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  • Title: W. H. (William Harold) Hutt papers
    Date (inclusive): 1925-1989
    Collection Number: 89017
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 87 manuscript boxes (34.6 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Contains speeches and writings, correspondence, pamphlets, serial issues, and other printed matter, relating to laissez-faire economic theory, and to economic conditions and race relations in South Africa by Hutt, a South African economist.
    Creator: Hutt, W. H. (William Harold), 1899-1988
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1990.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], W. H. (William Harold) Hutt papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1899 August 3 Born, London
    1917-1919 Served, Royal Air Force
    1924 B. Com., London
    1924-1926 Manager, Individualist Bookshop, Ltd.
    1927-1965 Senior lecturer and professor, University of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
    1930 Author, The Theory of Collective Bargaining (2nd edition, 1975)
    1931-1964 Professor and dean, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town
    1931 Served on the Executive Committee of Senate, University of Cape Town
    1936 Author, Economics and the Public
    1938 Elected honorary president, National Union of South African Students
    1939 Author, The Theory of Idle Resources (2nd edition, 1977)
    1943 Author, Plan for Reconstruction
    1947 Founding member of Mont Pelerin Society
    circa 1950 Elected to a University Fellowship in recognition of outstanding scholarship
    1963 Author, Keynesianism--Retrospect and Prospect
    1964 Author, The Economics of the Colour Bar
    1965 Professor emeritus (retired)
    1966 Visiting professor, University of Virginia, Author, Neo-Keynesianism and Academic Freedom
    1966-1981 Visiting professor of economics, University of Virginia, followed by appointments in other universities and colleges throughout the United States
    1969-1971 Research fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, California
    1970-1971 Distinguished visiting professor of economics, California state colleges
    1971 Author, Politically Impossible?
    1971-1977 Distinguished professor, economics, University of Dallas, Texas
    1973 Author, The Strike-Threat System
    1975 Author, A Rehabilitation of Say's Law
    1976 Author, Individual Freedom: A Symposium of Articles, 1934-1975, selected and edited by David Klingaman and Pejivich
    1977 Awarded degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) honoris causas, University of Cape Town
    1979 Awarded degree of Doctor of Social Science honoris causas, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala City. Author, The Keynesian Episode
    1984 Awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Human Letters, University of Dallas. Named a Roe senior fellow of the Mont Pelerin Society
    1987 Adjunct scholar, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama
    1988 June 19 Died

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Acquired in 1990, followed by an increment in 1994, the William Harold Hutt papers consist of speeches and writings, correspondence, pamphlets, serial issues, and other printed matter, relating to laissez-faire economic theory, and to economic conditions and race relations in South Africa.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Free enterprise
    Economics
    Liberty
    South Africa -- Race relations
    Economists
    South Africa -- Economic conditions