{"id":49655,"date":"2023-10-16T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=49655"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T20:44:38","slug":"tarleton-historian-liles-explores-county-records-in-tuesday-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-historian-liles-explores-county-records-in-tuesday-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Historian Liles Explores County Records in \u2018Tuesday Talk\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University\u2019s Dr. Deborah Liles will present the final fall \u201cTuesday Talk\u201d at 6 p.m. Nov. 14 at the W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center for Industrial History of Texas <\/a>in Thurber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Liles will explain how to use county clerk records for academic and genealogical research. The free presentation focuses on the gems to be mined from county offices. A Q&A session will follow. Participants are urged to bring their own research for tips on more rewarding exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information call 254-968-1886 or email gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Liles became Tarleton\u2019s W.K. Gordon Endowed Chair in Texas History in 2018. She teaches history with an emphasis on Texas, women, slavery, local communities and ranching; works with the W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center; and serves on the board of several historical associations statewide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She co-authored the award-winning books Women in Civil War Texas: Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi <\/em>(2016), the first book to examine the role Texas women played in the Civil War, and Texas Women and Ranching: On the Range, at the Rodeo, and in Their Communities <\/em>(2019), the first to examine contributions women have made to Texas ranching. She\u2019s also the co-editor of African Americans in Central Texas History: From Slavery to Civil Rights <\/em>(2019), a critical study of Black lives in the center of the state.The W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center, a facility of Tarleton State University, is at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, in Mingus and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. The combined museum and special collections library is located at the site of the Thurber ghost town. To learn more visit tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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