Lathrop, Barnes F.

Barnes Fletcher Lathrop was born on Marhc 29, 1909 in Morgan City, Louisiana. He earned degrees from the Rice Institute (Bachelor of Arts, 1930), the University of Chicago (Master of Arts, 1931), and The University of Texas (Ph.D., 1945). In 1935 Lathrop accepted a teaching fellowship at The University of Texas at Austin, where he worked under Charles W. Ramsdell, a leading historian of the Confederacy. Lathrop was promoted to instructor in the History department in 1939, and would go on to make a career at The University of Texas that spanned over forty years. Lathrop taught various subjects during his tenure but he specialized in the American South between 1828 and 1877.

Lathrop published one book, a score of articles and edited documents, and some two dozen book reviews. Most of his publications clustered in the areas of methodology and southern history. His book Migration Into East Texas, 1835-1860: A study from the United States Census represented a path-breaking effort to exploit the manuscript census returns as a source for historical research. Several of Lathrop's articles grew out of extensive work on a group of Louisiana sugar planters and their families during the Civil War era.

Barnes Fletcher Lathrop was born on March 29, 1909 in Morgan City, Louisiana. He earned degrees from the Rice Institute (Bachelor of Arts, 1930), the University of Chicago (Master of Arts, 1931), and the University of Texas (Ph. D., 1945).

In 1935 Lathrop accepted a teaching fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin, where he worked under Charles W. Ramsdell, a leading historian of the Confederacy. Lathrop was promoted to instructor in the History Department in 1939, and would go on to make a career at the University of Texas that spanned over forty years. Lathrop taught various subjects during his tenure but he specialized in the American South between 1828 and 1877. Lathrop published one book, numerous articles and edited documents, and some two dozen book reviews. Most of his publications clustered in the areas of methodology and southern history. His book "Migration Into East Texas, 1835-1860: A Study from the United States Census" represented a path-breaking effort to exploit the manuscript census returns as a source for historical research. Several of Lathrop's articles grew out of extensive work on a group of Louisiana sugar planters and their families during the Civil War era.