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Description and Finding Aid F. KENNETH HARE FONDS F2016 Prepared by Amie Lalonde 2015 TRINITY COLLEGE 6 HOSKIN AVENUE, TORONTO, ON, CANADA M5S 1H8 WWW.TRINITY.UTORONTO.CA [email protected] 416 978-2019 F. Kenneth Hare fonds F. KENNETH HARE FONDS Dates of creation 1943-2002 Extent 23.83 m of textual records 43 photographs 2 artefacts Biographical sketch Frederick Kenneth Hare was a climatologist, academic, and the tenth Provost of Trinity College. Hare was born on 5 February 1919 in Wylye, England, to Frederick Eli Hare and Irene Smith. He was educated at Windsor Grammar School, King’s College at the University of London (BSc 1939), and the University of Montreal where he received his PhD in geography in 1950. Hare taught at the University of Manchester from 1940 to 1941 before serving as an operational meteorologist in the Air Ministry from 1941 to 1945. In 1945 he was appointed to teach at McGill University and later became the chairman of the Geography Department (1950-1962) and the Dean of Arts and Science (1962-64). He returned to London where he was Professor of Geography at King's College, University of London (1964-66) and Master of Birkbeck College (1966-68). He was President of the University of British Columbia from 1968 to 1969 before becoming a professor of geography and physics at the University of Toronto from 1969 to 1979 as well as Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies from 1974 to 1979. He became Provost of Trinity College in 1979 and remained in that position until 1986. He also served as Chairman of the Canadian Climate Program Planning Board (1979-90), Co- Chair of the National Academy of Science (USA)/Royal Society of Canada Study of Acid Precipitation (1980-82), Chair of the Peer Review of the Canadian government's Long-Range Transport of Airborne Pollutants (LRTAP) Program at the Royal Society of Canada (1983-84), head of a study of the nuclear winter phenomenon, RSC (1984), on the Commission on Lead in the Canadian Environment, RSC, Commissioner of the Ontario Nuclear Safety Review (1987-88), Chancellor of Trent University (1988-95), Chair of the Canadian Global Change Program Board, RSC (1989), member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry (1990-93), Chair of the Advisory Board of the Institute of International Programs, University of Toronto (1990-94), member of the Advisory Panel on Research and Development of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (1991-95), and Chair of the Technical Advisory Panel on Nuclear Safety, Ontario Hydro (1991-94). Hare was the author of The Restless Atmosphere (1953), On University Freedom (1967), and the co-author of Climate Canada (1974) as well as many articles in scientific journals on climatic, meteorological, and geographic issues. Hare was an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College (1991), a Companion of the Order of Canada (1987), and Companion of the Order of Ontario (1989). 2 F. Kenneth Hare fonds Hare married Suzanne Bates on 23 August 1941; together they had one son, Christopher John (b. 23 November 1941). They divorced in 1952 and Hare married Helen Morrill on 26 December 1953. They had two children: Elissa Beatrice (b.13 November 1955) and Robin Gilbert (b. 26 May 1958). Hare died on 3 September 2002 at his home in Oakville, Ontario. Scope and content Fonds contains records relating to Hare’s work as a climatologist, geographer, and scholar. Files include correspondence, conference and meeting materials, published and unpublished reports and articles (by Hare and others), scientific data, photographs, newspaper clippings, letters of reference, pamphlets, newsletters, and other publications. Files also include a typed copy of Hare’s memoir, ‘I Always Take a Window Seat!’, as well as academic certificates and degrees. Contains series 1. 1986 gift 2. 1988 gift 3. 1990 gift 4. 1991 gift 5. 1993 gift 6. 1996 gift 7. 2004 gift 8. Memoir and guest book Notes Acquisition history: Materials were accrued directly from Kenneth Hare. Arrangement: Materials have been left in the original order. Dr Hare was a careful record- keeper and the decision was made to maintain his files in the order they were received. Restrictions on access: None specified by the donor. Some files containing personal information of former students and employees, as noted below, have been closed by the archivist. Terms governing use and reproduction / publication: Various copyright holders. It is the researcher's responsibility to obtain permission to publish any part of the fonds. Associated material: Hare’s papers relating to his term as Provost of Trinity are found in F1002. Provenance access points Hare, F. Kenneth, 1919-2002. SERIES 1: 1986 GIFT 3 F. Kenneth Hare fonds Dates of creation: 1946-1986 Extent: 6.37 m of textual records; 16 photographs Scope and content: Series contains correspondence, reports and proposals, conference and meeting materials, scientific data, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Location / File Listing START END FOLDER/UNIT TITLE BOX/ DATE DATE FILE # A correspondence, miscellaneous 1974 1979 Typed and handwritten 1-1 correspondence both to and from to Hare. 1-5 Acid deposition - forest soils study 1984 1984 Correspondence, report. 1-6 Acid precipitation - general 1984 1986 Correspondence, Conference on Health 1-7 Effects of Acid Precipitation schedule. Acid precipitation - Joint Committee on 1982 1982 Correspondence, preliminary meeting 1-8 agenda, reports. 1-9 Acid precipitation - Special 1983 1983 Correspondence, notes on meeting 1-10 consultation between Robert Slater and Hare, expenses, contract between Hare and Environment Canada. Acid precipitation - Special 1983 1983 Correspondence, reports. 1-11 consultation correspondence Acid rain study - correspondence 1979 1980 Correspondence, reports, and 1-12 information. Acid rain study - funding 1981 1983 Correspondence, expenses, receipts. 1-13 1-14 Acid rain study - Joint Working Group 1980 1984 Newspaper clippings, proposals, 1-15 correspondence, notes, meeting to agendas. 3-3 Acid rain study - Peer review of treaty 1982 1985 Correspondence, newspaper articles. 3-4 documents to 3-9 Acid rain study - Working papers on 1982 1983 Reports. 3-10 peer review of treaty documents 4-1 4 F. Kenneth Hare fonds Acid rain study - printed documents 1980 1981 The Case Against the Rain: a Report on 4-2 Acidic Precipitation and Ontario 4-3 Programs for Remedial Action, final copy of report, A Submission to the United States Environmental Protection Agency Opposing Relaxation of SO2 Emission Limits in State Implementation Plans and Urging Enforcement. Acres Consulting Services Ltd 1983 1984 Correspondence, project summary. 4-4 American Association for the 1980 1981 Correspondence, proposals, reports. 4-5 Advancement of Science (AAAS), Annual Meeting, Acid Rain Symposium AAAS, Annual Meeting, Canadian 1980 1981 Correspondence, agendas, 4-6 Advisory Committee information. AAAS, Annual Meeting, Candu 1980 1981 Correspondence, information, reports. 4-7 AAAS, Annual Meeting, North 1980 1981 Correspondence, information, reports, 4-8 American Energy System newspaper articles. AAAS, Annual Meeting 1982 1983 Reports, correspondence. 4-9 Anglo-American Conference on the 1983 1984 Correspondence, conference schedule. 4-10 Chemical Industry and the Health of the Community Association of Canadian Universities 1978 1985 Correspondence, reports and 5-1 for Northern Studies proposals, list of northern courses at to Canadian universities. 5-6 Atmospheric Environment Service 1977 1984 Reports, correspondence, meeting 5-7 (AES) - Canadian Climate Program minutes, notes, agendas, information. to 6-11 AES - Canadian Climate Program 1977 1984 Correspondence, reports, meeting 7-1 agendas and minutes, ‘Canadian to Climate Program: needs and 8-3 recommendations,’ ‘Atmospheric Environment Service operating principles for participation in the Canadian Climate Program,’ other reports. AES - Contracts (pre-1980) 1971 1980 Correspondence, information for 8-4 various projects, project progress to reports, expenses, final reports. 8-8 Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd - 1979 1983 Correspondence, news release, 8-9 Technical Advisory Committee meeting agenda/schedule. 5 F. Kenneth Hare fonds B correspondence, miscellaneous 1974 1979 Typed and handwritten 8-10 correspondence both to and from Hare. Banff Centre - Hare’s participation 1979 1982 Correspondence; ‘Progress vs. 8-11 Protection: towards effective 9-1 integration of environmental concerns 9-2 onto business decision-making,’ a workshop offered by the Banff Centre - information, travel itinerary, schedule, participant list; seminar on land use planning: ‘How to resolve rural land use problems,’ information, correspondence, schedule; “The planetary environment: fragile or sturdy?” lecture by Hare; seminar on ‘Environmental implications of northern development’; ‘Climate, soil and agriculture: the uncertain future’ by Hare. Banff Centre Forestry Conference, 10- 1980 1983 Conference proposal, agenda, 9-3 11 September 1981 schedule, draft budget, to correspondence, notes on papers 9-8 presented, reports. Banff Centre School of the 1976 1985 Correspondence, summaries of Board 9-9 Environment of Advisors meetings, program to development workshops, planning 11-6 conference - information, report to Board of Advisors, seminars, Hare itinerary, Banff Centre School of the Environment information booklet, reports, annual report 1980. British Geomorphological Research 1980 1982 Correspondence, draft conference 11-7 Group proposal, conference program;