- unitid
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{"value"=>"185470", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 761", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22539332", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1866-1993", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1866/1993"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Blacks in Canada : Robin W. Winks collection (additions)"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.83 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Winks, Robin W.", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Robin W. Winks, a professor of history at Yale University during the major part of his research for <span class=\"title\">Blacks in Canada: A History</span> (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 <span class=\"title\">Failed Federations: Decolonization and The British Empire</span> (1970), <span class=\"title\">Myth of the American Frontier</span> (1971), and <span class=\"title\">The Relevance of Canadian History</span> (1978). He died in 2003.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and research materials related to Winks's authorship of <span class=\"title\">Blacks in Canada: A History</span> (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.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of A. Winks, 2006.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Blacks in Canada: Robin W. Winks collection, Sc Micro R-5857, General Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 April 15"}
- date_start
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1866
- keydate
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1866
- date_end
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1993
- date_inclusive_start
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1866
- date_inclusive_end
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1993
- extent_statement
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1.83 linear feet (3 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Blacks in Canada : Robin W. Winks collection (additions), Sc MG 761, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Robin W. Winks, a professor of history at Yale University during the major part of his research for <span class=\"title\">Blacks in Canada: A History</span> (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 <span class=\"title\">Failed Federations: Decolonization and The British Empire</span> (1970), <span class=\"title\">Myth of the American Frontier</span> (1971), and <span class=\"title\">The Relevance of Canadian History</span> (1978). He died in 2003. This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and research materials related to Winks's authorship of <span class=\"title\">Blacks in Canada: A History</span> (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.", "generated"=>true}