Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Vernon L. Smith Nobel Prize Ceremony Papers
- Dates:
- 1979-2002, bulk Bulk, 2002
- Abstract:
- The Vernon L. Smith Papers consist of books from Vernon Smith's personal library (located in the Vernon L. Smith Reading Alcove, 2nd floor Leatherby Libraries), a number of honorary degrees, plaques, and awards given to Smith by various institutions as well as his Nobel Prize for Economics, the Nobel certificate and a bronze replica of the medal (on display in the Reading Alcove). Accompanying the Nobel Prize are photographs and ephemera relating to the Prize ceremony and a related trip to Japan. In addition, there are offprints of authored articles in academic journals.
- Extent:
- 5.0 Linear feet (7 boxes)
- Language:
- The majority of the collection is in English. and The majority of the material in this collection is in English with a very few items in Swedish.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Vernon L. Smith Nobel Prize Ceremony Papers, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Chapman University, CA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Vernon L. Smith Papers consist of books from Vernon Smith's personal library (located in the Vernon L. Smith Reading Alcove, 2nd floor Leatherby Libraries), a number of honorary degrees, plaques, and awards given to Smith by various institutions as well as his Nobel Prize for Economics, the Nobel certificate and a bronze replica of the medal (on display in the Reading Alcove). Accompanying the Nobel Prize are photographs and ephemera relating to the Prize ceremony and a related trip to Japan. In addition, there are offprints of authored articles in academic journals.
The majority of the collection is various honorariums given to Smith after he received the Nobel Prize. The collection is organized by material type and the majority of the photos do not have captions, the ones that do have them written on the photographs and are not included in the finding aid.
- Biographical / historical:
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Vernon Lomax Smith was born January 1, 1927 in Wichita, Kansas where he attended Wichita North High School and Friends University. He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Caltech in 1949, an M.A. in economics from the University of Kansas in 1952, and his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1955.
Smith shared the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Daniel Kahneman. Much of the research that earned Smith the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was conducted at the University of Arizona between 1976 and 2002. In 2002 Smith left Arizona for George Mason University. In 2008, Smith founded the Economic Science Institute at Chapman University in Orange, California.
Vernon Smith is professor of economics at Chapman University School of Law and School of Business in Orange, California, a research scholar at George Mason University Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, and a Fellow of the Mercatus Center, all in Arlington, Virginia. Smith shared the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Daniel Kahneman. He is the founder and president of the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics and an Adjunct Scholar of the Cato Institute in Washington D.C.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Vernon Lomax Smith with the blessing of Candace C. Smith.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged by material type.
- Physical location:
- Leatherby Libraries
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 02/24/2010
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-03-02T08:21-0800
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Some materials in this collection require permission of the donor before public use.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Vernon L. Smith Nobel Prize Ceremony Papers, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Chapman University, CA.
- Location of this collection:
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One University DriveOrange, CA 92866, US
- Contact:
- (714) 532-7719