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Douglas Graham Hartle fonds
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Douglas Graham Hartle fonds

  • UTA 1354
  • Fonds
  • 1949-1997

Fonds consists of records documenting Douglas Hartle's career as a professor of economics at the University of Toronto; Deputy Secretary to the Treasury Board Secretariat in Ottawa; advisor to federal and provincial governments; consultant and economic advisor on tax and revenue matters to the government of Botswana; director of the Botswana/Toronto Project; consultant to the World Bank regarding budget financing in the Philippines and finally as a consultant to the Ontario Fair Tax Commission.

Includes: correspondence, maunscripts and publications, briefs, reports, addresses and speeches, notes, research files, press clippings, course materials

Topics covered include macro economic issues such as rent control, government budgetary and expenditure process, and tax related issues.

Also included are photoprints of Hartle standing in front of sign for the Institute of Policy Analysis ca. 1978.

Hartle, Douglas G.

Correspondence

This series contains correspondence files relating to personal and professional matters, references, and his secretary in the Department of Economics, Maristella Roca. There are also correspondence files, with some reports and other documents, on Dr. Hartle's activities as a book reviewer and as a reader of manuscripts; on post-Meech Lake problems, the Canadian Law and Economic Association and the Macroeconomic Research Group of the International Development Research Centre.

Consulting Projects

Dr. Hartle's expertise as an analyst and his knowledge of public service, revenue and tax matters made him much in demand as a consultant. The records in this series begin with his contact with Canadian Cablesystems Ltd. In 1978, and there are files on a number of short-term contracts such as his review of the doctoral programme at Carleton University in 1990. The last file in this series relates to a study on public debt for the Economic Council of Canada (1991-1993).

Most of this series, however, is related to his work in Southern Africa. He served as a consultant to the Government of Botswana, officially from 1985, his first project being a trade agreement between Botswana and Zimbabwe that was concluded in 1986. He also undertook a number of short term contracts with the Government of Botswana, helped develop an industrial development policy for the country, provided advice in developing the tourist industry, and was an active participant in the Task Force on Local Government Finance (1992-1996). These activities led to Dr. Hartle being appointed Honourary Consul of Botswana in Toronto in 1989, an appointment he continued to hold until his death in September 1997.

Dr. Hartle's involvement in projects in Botswana also led, in 1988, to the creation of the Botswana/University of Toronto Project of which he was appointed director. The purpose of this Project was to "to provide the government of Botswana with a small number of economic consultants, having broad experience in their respective fields, to assist in the analysis of policy options open to the Government in pursuit of its development objectives [and to] provide U of T's students and faculty a unique opportunity to discuss developmental with high level Botswana government officials." One consequence was the admission of students from Botswana into the graduate program in economics at the University of Toronto and a comparative study of the relationship between governments and post-secondary institutions. Dr. Hartle sought financing from a variety of sources, including the World Bank.

Teaching and Research files

This series consists of correspondence, memoranda and reports relating generally to the teaching programme in the Department of Economics (1989-1993). It also includes memoranda, course outlines, reading lists, lists of students, and some lecture notes and term papers for commerce, economics and political science courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, primarily from 1981 to 1992. The principal subjects are public administration, and public policy and the decision making process. These files are arranged by course number.

These files are followed by addresses, papers and reports and public administration, some of which were used by Dr. Hartle in courses he taught and others for general information and research purposes.

Manuscripts and Publications

This series consists of two distinct sections. The first contains miscellaneous notes and poems composed, for the most part between 1974 and 1978. The second is composed of drafts of articles, chapters of books, books, and reports, with related correspondence and notes, written and/or published between 1976 and 1996.

Personal files

The three files in this series contain copies of Professor Hartle's curriculum vitae, printouts of his computer directories and logs, and a list of his journals.

Hartle 1997 accession

Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, notes, reports, lecture notes, and manuscripts documenting selected activities of Professor Douglas Hartle, in particular those associated with consulting projects in Botswana, with lecturing in commerce, economics, and political science at the University of Toronto, and with his writings as an economist, especially on the public service, tax reform, and the budgetary process.

Hartle 1996 accession

Correspondence, notes, financial data, memoranda, and drafts of reports document Professor Hartle's consulting activities as an economic advisor on tax and revenue matters to the government of Botswana,as director of the Botswana/Toronto Project, as a consultant to the World Bank regarding budget financing in the Philippines and finally as a consultant to the Ontario Fair Tax Commission.

Photoprints

Three black and white prints of Hartle standing in front of the sign for the Institute of Policy Analysis.

Personal papers

Includes personal files relating to income, pension plan and family estate matters as well as fictional and poetic writings. Also included is personal correspondence and memos written or received by Hartle while working in Botswana.

Hartle Consulting Records

Included is correspondence, contracts and proposals relating to projects undertaken by Hartle Consulting Ltd. for such groups as the Economic Council of Canada, Ontario Economic Council, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada Cable Systems and the Commission of Inquiry into Residential Tenancies.

Hartle 1992 accession

Research notes, papers, correspondence, and manuscripts created by Douglas Hartle, professor of Economics at the University of Toronto and founder of the Institute for Policy Analysis. Relate mainly to macro economic issues such as rent control, government budgetary and expenditure process, and tax related issues. Photoprints of Hartle standing in front of sign for the Institute of Policy Analysis ca 1978.

Articles, Addresses and Submissions

Includes articles and addresses submitted for publication or to be delivered at conferences. Also includes drafts of memos submitted to federal and provincial government officials and/or committees on issues such as taxation, deficit trimming, the constitution, the role of government and its officials, competition policy.

Miscellaneous notes and drafts

Includes miscellaneous notes and drafts, primarily unidentified but more than likely relating to the manuscripts described in Series 1. Also includes lists of bibliographic references to articles in various economic and political journals.

Manuscripts and Publications

Includes draft chapters and notes on Hartle's major literary accomplishments relating to macro economic theory. Also included is correspondence, summaries, questionnaires and survey data relating to his work on the expenditure budget process, published as.

Hartle 1989 accession

Correspondence, manuscripts, and publications, audio tapes and transcripts, briefs, addresses and speeches, notes, research files, press clippings and course material relating to Douglas Hartle's career as a professor of economics at the University of Toronto; as Deputy Secretary to the Treasury Board Secretariat in Ottawa, and as an advisor to federal and provincial governments.