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Meet the Regional Director — Barbara Chadwick

Regional News - June 2009

Region 4 is pleased to announce the re-organization of ETAS – the East Texas Archeological Society – thanks to Tom Middlebrook's efforts with the help of Mark Walters and the support of the staff archeologists at Stephen F. Austin State University.  Also, the Caddo Conference for 2010 will be held in Tyler in conjunction with the Deep East Texas Archeological Conference at UT Tyler.

If you live in the East Texas area and are interested in joining this society, please contact Barbara Chadwick, Region 4 Director, at jvalleytex@yahoo.com or Dr. Tom Middlebrook, steward in the THC network, at TMdlbrk@aol.com.

Now that school is out, I am meeting with some county historical societies with an eye toward archeology over the summer and trying to get commitments from school districts for AOM activities.

Respectfully submitted

Barbara Chadwick
Region IV Director

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Barbara Chadwick     E-mail: region04@txarch.org

Hi, fellow dirt-diggers! I am a native Texan, born in Marshall, Texas, while Mom and Dad were on vacation from Houston…I arrived two weeks early.  Guess I couldn’t wait to get to Texas!

I grew up in Houston, on the southeast side, and my first archeological experience will be familiar to folks my age from that area – digging for arrowheads in Humble Woods!  Of course, now I realize we were miniature looters, but, after all, we were just kids and the oil company gave us permission!  I was always interested in archeology but my high school counselor told me only boys could do that!  So, with a major in communications, I attended the University of Houston, dropped out, got married, traveled the country following my “radio dude” husband, had 2 sons, got them back to Texas in time for school (so they could talk right!), and spent 15 years as a firefighter.

In 1997 my husband retired and we moved to East Texas from Houston.  I went to work for a company that supplied packaging supplies for the brick industry.  There I became acquainted with a TAS member who told me all about Marfa and all my childhood fantasies came back!  My first TAS field school was Gault – talk about starting at the top! – and I haven’t missed one since.  I left my job, went back to college at Stephen F. Austin (not only close to home, but I had the privilege of studying under Dr. Jim Corbin) and earned my anthropology degree with an emphasis in archeology and a minor in history.  I am currently a highly qualified teacher of social studies (8-12 composite) and teach 8th grade US History at Jacksonville Middle School.

I was honored to be asked to be the Region 4 Director for the next three years and hope to serve well.  My goal is to contact the historical and genealogical societies on all 34 counties in our region with an eye toward increasing interest in East Texas archeology.

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