Inventory of the Vernon L. Smith Papers, 1938-2007 and undated

Contains professional and academic correspondence, chiefly from 1971-1999. Series contains routine academic correspondence, including recommendations for students and faculty, as well as other academic affairs; works of other economists; correspondence concerning Smith's publications; some discussions of economic theory and applications; and professional correspondence (including non-academic recommendations and job offers). The majority of the series falls into three main categories: comments on other economists' work, dating to his tenure as editor of several economics journals; comments from colleagues, referees, and other academics on Smith's works; and academic affairs (namely recommendations and routine organizational letters dealing with classes and seminars). Notable correspondence includes early exchanges with Paul Samuelson concerning Smith's thesis and graduate level work. Because the series deals mostly with professional and academic correspondence, there is little personal correspondence. Arranged in chronological order.

Includes a version of Smith's History of Experimental Economic Science at the University of Arizona. Also contains data files and other unidentified files. Records have been migrated to a library server. To request access, please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this collection.

Contains Vernon Smith's academic coursework as a student, clippings, calendars and planners, personal correspondence, and vitae. Academic coursework includes early course notes, papers, and entrance as well as final exams from Smith's student years at the California Institute of Technology; the Samuelson material concerns a seminar taught by Samuelson while Smith was pursuing a PhD at Harvard. The thesis appendix functions as an explanation of the theories in Smith's main text, utilizing the results of his economic work. Clippings chiefly deal with the awarding of various professorships to Smith, and the Arizona Stock Exchange. The interview, conducted for a book entitled Economics in Our Times, explores the subject of experimental economics and Smith's role in the study of experimental economics. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Consists of two subgroupings: Clippings and Reprints. The clippings files were assembled by Smith, and chiefly consist of newspaper and magazine articles on topics such as auctions, energy resources, experimental economics, fixed prices, government regulation, and the stock exchange. Reprints chiefly consist of articles written by Smith, or for which he was a contributing author. A large portion of the reprints are from a series published by the Purdue University School of Industrial Management Institute for Qualitative Research in Economics and Managment, which later became known as the Purdue University, Herman C. Krannert Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Institute for Research in the Behavior, Economic and Management Sciences. Reprints are arranged chronologically.

Series is arranged into topical groupings: Games and Economic Behavior; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; National Academy of Sciences; National Science Foundation; Presentations and Seminars. These are followed by single folders in original order.

Chiefly contains files on the contributions Vernon Smith made to professional associations such as the National Science Foundation, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and the National Academy of Sciences, as well as to the teaching profession, and to other associations. Contents are varied, and include information on workshops and presentations given by Smith at both the high school and faculty level, conferences he organized, consultancy positions he held, and professional association committee work he undertook. Other material on conferences attended by Smith can be found in the Research and Writings Series; also, many folders deriving from his undergraduate and graduate teaching can be found in the Teaching Series. In addition, because of the nature of his contributions to economics research, much of Smith's work for or with government or non-profit organizations such as his economic analysis of pollution and recycling for federal government agencies, is found in the Research and Writings Series rather than in Professional Service.

Arranged in the following subseries: Asset Trading, Experimental Economics, Game Theory and Strategic Interactions, Natural Resources and Utilities, Price Behavior, Other Writings, and Writings by Others.

These documents derive from Vernon L. Smith's lengthy teaching career at institutions such as Purdue University, Brown University, University of Massachusetts, and University of Arizona. The series is divided into two subseries: Courses and Departmental. The subseries Courses chiefly consists of assigned readings by Smith and others, course notes, transparencies, student experiments, and exam subjects. The subseries also includes student essays, class lists, and graduate advising information. The subseries Departmental chiefly consists of committee meetings concerning issues of honors candidates, fellowships, faculty, and promotion and tenure. The documents are roughly arranged chronologically.