscript Consultant, University of Texas/Austin Press
Manuscript Consultant, West Publishing Company
Manuscript Consultant, Prentice Hall
Manuscript Consultant, University of South Dakota Press
MSU Campus Representative, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Mellon Fellowship Prog, 1984-88
Member, Editorial Board, Texas Historical Foundation
Consultant, Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
Consultant, Lifeways International, Film Maker
Member, Executive Council, Texas State Historical Association
General Editor, The Recent American History Series, Peter Lang Publishers, Inc.
Member, Board of Advisers, Historic Southern Tenant Farmers' Union
Vice President, Texas Oral History Association,1992-93
President, Texas Oral History Association, 1993-94
Editor-in- Chief, The Sound Historian, 1995 -
Chairman, C. K. Chamberlain Award Committee, 1995-1996
Judge, T.R. Fehrenbach Award Committee, Texas Historical Commission, 1995 - 1998
Executive Director, Texas Committee for U.S.-Arab Relations Council, 1997 - 2006
Editor, The Newsletter of the Texas Committee on US-Arab Relations, 1997 - 2006
Vice President-President Elect, Phi Alpha Theta Natl History Honorary Soc, Dec, 1997-1999
Reviewer-Red River Valley Historical Quarterly Journal, May 25, 1999
President, Phi Alpha Theta National Honorary Society, January, 2000 -2001
Second Vice President, East Texas Historical Association 1999-2000
First Vice President and President-Elect, East Texas Historical Assoc, September, 2000-2001
Member, SACS Team, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina, March 18-23, 2001
President, East Texas Historical Association, 2001-2004
Chair, Advisory Committee, Phi Alpha Theta, 2002-2004
Reader, "Recollections of the Great Depression Project Proposal," edited by Donald Whisenhunt, University of Kentucky Press.(__n/d___).
Member, Seven SACS Re-Affirmation Committees
Outside Evaluator, University of Central Oklahoma, Department of History, 2003
Member, Texas State Historical Association Fellows Committee, 2004-2005
Board of Directors, West Texas Historical Association, 2005-2007
Reader, History of the United States Glider Pilots Training Program in World War II, by Norman Grim, Professor of Biology, University of Northern Arizona, edited by Noel Parsons, Texas Tech University Press, June, 2005
Editorial Board, East Texas Historical Journal, September, 2005-September, 2006
Senior Faculty Adviser- Phi Alpha Theta New Chapter Installation at Austin College, Sherman, TX.,Fall, 2006-Spring, 2007
Charter Member, Association of Fellows of the Texas State Historical Association (newly formed), March, 2008
Reviewer, Texas A&M University@Commerce, History Graduate Program, Commerce, TX, May 1-2, 2008.
VII. INSTITUTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS, COMMITTEES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
Chairman, Local A U U P Chapter, Ithaca College, 1966-1967
Faculty Senate, Shippensburg State College, Chairman, Faculty Grievance Com, 1969-70
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Physical Edu& Inter-Collegiate Athletics, MSU, 1971-72
Faculty Senate, Midwestern State University, 1971-73
Chairman, Faculty Senate, MSU, 1971-72
Chairman, Committee on Promotion/Tenure Policy, MSU,1971-72
Member, Academic Council, MSU, 1971-72; 75-76; 79-80
Originator, MSU Faculty Forum, Series II, 1974-90
Director, MSU Bicentennial History Symposium, 1974-79
Acting Vice-President for Academic Affairs MSU, 1975-76
Member, Graduate Council, MSU, 1971-
Editor, MSU Faculty Papers, 1983-1990
Member, Editorial Board, MSU Press, 1982-1984
Director, MSU Archives, 1983-1989
Chairman, Ad Hoc Faculty/Administrative Committee on Salaries, 1975-76
Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Institutional Role and Scope, 1975-76
Member, Administrative Council, 1975-76
Member, Faculty Committee on Teaching Excellence, 1976-1977
Chairman, Inter-Collegiate Athletics Committee, 1976-77
Director, MSU Red River Regional History Fair, 1983-90
Member, MSU Scholarship Committee, 1982-84
Member, MSU Ad Hoc Committee on Rank and Tenure,1983-1984
Member, MSU Organized Research Committee, 1982-84
Chairman, MSU Organized Research Committee, 1984 -
Chairman, MSU Ad Hoc Committee on Standards for Teaching Assistants, 1986
Member, Graduate Program Sub-Committee, SACS Evaluation, 1991
Member, International Dimension Awareness Committee, 1993-1997
Member, MSU Research Committee, 1998
Chair, MSU College of Liberal Arts Research Committee, 1999-2001
Member, MSU Graduate Council, 1999-2006
Member, MSU Council of the College of Liberal Arts, 1999-2006
Member, College of Liberal Arts Research Committee,2001-02
Director, First Annual MSU Middle East Spring Symposium, April 9, 2002
Chair, Named Professorship Committee, 2003
Member, College of Liberal Arts Rank and Tenure Promotion Committee, 2004-2005-
Chair, Graduate Admissions Revision Committee, 2005-
Member, MSU Ad Hoc Committee on Emeritus Status Policy Revision, 2007-2008-
Member Participant in COPLAC, Summer 2009 5th Annual Faculty Conference: Focus: The History Major, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, June 4-7,2009
VIII. GRANTS and FELLOWSHIPS
Woodrow Wilson Subvention Fund, University of Oklahoma, for completion of the Ph.D, 1962
College Center of the Finger Lakes, for the Study of Socialism in New York State, 1964-65
New York State Office for Education, for travel and study in Peru, 1965
American Association for State and Local History, for the Study of Socialism in New York State, 1967
American Philosophical Society, for the Study of Socialism in New York State, 1966, 1968
Shippensburg State College Faculty Research Fund, Study of Socialism in Pennsylvania, 1968, 1969
Midwestern State University Faculty Research Fund, Study of New Deal Relief Agencies, 1970-1985
Lyndon Baines Johnson Libry Research Fund,Study of the National Youth Administration in Texas, 1975
Midwestern State University Incentive Grant, for the Study of New Deal Relief Agencies, 1975
Hardin Foundation, for the Study of New Deal Relief Agencies, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985
Hardin Foundation, for the Study of the Texas Oil Industry, 1986-1987
National Council for U.S.-Arab Relations, for Travel and Study in Saudi Arabia, Malone Fellow, 1989
American Enterprise Forum, for Red River Regional History Fair, 1987, 1989
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation, for the Study of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1990
National Council for U.S.-Arab Relations for Travel and Study in Jordan, Israel, and the Occupied Territories, Malone Alumni, 1990, 1994
National Council for U.S.-Arab Relations for Travel and Study in Kuwait and Syria, Malone Alumni, 1992
Council on International Educational Exchange International Faculty Development Seminar, The Arab-Israeli Peace Process, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, June 9-16, 1996
National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations for Travel and Study in Tunisia, June 9-22, 1997
Perkins-Prothro Foundation Grant for Research on Spanish-American War Book, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, February, 2002
Perkins-Prothro Foundation Grant for George Washington Armstrong Project, 2002
Perkins-Prothro Foundation Grant for George Washington Armstrong Project, 2003
Ottis Locke Endowment Grant for George Washington Armstrong,2006.
IX. COURSES TAUGHT
The Era of Reform: Populism and Progressivism in America
From the Jazz Age to the Thermonuclear Age: Recent U S History
The South
The Middle East
Contemporary American History: World War II to the Present
Historiography
Research Methods
Texas History
X. MEMBERSHIPS
Phi Alpha Theta
Texas State Historical Association
Southern Historical Association
Texas Oral History Association
East Texas Historical Association
West Texas Historical Association
XI. LISTED
Lexington=s Who=s Who, Millennium Edition of the Registry, 2000-2001
The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership American Biographical Institute, 10th Edition, 2000
Strathmore's Who's Who, 1998-1999
Who's Who in America, 1992-
Who's Who in the West, 1991-
Who's Who in the East, 1968-70
Who's Who in American Education
Who's Who in Texas
Who's Who in the South and Southwest
Directory of American Scholars
Dictionary of International Biography
Personalities of the South
Contemporary Authors
XII. HONORS
Hardin Professor of the Year, Midwestern State
University, 1974-1975
Outstanding Educators in America, 1974-75, 1975-76
Karl E. Mundt Distinguished Historical Writing Award,Dakota History Conference, 1978, 1979
Hardin Distinguished Professor of American History, 1988-2006
Distinguished Leadership Award in the Field of History,2001
Fellow, East Texas Historical Association, September 29, 2002
Fellow, Texas State Historical Association, 2002
C.K. Chamberlain Award for the Best Article in East Texas Historical Journal, Volume XL, 2002. "The Last Populist: George Washington Armstrong, the Texas Gubernatorial Election of 1932, and the Zionist Threat to Liberty and Constitutional Government," East Texas Historical Journal, (Volume XL, 2002, No. 1), 3-16.
Who's Who' Among American History Teachers, 2002,2003, 2004
Regents Professor, MSU=s first named, February 11, 2005-
Alpha Chi Lecturer, MSU Seniors= Honor Society, February 14, 2006
Regents= and Hardin Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, MSU, 2006
Thomas L. Charlton Lifetime Achievement Award, TOHA, May 5, 2007
XIII. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Board of Directors, Wichita Ballet Theatre, 1973 -
President, 1974-76; Vice-President for Finance,1977-80
Board of Directors, Wichita Falls Symphony, 1976 -
Board of Directors, Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center,1974 -
Wichita Falls Bicentennial Commission, 1974-76
Co-Chairman, Heritage Subcommittee
Wichita Falls Depot Square Steering Committee, 1976-77
Goals for Wichita Falls Transportation Sub-Committee, 1979
Rotary International, Wichita Falls, 1983-1989
Member, International Youth Education Committee
Chairman, District 579 History Committee, 1984-1989
Wichita County Heritage Society, 1974 -
Founder, Member, Life Member Board of Directors; Vice-President, Publicity, President-Elect, 1983-1984; President, 1984-1985; Member, Publications C Committee, 1989 - 1992
Wichita County Historical Commission, 1984 – 1994 Archives Committee
