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Don E. Carleton

Executive Director of the Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin

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Don E. Carleton Biography

Dr. Don E. Carleton has been executive director of The University of Texas at Austin’s Dolph Briscoe Center for American History since its creation in 1991. From 1979 until 1991, Dr. Carleton was head of the University’s Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center. From 1975 until 1979, he served as founding director of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center (HMRC), an urban history archives project sponsored by Rice University, the University of Houston, and the City of Houston. At HMRC, he established The Houston Review: A Journal of History and Culture of the Gulf Coast.

Dr. Carleton has published and lectured extensively in the fields of local history, archives, historical research methods and sources, urban history, the history of broadcast journalism, and Twentieth Century U.S. political history. He has worked as an historical consultant and lecturer in Nicaragua, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Israel, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Romania.

Dr. Carleton’s book Red Scare (Texas Monthly Press, 1985) won the Texas State Historical Association’s Coral Tullis Award for the most important book on Texas published in 1985. His book, A Breed So Rare: The Life of J. R. Parten, Liberal Texas Oil Man, 1896–1992 (Texas State Historical Association, 1998) received the Texas Institute of Letters award for the book written by a Texan in 1998 that has made the greatest contribution to knowledge. Dr. Carleton’s most recent book is Conversations with Cronkite (University of Texas Press, 2010). Other publications include Back Where We Started: A Brief History of Houston (Menil Publications, Houston, 1979), co-authored with Thomas H. Kreneck; Who Shot the Bear? J. Evetts Haley and the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center (Wind River Press, Austin, TX, 1984); Being Rapoport: Capitalist with a Conscience (University of Texas Press, 2002); Ross Sterling, Texan: A Memoir by the Founder of Humble Oil and Refining Company (University of Texas Press, 2007); Dolph Briscoe: My Life in Texas Ranching and Politics (Center for American History, 2008); and Big Red: Memoirs of a Texas Entrepreneur and Philanthropist (The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, 2010). Dr. Carleton also has published numerous articles in professional journals, magazines, and newspapers and he serves as editor of the Focus on American History Series of the University of Texas Press. He is the Executive Producer of the historical video documentary When I Rise, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, in March 2010.

Dr. Carleton was an historical advisor to novelist James A. Michener for his novel Texas (Random House, 1986). He also was a researcher and historical advisor for former CBS newsman and anchor Walter Cronkite’s best selling memoir A Reporter’s Life (Knopf, 1996). From 1995 until 1997, he was an historical consultant for the Cronkite-Ward Company for a series of documentaries on the Discovery Channel. He served as the principal curator for the major exhibit Cronkite: Eyewitness to a Century, which was displayed at the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum in Austin in 2010. Dr. Carleton has been a historical commentator for several television documentaries including JFK: Breaking the News, produced by KERA TV in Dallas (2003); For the Sake of the Song, produced by Fair Retail Films (2010); and The President’s Photographer, produced by the National Geographic Television Channel (2010). He served from 1996 until 2009 as an Oral Historian and Advisory Board member for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Foundation‘s “Pioneers of Television” project.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 08/31/2024.

Don E. Carleton Videos

  • An Evening With Doris Kearns Goodwin & Don Carleton
    An Evening With Doris Kearns Goodwin & Don Carleton
    September 21, 2022 - Co-sponsored by the LBJ Presidential Library and the Briscoe Center for American History. This program celebrated the Briscoe...
  • Book talk with Thorne Dreyer and Don Carleton
    Book talk with Thorne Dreyer and Don Carleton
    Activist, journalist, and author Thorne Dreyer joins Don Carleton for a lively discussion on Dreyer's book, Making Waves: The Rag Radio Interviews....
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