Winks, Robin W.

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Robin W. Winks is an historian and a professor at Yale University.

From the description of Blacks in Canada collection, 1956-1972 (inclusive), [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122647095

Robin W. Winks, a professor of history at Yale University during the major part of his research for "The Blacks in Canada: A History" (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1971), received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1957. His career had been spent for the most part 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 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.

From the description of Blacks in Canada : Robin W. Winks collection, 1956-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122431189

Robin William Evert Winks was born in Indiana on December 5, 1930. He graduated from the University of Colorado in 1952 and received an M.A. in Maori studies from Victoria University as a Fulbright Scholar in New Zealand. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1957. Winks joined Yale's history department in 1957, serving as its chairman from 1996 to 1999. From 1999 to 2000, he was the Vyvyan Harmsworth visiting professor of American history at Oxford University. He was a prolific author and in 1987 published "Cloak and Gown: Scholars in America's Secret War," an account of the Central Intelligence Agency's relationship with major American universities. Winks died in New Haven, Connecticut, on April 7, 2003.

From the description of Robin William Winks papers, 1940-2001 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166194

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creatorOf Winks, Robin W. Robin William Winks papers, 1940-2001 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Winks, Robin W. Blacks in Canada collection, 1956-1972 (inclusive), [microform]. Yale University Library
referencedIn Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-1999. C. Vann Woodward papers, 1804-2004 (inclusive), 1804-2000 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Boxer mss., 1923-1975 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Ambler, Eric, 1909-1998. Eric Ambler collection, 1940-1998. Boston University. School of Medicine
creatorOf Papers, 1945-1994. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
referencedIn Yale University. Buildings and Grounds Committee. Robin Winks, Buildings and Grounds Committee, Yale University, records, 1980-1984 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Yale University. United States Bicentennial Committee. United States Bicentennial Committee, Yale University, records, 1970-1977 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Bicentennial Committee for International Conferences of Americanists. Bicentennial Committee for International Conferences of Americanists Records, 1973-1977 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Bradbury, M. mss. II, 1949-1993 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Yale College (1887- ). Committee on Teaching in the Residential Colleges, Yale College, records, 1974-1979 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Blacks in Canada : Robin W. Winks collection, 1956-1972. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
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correspondedWith Ambler, Eric, 1909-1998. person
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associatedWith Boxer, C. R. (Charles Ralph), 1904- person
associatedWith Bradbury, Malcolm, 1932-2000 person
associatedWith Galbraith, John S. person
associatedWith Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-1999. person
associatedWith Yale College (1887- ) corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University. Buildings and Grounds Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University. Dept. of History. corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University. United States Bicentennial Committee. corporateBody
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Blacks
Blacks
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Birth 1930-12-05

Death 2003-04-07

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