Dr Robert C Binkley, 42, professor of history at Western Reserve University, died at Lakeside Hospital yesterday after an illness of 2 months. Burial will be on the Binkley family ranch in Lake County, California.
He was the chairman of the committee on materials research for the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council. He was responsible for important pioneering work in scholarship and received national recognition.
For the last 10 years he was involved in the development of microphotography to reduce the cost of research materials. The Historical Records Survey which he headed was instrument in the employment of thousands as a WPA project. He worked with the director of the Library of Congress to save important European records from destruction by war. Plans were in place to bring valuable materials, especially by microfilm technique, to this country for safekeeping.
He worked with the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He played a major role in the drafting of the new copyright bill now before Congress. He was the author of numerous books.
Born in Manheim, Pa 12/10/1897, he received his education through PhD at Stanford University. He lectured at both Harvard and Columbia, NYU and worked at the Hoover War Library at Stanford.
Surviving are his wife, Frances Williams Binkley; 2 sons, Robert, 10 and Thomas Eden, 8; his mother, Mrs C K Binkley; 10 brothers and sisters, most of whom life in the West.
He was the chairman of the committee on materials research for the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council. He was responsible for important pioneering work in scholarship and received national recognition.
For the last 10 years he was involved in the development of microphotography to reduce the cost of research materials. The Historical Records Survey which he headed was instrument in the employment of thousands as a WPA project. He worked with the director of the Library of Congress to save important European records from destruction by war. Plans were in place to bring valuable materials, especially by microfilm technique, to this country for safekeeping.
He worked with the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He played a major role in the drafting of the new copyright bill now before Congress. He was the author of numerous books.
Born in Manheim, Pa 12/10/1897, he received his education through PhD at Stanford University. He lectured at both Harvard and Columbia, NYU and worked at the Hoover War Library at Stanford.
Surviving are his wife, Frances Williams Binkley; 2 sons, Robert, 10 and Thomas Eden, 8; his mother, Mrs C K Binkley; 10 brothers and sisters, most of whom life in the West.
Dr Robert C Binkley, 42, professor of history at Western Reserve University, died at Lakeside Hospital yesterday after an illness of 2 months. Burial will be on the Binkley family ranch in Lake County, California.
He was the chairman of the committee on materials research for the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council. He was responsible for important pioneering work in scholarship and received national recognition.
For the last 10 years he was involved in the development of microphotography to reduce the cost of research materials. The Historical Records Survey which he headed was instrument in the employment of thousands as a WPA project. He worked with the director of the Library of Congress to save important European records from destruction by war. Plans were in place to bring valuable materials, especially by microfilm technique, to this country for safekeeping.
He worked with the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He played a major role in the drafting of the new copyright bill now before Congress. He was the author of numerous books.
Born in Manheim, Pa 12/10/1897, he received his education through PhD at Stanford University. He lectured at both Harvard and Columbia, NYU and worked at the Hoover War Library at Stanford.
Surviving are his wife, Frances Williams Binkley; 2 sons, Robert, 10 and Thomas Eden, 8; his mother, Mrs C K Binkley; 10 brothers and sisters, most of whom life in the West.
He was the chairman of the committee on materials research for the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council. He was responsible for important pioneering work in scholarship and received national recognition.
For the last 10 years he was involved in the development of microphotography to reduce the cost of research materials. The Historical Records Survey which he headed was instrument in the employment of thousands as a WPA project. He worked with the director of the Library of Congress to save important European records from destruction by war. Plans were in place to bring valuable materials, especially by microfilm technique, to this country for safekeeping.
He worked with the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He played a major role in the drafting of the new copyright bill now before Congress. He was the author of numerous books.
Born in Manheim, Pa 12/10/1897, he received his education through PhD at Stanford University. He lectured at both Harvard and Columbia, NYU and worked at the Hoover War Library at Stanford.
Surviving are his wife, Frances Williams Binkley; 2 sons, Robert, 10 and Thomas Eden, 8; his mother, Mrs C K Binkley; 10 brothers and sisters, most of whom life in the West.
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