Everything has a history, even departents of history! Here is some information about us, compiled by Dr. Al Mierzejewski.
Photograph of Dr. Hugh M. Ayer |
Photograph of history department faculty and students, 1962 |
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Department of history students, 1962 |
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North Texas State Normal School/NTSU/UNT History Department Leaders
Summary:
Lewis W. Newton 1926, 1928-1932, 1933-1951
Frank Hall Gaffard 1951-1965
Jack Scroggs 1966-1976
William Kamman 1977-1989, 1993-1994
Robert S. LaForte 1990-1993
Richard Golden 1994-2001
Harold M. Tanner 2001-2005, 2016-2019
Adrian Lewis 2005-2007
Richard McCaslin 2008-2016
Jennifer Jensen Wallach 2019-2024
Rachel Louise Moran 2025
Michael D. Wise 2025-Present
Details by Year
Year |
Leader |
Other Faculty |
1890 |
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History classes listed, but no faculty. |
1891 |
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Same thing. |
1892 |
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1893 |
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1894 |
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1895 |
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1896 |
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1897 |
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1898 |
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no history instructors |
1899 |
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1900 |
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W.J. Sowder |
1901 |
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Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
1902 |
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Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
1903 |
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Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
1904 |
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Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
1905 |
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Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
1906 |
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Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
1907 |
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Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
1908 |
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Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis history and geography, Emma Mitchell |
1909 |
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Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis history and geography, Emma Gay Mitchell |
1910 |
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E.D. Criddle, English and history, Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis history and geography, Emma Gay Mitchell |
1911 |
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E.D. Criddle, English and history, Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis history and geography, Emma Gay Mitchell |
1912 |
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E.D. Criddle, Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Mrs. Emma G. Mitchell |
1913 |
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E.D. Criddle, Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Miss Emma G. Mitchell, J.R. Swanson, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
1914 |
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E.D. Criddle, Miss Emma G. Mitchell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
1915 |
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E.D. Criddle, Miss Emma G. Mitchell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
1916 |
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E.D. Criddle, Miss Emma G. Mitchell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
1917 |
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E.D. Criddle, S.S. McKay, Miss Emma G. Mitchell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
1918 |
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Harland H. Allen, E.D. Criddle, S.S. McKay, Miss Emma G. Mitchell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
1919 |
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E.D. Criddle, S.S. McKay, Miss Anna Powell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
1920 |
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E.D. Criddle, E.H. Farrington, S.S. McKay, L.W. Newton |
1921 |
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Ross Compton, E.D. Criddle (associate dean), Miss Lillian Elvira Johnson, Donald McDonald, L.W. Newton, A.V. Peterson, Miss Anna Powell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
1922 |
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E.D. Criddle (associate dean), Julius Dorsey, Donald McDonald, S.S. McKay, B.H. Miller, L.W. Newton, Miss Anna Irion Powell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
1923 |
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C.A. Bridges, Ross Compton, E.D. Criddle (dean of men), Ernest David, L.W. Newton, Miss Anna Powell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
1924 |
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Margaret Butler, C.A. Bridges, L.W. Newton, Anna Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
1925 |
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Margaret Butler, E.D. Criddle, E.H. Farrington, L.W. Newton, Anna Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
1926 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
Clarence A. Bridges, Margaret Butler, E.H. Farrington, Joseph L. Kingsbury, J. Carl Matthews, Anna Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
1927 |
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Clarence Allan Bridges, Lewis W. Newton, Joseph Lyman Kingsbury, Anna Irion Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
1928 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, Margaret Butler, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury (curator museum), Cora Belle Wilson |
1929 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Annabelle Pritchard, Cora Belle Wilson |
1930 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna I. Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
1931 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna I. Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
1932 |
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C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Lewis Wilham Newton, Anna I. Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
1933 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Irion Powell, Cora Wilson |
1934 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Irion Powell, Cora Wilson |
1935 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Irion Powell, Cora Wilson |
1936 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Cora Wilson |
1937 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Irion Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
1938 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Cora Belle Wilson |
1939 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Powell, Cora Wilson |
1940 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Powell, Cora Wilson |
1941 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Powell, Cora Wilson |
1942 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Powell, Cora Wilson |
1943 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
1944 |
n/a |
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1945 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
1946 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, Cora Belle Wilson |
1947 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, Cora Belle Wilson |
1948 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, Cora Belle Wilson |
1949 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
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1950 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
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1951 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
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1951 |
F.H. Gaffard |
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1952 |
F.H. Gaffard |
Bridges, Hagan, Powell, Scroggs |
1953 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. |
Bridges, Hagan, Powell, Scroggs |
1954 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
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1955 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Bridges, Eubank, Hagan, Powell, Scroggs |
1956 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Bridges, Eubank, Hagan, Powell, Scroggs |
1957 |
(Frank Hall Gaffard). Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Bridges, Eubank, Hagan, Nichols, Powell, Scroggs |
1958 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Bridges, Eubank, Hagan, Healy, Hawley, Powell, Nichols, Scroggs |
1959 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Ayer, Eubank, Hawley, Kottman, Linden, Nichols, Parks, Scroggs, Standard. |
1960 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Ayer, Brewer, Eubank, Hawley, Kottman, Odom, Powell (w), Standard |
1961 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Ayer, Brewer, Eubank, Hagan, Kottman, Nicholls, Jr., Powell (w), Standard |
1962 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Ayer, Brewer, Eubank, Hagan, Hawley, Kottman |
1963 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
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1964 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Eubank, Odom, Worcester |
1965 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Thomas Brewer, William Hagan, Richard A. Kottman, E. Odom, Jack Scroggs, Harry F. Snapp |
1966 |
Jack Scroggs, director |
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1967 |
Jack Scroggs, director |
D.E. Chipman, E.W. Hawley, E.O. Odom, William P. Vaughn. |
1968 |
Jack Scroggs, director |
Hugh M. Ayer, Larry Bowman, Donald Chipman, William Kamman, F.B. Lowry |
1969 |
Jack Scroggs, director |
Ph.D. program started |
1970 |
Jack Scroggs, chairman |
Tomazcina Dixon, Charles Keener part-time Black instructors |
1971 |
Jack Scroggs, chairman |
Dr. Harry Snapp |
1972 |
page missing |
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1973 |
Nothing |
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1974 |
Nothing. |
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1975 |
Nothing |
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1976 |
Scroggs, chair |
27+1 (tenure track + adjuncts/lecturers) |
1977 |
William Kamman, chair |
26+1 |
1978 |
William Kamman, chair |
26+1 |
1979 |
William Kamman, chair |
26+1 |
1980 |
William Kamman, chair |
25+1 |
1981 |
William Kamman, chair |
25+1 |
1982 |
William Kamman, chair |
25+1 |
1983 |
William Kamman, chair |
25+1 |
1984 |
William Kamman, chair |
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1985 |
William Kamman, chair |
25+1 |
1986 |
William Kamman, chair |
26+1, now counting Kamman |
1987 |
William Kamman, chair |
27 |
1988 |
William Kamman, chair |
27 |
1989 |
William Kamman, chair |
27 |
1990 |
Robert S. LaForte, chair |
29+1 |
1991 |
Robert S. LaForte, chair |
27+1 |
1992 |
Robert S. LaForte, chair |
28+2 |
1993 |
Robert S. LaForte, chair |
30+1 |
1994 |
William Kamman, interim chair |
28+1 |
1995 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
30 |
1996 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
32 |
1997 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
31+1 |
1998 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
30+1 |
1999 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
28+1 |
2000 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
26+1 |
2001 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
26+1 |
2002 |
Harold M. Tanner, chair |
25 faculty |
2003 |
Harold M. Tanner, chair |
24 faculty |
2004 |
Harold M. Tanner, chair |
23 faculty |
2005 |
Adrian Lewis, chair |
26 faculty |
2006 |
Adrian Lewis, chair |
27 faculty |
2007 |
Adrian Lewis, chair |
26 |
2008 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
28+4 |
2009 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
24+4 |
2010 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
34 |
2011 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
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2012 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
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2013 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
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2014 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
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2015 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
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2016 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
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2017 |
Harold M. Tanner, chair |
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2018 |
Harold M. Tanner, chair |
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2019 |
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, chair |
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2020 |
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, chair |
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2021 |
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, chair |
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2022 |
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, chair |
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2023 |
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, chair |
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2024 |
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, chair |
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2025 |
Rachel Louise Moran, chair |
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2025 |
Michael D. Wise, chair |
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