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Blacks in Canada : Robin W. Winks collection (additions).
- Title
- Blacks in Canada : Robin W. Winks collection (additions).
- Author
- Winks, Robin W.
- Publication
- 1866-1993.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 761 box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 761 box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 3 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 761 box 3 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- 1.83 linear feet (3 boxes)
- Summary
- Robin W. Winks, a professor of history at Yale University during the major part of his research for "Blacks in Canada: A History" (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1971), received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1957. His career was mostly spent at Yale University, beginning as an instructor in 1957, through his appointment in 1977 as Master of Berkeley College at Yale. Additionally, Winks was a visiting professor at the University of Malaya (1962-1963)and the University of Sidney (1963), and he was a State Department lecturer in the Middle East (1966) and West Africa (1972). He conducted research in a number of areas besides race relations, including Canadian-American diplomatic and cultural relations and the role of Australia, New Zealand, and Britain in the Pacific. Among his publications are "Failed Federations: Decolonization and The British Empire" (1970), "Myth of the American Frontier" (1971), and "The Relevance of Canadian History" (1978). He died in 2003.
- Subject
- Note
- This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and research materials related to Winks's authorship of "Blacks in Canada: A History" (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1971) and other articles concerning the history of Blacks in Canada. Research material consists of notes taken by Winks in the field and in archives; printed matter, consisting of articles, pamphlets, magazines, and newspaper clippings; and correspondence with reviewers.
- Source (note)
- Gift of A. Winks, 2006.
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Blacks in Canada: Robin W. Winks collection, Sc Micro R-5857, General Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Call Number
- Sc MG 761
- OCLC
- 1262992873
- Author
- Winks, Robin W., creator.
- Title
- Blacks in Canada : Robin W. Winks collection (additions).
- Production
- 1866-1993.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Blacks in Canada: Robin W. Winks collection, Sc Micro R-5857, General Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Source
- Gift of A. Winks, 2006.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 761