Paula Mitchell Marks Explained

Paula Mitchell Marks
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Historian
Known For:	1999 Pulitzer Prize finalist
Notable Works:	In a Barren Land: American Indian Dispossession and Survival

Paula Mitchell Marks is an American historian specializing in U.S. women’s history and the history of the American West. She was a finalist for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for history for her book, In a Barren Land: American Indian Dispossession and Survival.^{[1] [2]}

Education

Marks received her Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987.^{[3] [4]}

Career

Marks is professor emerita of American studies at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.^[3] She held a number of previous positions at St. Edward's University, including associate dean and director of the Master of Liberal Arts program.^{[3] [5]}

Her book In a Barren Land: American Indian Dispossession and Survival, which chronicles how the U.S. government and white settlers worked together to seize land from Native Americans, was a finalist for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize in History.^{[1] [2]} Her earlier book, Precious dust: The American gold rush era, 1848-1900, received the 1994 Spur Award for Nonfiction-Historical from Western Writers of America.^[6]

Marks served on the boards of the Western Writers of America and the Texas Institute of Letters.^[3] In 2015, she became vice president of the Texas State Historical Association, more than thirty years after first joining the association as a graduate research assistant.^[7]

Publications

• And die in the west: The story of the O.K. Corral gunfight. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989.
• Precious dust: The American gold rush era, 1848-1900. New York: W. Morrow, 1994.
• Hands to the spindle: Texas women and home textile production, 1822-1880. College Station, Tex: Texas A & M University Press, 1996.
• Precious dust: The saga of the western gold rushes. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.
• In a barren land: American Indian dispossession and survival. New York: William Morrow, 1999.
• When will the weary war be over?: The Civil War letters of the Maverick family of San Antonio. Dallas: The Book Club of Texas, 2009.

Exhibition

• Women Shaping Texas in the 20th Century. Bullock Texas State History Museum. 2012-2013.^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 1999 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in History . www.pulitzer.org . 19 October 2020 . en.
2. News: The Finalists in the Arts . 19 October 2020 . Washington Post . April 13, 1999.
3. Web site: TSHA Paula Mitchell Marks, Ph.D. . www.tshaonline.org . 19 October 2020.
4. Book: Turner . Elizabeth Hayes . Cole . Stephanie . Sharpless . Rebecca . Texas Women: Their Histories, Their Lives . University of Georgia Press . en . 2015. 9780820337449 .
5. Faculty Featured on History Channel . St. Edward's University Magazine . July 28, 2014 . Fall 2004 . 19 October 2020 . en.
6. Web site: Winners . Western Writers of America . 19 October 2020 . 12 May 2012.
7. Some news about our TIL members . Texas Institute of Letters Newsletter . Jan/Feb/Mar 2015 . 19 October 2020.
8. Web site: "Women Shaping Texas in the 20th Century" Exhibit Planning Records An Inventory of the Collection . legacy.lib.utexas.edu . 19 October 2020.
9. Web site: Symposium on the Future of Women's History Studies 2013 I Bullock Texas State History Museum . www.thestoryoftexas.com . 19 October 2020 . en.