About Melvin Baker Melvin Baker received a PhD in History from the University of Western Ontario and has published extensively in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Newfoundland history. He is currently Archivist-Historian for Memorial University. Books by Melvin Baker Out Here Governor Sir Humphrey Walwyn’s Quarterly Reports from Newfoundland, 1936–1946 edited by Melvin Baker & Peter Neary Joseph Roberts Smallwood Masthead Newfoundlander, 1900-1949 by (author) Melvin Baker & Peter Neary Where Once They Stood Newfoundland's Rocky Road towards Confederation by (author) Raymond B. Blake & Melvin Baker