Papers of Terence Hutchison relating to his career MS819 15 September 2013
MS819 Papers of Terence Hutchison relating to his career Small collection of letters and other papers of Terence Wilmot Hutchison relating to his education, to his early career as a teacher, to his military service during the Second World War and to his subsequent academic career. This material is not a comprehensive series of papers and it consists almost exclusively of official or more formal documents such as letters of appointment, documents relating to salary and conditions of service, references, letters of congratulation. Some of the papers are quite miscellaneous and, for example, there is only one item relating to his education at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. The most interesting items relate to Hutchison's application for the Chair of Economics at the University of Birmingham: these include two letters of encouragement from Lance Beales, Reader in Economic History at the London School of Economics and, behind the scenes, encouragement from Professor W. H. B. Court, the economic historian at Birmingham. Administrative history: Terence Wilmot Hutchison (1912-2007) was educated at Tonbridge School and Peterhouse College, Cambridge where he studied economics, graduating in 1934. Career 1934-1956 Hutchison's first appointment was as Lector at the University of Bonn, 1935-38 and he was then appointed as Professor at the Teachers' Training College, Bagdad, 1938-41. During the Second World War, he served in the Indian Army, in intelligence, in the Middle East and India, 1941-46 and he was attached to Government of India, 1945-46. His subsequent academic appointments were as Lecturer, University College, Hull, 1
1946-47; Lecturer, 1947-51 and Reader, 1951-56, London School of Economics; Professor of Economics, University of Birmingham, 1956-78, then Emeritus Professor, and he also served as Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Social Science, 1959-61. He was also Visiting Professor at the following institutions: Columbia University, 1954-55; University of Saarbrucken, 1962, 1980; Yale University, 1963-64; Dalhousie University, 1970; Keio University, Tokyo, 1973; University of WA, 1975; University of California, Davis, 1978; and Visiting Fellow at University of Virginia, 1960; Australia National University, Canberra, 1967. He was a Member of the Council of the Royal Economic Society, 1967-72. Publications The Significance and Basic Postulates of Economic Theory (1938; 2nd edition 1960); A Review of Economic Doctrines 1870-1929 (1953); Positive Economics and Policy Objectives (1964); Economics and Economic Policy 1946-66 (1968); Knowledge and Ignorance in Economics (1977); Keynes v the Keynesians (1977); Revolutions and Progress in Economic Knowledge (1978); The Politics and Philosophy of Economics, (1981); Before Adam Smith (1988); Changing Aims in Economics (1992); The Uses and Abuses of Economics (1994); and The Methodology of Economics and the Formalist Revolution (2000). He also published articles and book reviews in journals Source: Who's who 2003 Arrangement: Arranged into nine files for the aspects of his education and professional life as represented in this collection 1 folder 2
Access conditions: Access to all registered readers Copyright: Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: specialcollections@bham.ac.uk). Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material. Language: English Acquisition: Presented by Christine Penney, former Head of Special Collections, October 2010 Related material: Special Collections holds a collection of personal and research papers of Professor Hutchison which he presented in 2003 (US74). Special Collections has also acquired copies of correspondence of Professor Donald Winch with Professor Hutchison (MS820) MS819/1 MS819/2 Papers relating to his education as an undergraduate at Peterhouse College, Cambridge, 1931-34 Hutchison was a scholar at Peterhouse College, Cambridge and was awarded a First Class Honours degree in Economics and Politics in 1934 /1: Receipted account for expenses and fees due for Easter Term, Peterhouse College Cambridge issued Easter Term 1934 and receipted 9 July 1934 1 item Papers relating to his employment as a Lector in the English Department of the 1934 1936-1938 3
University of Bonn, 1935-38 Miscellaneous papers relating to Hutchison's time in Germany as English Lector at the University of Bonn /1: Signed note bequeathing his pensions, property and money to his wife, Loretta Hutchison (nee Hack), dated Bonn 1936 /2: Copy typescript reference written by Professor Dr G. Hubener of the University of Bonn relating to his employment at the University of Bonn, 12 February 1938 2 items MS819/3 Papers relating to his employment at the Teachers' Training College, Baghdad, 1938-41 Miscellaneous papers relating to Hutchison's employment as Professor at the Teachers' Training College, Baghdad where he worked for the Ministry of Education in the Government of Iraq /1: Signed form of contract for British teachers with the Government of Iraq [1938] /2: Circular letter from the British Embassy in Baghdad to British subjects in Iraq giving advice about employment following the outbreak of war, 9 September 1939 /3: Letter from the British Embassy in Baghdad relating to Hutchison's withdrawal of his resignation of his post under the Ministry of Education and making reference to misunderstandings relating to the matter, 29 December 1939 3 items 1938-1939 4
MS819/4 Papers relating to his war service, 1941-45 1941-1942 MS819/5 Papers relating to Hutchison's war service as an officer in the Indian Army, in intelligence, in the Middle East and India. He achieved the rank of Captain. /1: Calling up notice issued by the Commander of Bombay District for service in the Land Forces with a request to report to the Officer Commanding the Welch Regiment, Bombay, 8 August 1941 /2: Certified copy of attestation for service in the army, 13 August 1941 /3: Certified copy letter from the Military Secretary, General Headquarters, New Delhi India to the Officer Commanding, India Bureau, Abbottabad relating to the new posting for 2nd Lieut (Acting Captain) 5th Mahratti Light Infantry Interpreter Officer as temporary attachment to a Special Signals Section overseas, 24 February 1942 /4: Instructions issued to Hutchison to assume appointment as intelligence officer, Special Signal Section., 11 April 1942 4 items Papers relating to his post as Under Secretary to the Government of India, 1945-46 Hutchison was appointed under a scheme by which Army officers were released for short term service with the Civil Government. These papers relate to his administrative employment in the Information and Broadcasting (subsequently Information and Arts) Department 1945-1946 5
/1: Letter from S. S. Bajpai, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Information and Broadcasting to Hutchison as Under Secretary relating to his tenure, pay and other terms and conditions as a military officer on deputation with the civil administration, 13 June 1945 /2: Notification of the relinquishing of duties by Hutchison from his duties as Under Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Information and Arts to be published in the Gazette of India, 10 April 1946 /3-4: Letter from G. S. Bozman as Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Information and Arts, with copy testimonial, 16 May 1946 3 items MS819/6 MS819/7 Papers relating his application for an academic post at the University of Cambridge, 1946 This item relates to Hutchison's application for an unknown academic post for which he was apparently unsuccessful. /1: Letter from the Master of Peterhouse College, Cambridge, P. C. [Paul Cairn] Vellacott, agreeing to provide a reference for post for which Hutchison was a candidate, 1946 1 item Papers relating to his employment as a temporary lecturer in the Department of Economics and Commerce, University College, Hull, 1946-47 This post was temporary for a year although an extension for another year 1946 1946-1947 6
had apparently been agreed at the time of Hutchison's successful application to a position at the London School of Economics /1: Letter of appointment from the Registrar informing Hutchison of his appointment for the session 1946/47, 12 October 1946 /2: Letter from [Ivor] Ian Bowen, Professor of Economics, written on headed of the National Institute of Economic & Social Research, in which in which he discusses vacancies in the department for the next academic year and advising Hutchison of possibilities at Hull but advising him to accept a better and more permanent offer elsewhere, 5 April 1947 /3: Letter from the Principal, J. H. Nicholson, in thanks for his work at Hull, making reference to Senate's agreement to extend his appointment for a further year and offering best wishes for his permanent post at the London School of Economics, 27 June 1947 3 items MS819/8 Papers relating to his employment at London School of Economics and Political Science, 1947-56 Papers relating to Hutchison's permanent post as lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science, part of the University of London, to which he was recruited in 1947. He was promoted to a readership in 1951, leaving in 1956 to take up the chair in Economics at the University of Birmingham /1: Letter from Alexander Carr-Saunders, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London offering an increase of his starting salary as a lecturer at the School as from 1947-1956 7
1 October, 11 July 1947 /2: Circular letter from the Vice- Chancellor on behalf of the Governors relating to the implementation of a new salary scale for lecturers, 16 September 1949 /3: Letter from D. W. Logan, Principal of the University of London relating to his appointment to the position of Readership of Economics, tenable from 1 October 1951, 26 July 1951 /4: Letter from the Vice-Chancellor of the University of London offering congratulations on his election to the Chair of Economics at the University of Birmingham and expressing the University's sense of loss: 'We shall find it very hard to get anybody with your special knowledge, which is so valuable here, and we shall greatly deplore losing so helpful and co-operative a colleague', 5 December 1955 /5: Letter from the Principal, University of London, relating to the termination of his post on 31 August and offering congratulations on his appointment to the Chair of Economics at the University of Birmingham, 16 March 1956 For other letters of congratulation on his appointment to the Chair at Economics at Birmingham, see MS819/9 5 items MS819/9 Papers relating to his application for and appointment to the Chair of Economics at the University of Birmingham, 1955-56 Papers relating to Hutchison's application for and appointment to the chair, papers which throw light on the selection and recruitment process and the individuals involved and some information about the 1955-1956 8
Department of Economics at Birmingham /1: Letter from Lance Beales, [Hugh Lancelot Beales, Reader in Economic History at the London School of Economics] written on airmail notepaper to Hutchison at Columbia University where he was Visiting Professor of Economics, 1954/55, concerning a discussion he had had with Court [Professor W. H. B. Court, the economic historian] concerning recruitment to the chair in Economics at the University of Birmingham. He outlines the progress in which he says Carter of Belfast [Charles Frederick Carter Professor of Applied Economics at Queen's, Belfast] has been offered but turned down the post, refers to the current staff including Gilbert Walker who is to take 'over the chair that J. G. Smith used to hold'. and encourages Hutchison to apply, emphasising that the 'thing is open' and that 'Court & Walker (who will mostly settle it) are attracted to the idea of you'. 15 August 1955 /2: Further letter from Lance Beales also on the subject of the chair at Birmingham in which he refers to enclosures and then he writes that 'I have told Court that I am trying to get at you again' and that he gathers that 'Carter of Belfast is too opulently salaried & too comfortable to be induced' and suggesting that Hutchison 'would be a 'favourite for 1st place', 23 September 1955 /3: Printed advertisement and further particulars for the Chair of Economics [enclosed by Beales with his letter of 23 September] /4: Letter from Professor W. H. B. Court, Faculty of Commerce and Social Science, University of Birmingham to Beales in which he refers to their previous conversations about the chair in Economics and Hutchison as a candidate and indicates that no application had been received, asking if Beales had received a reply to his letter he sent to 9
Hutchison in California [enclosed by Beales with his letter of 23 September], 21 September 1955 /5: Curriculum vitae for Hutchison, possibly used for his application for the chair, covering his education and employment up to 1955 [1955] /6: Letter from Professor W. H. B. Court referring to Hutchison's application for the chair which has been received by Professor Gilbert Walker, Dean of the Faculty and asking Hutchison in his capacity as a member of the Electoral Board to supply the names of three referees, 3 October 1955 /7: Letter of congratulations on his appointment from T. Barna, of the National Institute of Economic & Social Research, 12 December 1955. It appears from the content of this letter that Barna was also a candidate /8: Letter from Robert Aitken, Vice- Chancellor of the University of Birmingham concerning the salary attached to the Chair of Economics, 13 December 1955 /9-10: Letter from Donald Cousins [Professor of Accountancy, University of Birmingham], with enclosed cutting from the 'Birmingham Post' relating to Hutchison's appointment and offering his best wishes 'in your coming to us at Birmingham' 18 December 1955 /11: Letter of congratulations on his appointment from Professor Ian Bowen, University of Hull, 19 December 1955 /12: Letter from G. L. Barnes, Secretary, University of Birmingham informing Hutchison of the approval of the University's Council of his appointment as Professor of Economics, 17 December 1955 /13: Letter from Robert Aitken concerning 10
Hutchison's start date and suggesting 1 September to give himself 'a month in which to settle down and prepare for the new session's work rather than plunging in at the last minute on 1st October', 20 December 1955 /14: Letter of congratulations on his appointment from Professor E. A. G. Robinson of the Royal Economic Society, suggesting that Birmingham needs 'a strengthening of theory and the history of theory', 21 December 1955 /15: Letter from G. L. Barnes confirming the salary on which Hutchison will take up the post, 24 January 1956 /16: Letter from G. L. Barnes, confirming that his salary will be payable from when he takes up his duties on 1 September, 1 March 1956 15 items 11