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HISTORICAL TEXT ARCHIVE
DONALD J. MABRY
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323-6852
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E-Mail: don.mabry@gmail.com
Web Sites:
Picasa Photo site Historical Text Archive Jacksonville, Florida Beaches and Fletcher HS Jacksonville Beaches History--a wiki site
Books and Monographs
World's Finest Beach: A Brief History of the Jacksonville Beaches (Charleston and London: The History Press, 2010).
World's Finest Beach (HTA Press, 2006).
Colonial Latin America (Coral Springs, FL: Llumina Press, 2002).
Mexico's Acción Nacional: A Catholic Alternative to Revolution.
(Houston: Questia, Inc, 2001). www.questia.com
The Latin American
Narcotics Trade and U. S. National Security. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1989.
(editor and contributor of three chapters).
The Latin American
Narcotics Trade and U. S. National Security. (Houston: Questa, Inc, 2001).
www.questia.com
The Mexican University and the State: Student
Conflicts, 1910-1971. College Station: Texas A&M University Press,
1982.
The Mexican University and the State: Student Conflicts,
1910-1971. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1982. Electronic
edition published by NetLibrary, 2000.
Neighbors--Mexico and the
United States: Wetbacks and Oil. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1981, with Robert J.
Shafer.
Neighbors--Mexico and the United States: Wetbacks and
Oil. Mississippi State, MS: Historical Text Archive, 1997. An electronic reprint
with additional texts, photographs, maps, and hyperlinks. Found at
http://historicaltextarchive.com/neighbors/.
The 1929 UNAM
General Strike. Milwaukee: Center for Latin America, University of Wisconsin,
1980.
Mexico's Acción Nacional: A Catholic Alternative to
Revolution. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1973.
Articles, Book Chapters, and Scholarly
Reviews
"Yankee Engineer in Florida: Frederick William Bruce," The Southern Genealogist's Exchange Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 221, March 2012.
"Beach Builder: B. B. McComick" ,HTA Press, March 2012What A Man! John G. Christopher,HTA Press, March 2012
"Western and Central Europe, 475 CE – 1648 CE" , HTA Press, 2011
"Uncovering African American Micro History" HTA Press, 2010
"Yankee Engineer in Florida" HTA Press, 2010.
"Mexican Snake: José López Portillo," HTA Press, 2010.
"Carnival on the Boardwalk," HTA Press, 2009.
"Mighty Mayport Florida Beats Jacksonville," HTA Press, 2009.
"Diderot's Encyclopedia," HTA Press, 2009.
"Baseball
on the Beach: Sea Birds, 1952-54," HTA Press, 2008.
"Florida's Napoleon," HTA Press, 2008.
" WWI Veterans: Jacksonville Beaches & Mayport," HTA Press, 2007, Revised 2008.
“When the
Astors Owned New York,” HTA Press, July, 2007.
“Argentina,
1912-30,” HTA Press, March, 2007.
“Pinochet’s Legacy,” HTA Press, March, 2007.
“Love, Sex, and World War II,” HTA Press. November, 2006.
"Harcourt Bull's Atlantic Beach, Florida," HTA Press, February,
2007.
"Neptune Beach, Florida Before 1931, " HTA Press, October,
2006.
"A Man and Three Hotels," HTA Press, March,
2006.
"Student Protests and Government Responses," in Student Protest:
The Sixties and After (London: Longman, 1998), ed. Gerald DeGroot,
131-138.
“The U.S. Military and the Drug War,” Drug Trafficking
Research in the Americas: An Annotated Bibliography, ed. Bruce Bagley
(Miami: North-South Center, 1997), 1-37.
Lázaro Cárdenas," Historic
World Leaders, 4: North & South America, A-L. Detroit and London, Gale
Research, Inc., 1994 , 132-136.
"Antonio López de Santa Anna,"
Historic World Leaders, 5: North & South America, M-Z. Detroit and
London: Gale Research, Inc, 1994, 756-760.
"Porfirio Díaz," Historic
World Leaders, 4: North & South America, A-L. (Detroit and London, Gale
Research, Inc., 1994, 212-216.
"The Great Conflict," Moulding the
Hearts and Minds: Education, Communications, and Social Change in Latin America
(Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 1994), 58-64. Edited by John A.
Britton.
"The U.S. Military and the War on Drugs," Drug Trafficking in
the Americas. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Transaction Publishers, 1994,
pp. 43-60.
"The Role of the Military," Drugs and Foreign Policy: A
Critical Review (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994). Edited by Raphael Perl, pp.
101-130.
"The Military and the War on Drugs in the Andes," The National
Drug Control Strategy: Hearing before the Legislation and National Security
Subcommittee and Joint Hearings before the Legislation and National Security
Subcommittee and Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Subcommittee
of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, 101st
Cong., 1st sess. (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993), pp.
327-54.
"Drugs and Anti-Smuggling in the Caribbean," Conflict
Quarterly, XIII:2 (Spring, 1993), 46-54.
"Aplicación de la doctrina
de conflictos de poca intensidad al negocio de la cocaína: Razonamiento y
Análisis," La Revista Occidental, 9:1 (1992), 67-83.
"Electronic Mail and
Historians," AHA Perspectives, Newsletter of the American Historical
Association (February 1991), 1,4,6.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual
(March, 1992), 358-59.
"The U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement," The
Americana Annual (March, 1992), 360-61.
"The Andean Drug War: The
Folly Continues," New Frontiers in Drug Policy (Washington, DC: Drug
Policy Foundation, 1991), 358-362.
"Panama's Policy Towards The U.S.:
Living with Big Brother," in Operation Just Cause (Boulder, CO: Westview
Press, 1991), edited by Bruce Watson and Peter Tsouras, pp. 3-17.
"The
Rise and Fall of Ace Records: A Case Study in the Independent Record Business,"
Business History Review (Autumn, 1990), 411-450.
"Mexico," The
Americana Annual (1991), 356-8.
"The Possible Roles of the U.S.
Military in the Andes," The Andean Drug Strategy and the Role of the U.S.
Military. Proceedings of a seminar held by the Congressional Research Service,
November 9, 1989. Report of the Defense Policy Panel and Investigations
Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, 101st
Congress, First Session. Washington: Government Printing Office, January, 1990.
pp. 39-41, plus printed testimony.
"The Andean Strategy and the Military
Option," The Military Review (March,1990), 29-40.
"Mexico," The
Americana Annual (1991), 353-355.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1990), 353-355.
"Mexico,"
The Americana Annual (1989), 359-361.
"Carlos Salinas de Gortari,"
The Americana Annual (1989), 146-147.
"The U.S. Military and the
War on Drugs in Latin America," Journal of Interamerican Studies and World
Affairs 30: 2 & 3 (Summer/Fall 1989), 53-76.
"The Latin American
Narcotics Trade and Hemispheric Security," International Journal of Third
World Studies (January 1989), 1-7.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual
(1988), 355-356.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1987),
355-357.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1986),
349-351.
"Twentieth Century Mexican Education," History of Education
Quarterly (Spring-Summer, 1985), 221-225.
"Mexico," The Americana
Annual (1985), 348-349.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1984),
348-349.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1983),
341-342.
"Miguel de la Madrid," The Americana Annual (1983),
129-130.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1982), 333-334.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1981), 355-356.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1980), 334-338.
"U.S.-Mexican
Relations," The Americana Annual (1980), 337-338.
"Mexico," The
Americana Annual (1979), 329-330.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual
(1978), 328-329.
"Mexican Anticlerics, Bishops, Cristeros, and the Devout in the 1920s: A
Scholarly Debate," Journal of Church and State (Winter,
1978),81-92.
"José López Portillo," The Americana Annual
(1977), 126-127.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1977), 328-329.
"Changing Models of Mexican Politics: A Review Essay," The New Scholar
(1976)
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1976),
376-377.
"Mexico's Party Deputy System: The First Decade," Journal of
Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (May, 1974),
221-233.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1974), 387-389.
"Mexican Political Elites: A Comparative Study," The Americas (April,
1975), 452-469. With Roderic A. Camp.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual
(1975), 379-380.
"The Catholic Concept of Social Justice in
Contemporary Latin America," Developing Teaching Materials on Latin America
Thought. Washington: American University, 1973, 200-207. Edited by Harold E.
Davis.
"Manuel Gómez Morín," in Revolutionaries, Traditionalists, and
Dictators in Latin America. New York: Cooper Square Press, 1973, 89-95.
Edited by Harold E. Davis.
"Mexico," The Americana Annual (1973),
461-463.
Additional Articles and Notes (Published
on the Historical Text Archive)
PHOTOGRAPHS PUBLISHED BY OTHERS
Tlaloc, Aztec Calendar stone, Mayan stele in The Native Americans CD-ROM (Torrance, CA:
Image Smith, 1995).
Shockwave Flash movie, August, 1999, done by Movimiento52, a Mexican print journal.
Six historic photos of Mexico City published in Cartouche, Architectural & Design
Review of the NewSchool of Architecture [San Diego, CA] (July, 1999), 8-9.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-2011. Board of Directors, Starkville Community Theatre
2003-Present. Volunteer, Starkville Community Theatre, including house managing, box office, set construction, photographer, security
1990-Present. Editor, Historical Text Archive (http://historicaltextarchive.com)
2003-Present. Professor Emeritus, History, Mississippi State University
1980-2003 Professor of History
1991-2001 Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Responsibilities: Business Affairs, Computing, Research/Creative Arts Development,
Scholarships; repair and Renovation.
Director, Institute for the Humanities, 1991-2003.
Director, Biological and Physical Sciences Research Institute.
Co-Director, Center for Mathematics and Sciences.
Chair, Faculty Workload Study Committee (policy adopted 1992).
Chair, University Copyright Committee, 1992-98.
Information Technology Oversight Committee, 1996--1997.
Chair, Science and Technology Council (Life, Social, and Behavioral Science and
Technology), 1992-1993.
University Computing and Academic Technology Committee
Alternate, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Board of Directors
Research Operations Committee, 1991-2001
Research Directors' Council, 1991-2001
Charter Member, Technology Advancement Association, 1992-2001
Chair, College Scholarship Committee, 1998-2001.
Chief Information Office, College of Arts & Sciences.
Resource Management--acquisition of fiscal, material, and spatial resources for teaching
and scholarship; budgetary analysis; computing technology.
Curriculum Development--obtaining funds (internal and external) for new teaching and
programmatic initiatives; reviewer of new degree programs proposals submitted to the
College office.
Grants and Contracts--direct external funding efforts for teaching, service, and
development of research and creative activities.
Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, 1981-2000
1981, 1982 Technical Leader (Program Director), Seed Improvement Course, Office of
International Programs, Division of Agriculture and Forestry, Mississippi State
University.
1979-81 Special Assistant to the President, Mississippi State University. Assignments:
Creative Arts Complex funding; special projects.
1978-79 Special Assistant to the Chancellor, University of Kansas; American Council on
Education and Mellon Fellow in Academic Administration. Assignments included university
budgeting, university tenure and promotion policy and process, management, alumni
relations, faculty and staff development, conferences for women and minorities, and
facilities planning.
1970-80 Assistant Professor to Professor, Department of History, Mississippi State
University
1967-70, Visiting Lecturer in History, Syracuse University, 1969, 1970 (Summers)
1968-69, Teaching Assistant, History Department, Syracuse University.
1967-68, Administrative Assistant, Financial Aid, Syracuse University.
1967-68, Fulbright Program Advisor, Syracuse University.
1965, Faculty, Social Sciences, Collier-Blocker Junior College, Palatka, Florida.
1964-67 Faculty, Social Sciences, St. Johns River Community College, Palatka, Florida
EDUCATION
1970 Ph.D. (with Distinction), History, Syracuse University
1964 M. Ed., Secondary Education and History, Bowling Green State University
1963 A.B. (Cum Laude), History, Kenyon College
1975 Post Doctoral Certificate in Quantitative History, The Newberry Library
1978-79 American Council on Education Fellow, Mellon Fellow
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