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STEVEN R. BUTLER
Curriculum Vitae

Education

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History Related Positions

Teaching

  • U.S. and Texas History Teacher, Garland, Texas I.S.D., 1991-1993.
  • 9 years experience teaching non-history Adult Education courses, including 3 years at Richland College, Dallas, Texas (1994-1997).

    • Other

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    Papers Presented

    "The Myth of the Boundary Dispute," Texas State Historical Association Meeting, March 2, 2000, Austin, Texas.

    "San Antonio, Texas During the U.S.- Mexican War," TCU Conference on the Southwest, February 24, 2000, Fort Worth, Texas.

    "Heroes or Villians? The Image of U.S. Volunteers in the War with Mexico," U.S.-Mexican War Conference, September 11, 1998, The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas.

    "Alabama Volunteers in the War with Mexico," 3rd Annual Bi-National Conference on the U.S.-Mexican War, Brownsville, Texas, February 10, 1995.

    "Historic Sites of the U.S.-Mexican War," 2nd Annual Bi-National Conference on the U.S.-Mexican War, Brownsville, Texas, February 12, 1994.

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    Publications
    BOOKS
    U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848
    • U.S. Veterans of the War with Mexico: A Guide to Genealogical Research (Richardson, Texas: Descendants of Mexican War Veterans, 1998).
    • Eutaw Rangers: The Mexican War Diary of Capt. Sydeham Moore (Richardson, Texas: Descendants of Mexican War Veterans, 1998).
    • Sketches by a Skirmisher: The Mexican War Writings of Capt. Mayne Reid (Richardson, Texas: Descendants of Mexican War Veterans, 1998).
    • Alabama Volunteers in the Mexican War: A History and Annotated Roster (Descendants of Mexican War Veterans, 1996).
    • Dallas County, Texas and the Mexican War (Richardson, Texas: Descendants of Mexican War Veterans, 1995).
    • Historic Sites of the Mexican War in the United States, Part One: Texas (Richardson, Texas: Descendants of Mexican War Veterans, 1994).
    • A Documentary History of the Mexican War, 1846-1848 (Richardson, Texas: Descendants of Mexican War Veterans, 1994).
    • A Complete Roster of Mexican War Officers, 1846-1848 (Richardson, Texas: Descendants of Mexican War Veterans, 1994).
    • How to Find Your Mexican War Veteran Ancestor (Richardson, Texas: Descendants of Mexican War Veterans, 1991 and 1994).
    Local (Dallas Area) History
    • Son of Bethel: Remembering the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30 - September 1, 1969 (Richardson, Texas: Shoestring Publications, 1994).
    • John Neely Bryan: The Father of Dallas (Privately published, 1991).
    Family History
    • Tales of Northeast Texas: The Life Book and Letters of Arthur Babb (Richardson, Texas: Shoestring Books, 1998).
    • A Home in Texas: The Story of Alfred and Mary Butler, Their Descendants and Related Families (Richardson, Texas: Shoestring Publications, 1994).
    • Historical and Genealogical Handbook of Freestone, County, Texas (Richardson, Texas: Shoestring Publications, 1992).

    SIGNED ARTICLES
    In Miscellaneous Publications
    • "From Water Supply to Urban Oasis: A History of the Development of White Rock Lake Park," Legacies, A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Dallas County Heritage Society and Dallas Historical Society, Dallas, Texas, Vol.14, No.1, Fall 2002.
    • "Henry Garrett: The Father of WRR," WRR Progam Guide, a publication of WRR FM, Classical 101, March 2002.
    • "Pioneer Personified: The Life and Times of Capt. Preston Witt," Legacies, A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Dallas County Heritage Society and Dallas Historical Society, Dallas, Texas, Vol.11, No.3, Fall 1999.
    • "The Thornton Affair," in The United States and Mexico at War (New York: Macmillan and Company, 1998).
    • "Mexican War Veterans' Organizations," in The United States and Mexico at War (New York: Macmillan and Company, 1998).
    • "Mexican War Monuments," in The United States and Mexico at War (New York: Macmillan and Company, 1998).
    • "The 'Army of Occupation' at Corpus Christi," Heritage, Texas Historical Foundation, Austin, Texas, Vol.13 , No. 4, Fall 1995, pp.10-14.
    • "Mexican War Records: A Researcher's Gold Mine," Heritage Quest Magazine, American Genealogical Lending Library, Bountiful, Utah, issue #54, Nov./Dec. 1994 pp.69-71.
    • "Dallas Volunteers in the Mexican War,"Legacies, A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Dallas County Heritage Society and Dallas Historical Society, Dallas, Texas, Vol.4, No.1, Spring 1992, pp.4-10.
    • "Mexican War Records: A Genealogical Goldmine," The Genealogical Helper, Everton Publishers, Salt Lake City, Utah, Vol.45, No.3, May-June 1991, pp.8-9.
    • "Alabama Volunteers in the Mexican War," Alabama Genealogical Society Magazine, Alabama Genealogical Society, Birmingham, Alabama, Vol. 23, Nos.1∓2, 1991, pp.37-40.
    • "Honoring the Past: Confederate Monuments in Dallas," Legacies, A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Dallas County Heritage Society and Dallas Historical Society, Dallas, Texas, Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 1989, pp.31-36.
    • "Tales of Texas: 'The Forgotten War' nearly doubled size of U.S.,"Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune, Mount Pleasant, Texas, July 9, 1989, p.2A.
    • "Texas Tales: 'Hear the big Indian speak'," Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune, Mount Pleasant, Texas, April 30, 1989, pp.2A, 10A.
    • "Tales of Texas: The two deaths of Davy Crockett," Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune, Mount Pleasant, Texas, April 9, 1989, pp.6A, 8A.
    • "A Winter's Journey Memories," The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, March 31, 1986, p.13A.
    In MEXICAN WAR Journal
    • "Book Review: Mr. Polk's Army," Vol. 6, Nos. 3 ∓ 4, Spring ∓ Summer 1997, p. 28.
    • "Book Review: Sam Chamberlain's My Confession," Vol. 6, Nos. 1 ∓ 2, Fall 1996 ∓ Winter 1997, p. 32.
    • "Mexico City National Cemetery," Vol. 5, No. 1, Fall 1995, pp. 15-17.
    • "Camp Marcy, Corpus Christi, Texas," Vol. 4, Nos. 3 ∓ 4, Spring ∓ Summer 1995, pp. 1-13.
    • "Camp Belknap Site," Vol. 4, Nos. 1 ∓ 2, Fall 1994 ∓ Winter 1995, pp. 1-10.
    • "San Pasqual Battlefield State Park, Escondido, California," Vol. 3, No. 4, Summer 1994, pp. 17-25.
    • "Mrs. M. Moore Murdock: Angel of the Veterans, Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring 1994, pp. 18-33.
    • "San Antonio, Texas During the Mexican War," Vol. 3, No. 2, Winter 1994, pp. 1-14.
    • "Fort Texas/Fort Brown," Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring ∓ Summer 1993, pp. 19-27.
    • "Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site: A Clash of Eagles," Vol. 3, No. 1, Fall 1993, pp. 9-20.
    • "E.S.C. Robertson and the Army of the Republic of Texas," Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring ∓ Summer 1993, pp. 28-30 (with Larry J. Irion).
    • "Casa Mata, Matamoros, Mexico," Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 1992 ∓ Winter 1993, pp. 2-3.
    • "Captain Mayne Reid: Mexican War Novelist," Mexican War Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 3, Spring 1992, pp. 5.
    • "Alexander M. Kenaday and the National Association of Veterans of the Mexican War," Mexican War Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2, Winter 1992, pp. 11-21.
    • "Alabama Volunteers in the Mexican War," Mexican War Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 1991, pp. 15-20.
    • "The Battle For Monterey: As Witnessed by a Texan Volunteer," Mexican War Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 1991, pp. 9-13 (with Larry J. Irion).
    NOTE:
    This list does not include any unsigned articles published in MEXICAN WAR Journal or The American Eagle, the periodical and newsletter of The Descendants of Mexican War Veterans.

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    Citations and Acknowledgements
    • The U.S.-Mexican War, a PBS Documentary produced by KERA-TV (Channel 13) in Dallas, Texas (acknowledged in closing credits)
    • Christensen, Carol and Thomas. The U.S.-Mexican War, Companion to the Public Television Series (San Francisco: Bay Books, 1998), p. vi (acknowledgement in Producer's Preface by Sylvia Komatsu)
    • Lorena Carreaga. "Filibusteros, Mercanarios y Voluntarios: Los Soldados Norteamericanos en la Guerra de Castas de Yucatan," en Politica y Negocios: Ensayos Sobre La Relacion Entre Mexico y Los Estados Unidos En El Siglo XIX,(Mexico D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1997), p.193 (fuentes consultadas)
    • Richard Bruce Winders. Mr. Polk's Army, (College Station: Texas A.∓M. University Press, 1997), p. 226 ∓ 268 (cited and included in bibliography)
    • William H. Goetzmann. Sam Chamberlain's My Confession (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996), p. x (acknowledgement)

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    Professional Service

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    Active Memberships

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    Miscellaneous Accomplishments

    In the mid-1990s, I initiated the placement of two Texas Historical Commission historical markers in Cameron County, Texas and wrote the historical summary from which the text of each marker was derived. Both sites have a connection with the history of the U.S.-Mexican War of 1846-1848.

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