William S. Vickrey papers, 1939-1996

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Series II: Arranged Correspondence

Correspondence to and from William S. Vickrey related to his career in economics. These letters include debates on economic theory, discussion of transportation issues, requests for references, proposals for grant projects, and reviews of other economists' papers. The series also has letters about symposiums, involvement with professional organizations, visits by other scholars, Quaker activities, publications, and comments by colleagues on his work. In addition, there is personal correspondence with his wife Cecile, mother, and friends. Arranged alphabetically by last name of sender.



Box 1 Folder 1 A, 1964-1995


Box 1 Folder 2 Allan, Ron, 1993


Box 1 Folder 3 American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 1979-1980


Box 1 Folder 4 American Economic Association (AEA), 1948-1991


Box 1 Folder 5 American Economic Association (AEA), 1992-1995


Box 1 Folder 6 :Appointments American Economic Association (AEA), 1991-1992


Box 1 Folder 7 American Economic Review, 1964-1973


Box 1 Folder 8 American Economic Review, 1974-1978


Box 1 Folder 9 American Economic Review, 1979-1994


Box 1 Folder 10 American Friends Service Committee, 1971


Box 1 Folder 11 American Statistical Association, 1960-1985


Box 1 Folder 12 Arnott, Richard, 1992-1995


Box 1 Folder 13 AT&T, 1966-1967



Box 2 Folder 14 Atlantic Economic Society, 1991-1993


Box 2 Folder 15 : Reprint of Agenda for Progressive Taxation Augustus M. Kelley Publishers, 1968-1970


Box 2 Folder 16 B, 1960-1969


Box 2 Folder 17 B, 1970-1979


Box 2 Folder 18 B, 1980-1996, undated


Box 2 Folder 19 Bab, Herbert, 1970-1972


Box 2 Folder 20 Bagiotti, Tullio, 1969


Box 2 Folder 21 Barton, Allen H., 1973 & 1992


Box 2 Folder 22 Baum, Sandra, 1982-1994


Box 2 Folder 23 Baumol, William, 1966-1977


Box 2 Folder 24 Beckman, Martin J., 1974


Box 2 Folder 25 Beckwith, Burnham P., 1963-1965


Box 2 Folder 26 The Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science, 1971-1981


Box 2 Folder 27 Benson, E. J., 1969-1970


Box 2 Folder 28 Berman, Dale, 1967


Box 2 Folder 29 Bidwell, Miles O., 1972-1982


Box 2 Folder 30 Bird, Richard M., 1969-1977


Box 2 Folder 31 Block, Walter, 1977 & 1995


Box 2 Folder 32 Bobbs Merrill Company, Inc., 1966 & 1969


Box 2 Folder 33 Boulding, Elise, 1968 & 1994


Box 2 Folder 34 British Consulate-General, 1974


Box 2 Folder 35 Butcher, William L., 1965


Box 2 Folder 36 C, 1956-1980



Box 3 Folder 37 C, 1981-1995, undated


Box 3 Folder 38 Cairns, John, 1972


Box 3 Folder 39 Carr, Marjorie H., 1974


Box 3 Folder 40 Carroll, John J., 1965-1969


Box 3 Folder 41 Chamberlain, Neil W., 1967-1972


Box 3 Folder 42 Chase, Elmer P., 1993-1994


Box 3 Folder 43 Chinitz, Benjamin, 1969 & 1972


Box 3 Folder 44 Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 1965-1968


Box 3 Folder 45 Citizens Union of the City of New York, 1966-1974


Box 3 Folder 46 City Club of New York, 1974-1983


Box 3 Folder 47 Colander, David, 1976-1982


Box 3 Folder 48 Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI), 1992-1994


Box 3 Folder 49 Committee on Land Taxation (COLT), 1970


Box 3 Folder 50 Council of State Governments, 1965-1967


Box 3 Folder 51 D, 1957-1996


Box 3 Folder 52 Decker, Robert L., 1972



Box 4 Folder 53 Dikmen, M. Orhan, 1967-1968


Box 4 Folder 54 Döen, Tom, 1973


Box 4 Folder 55 Downing, Paul, 1974


Box 4 Folder 56 Doyle, Richard D., 1993


Box 4 Folder 57 Dréave;ze, Jacques H., 1970-1994


Box 4 Folder 58 Duke University Press, 1972


Box 4 Folder 59 Dunn, LeRoy, 1968-1969


Box 4 Folder 60 E, 1965-1995


Box 4 Folder 61 Ecker-Racz, Laszlo, 1962 & 1967


Box 4 Folder 62 The Econometric Society, 1968


Box 4 Folder 63 Econometrica, 1965-1968


Box 4 Folder 64 Environmental Defense Fund, 1973-1974


Box 4 Folder 65 F, 1963-1996


Box 4 Folder 66 Feldstein, Martin S., 1973-1975


Box 4 Folder 67 Foster, Christopher, 1969-1970


Box 4 Folder 68 Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), 1980 & 1995


Box 4 Folder 69 G, 1960-1996


Box 4 Folder 70 Gaffney, Mason, 1968-1974


Box 4 Folder 71 Gannon, Colin A., 1968-1972



Box 5 Folder 72 Gawthrop, Paul R., 1961-1968


Box 5 Folder 73 Gigliotti, Gary, 1976, undated


Box 5 Folder 74 Ginsburg, Helen, 1993-1994


Box 5 Folder 75 Glenn, William A., 1970


Box 5 Folder 76 Gold, Andrew J., 1969-1973


Box 5 Folder 77 Goldin, Kenneth D., 1968-1970


Box 5 Folder 78 Gonzalez, Fernando, 1981


Box 5 Folder 79 Grieson, Ronald E., 1970-1979


Box 5 Folder 80 H, 1962-1977


Box 5 Folder 81 H, 1980-1996, undated


Box 5 Folder 82 Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1959-1964


Box 5 Folder 83 Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1965-1973, undated


Box 5 Folder 84 Harriss, Lowell, 1992-1996


Box 5 Folder 85 Hau, Timothy, 1989-1995


Box 5 Folder 86 Hedges, Charles, 1965-1971


Box 5 Folder 87 Hertz, Roger J., 1968-1975


Box 5 Folder 88 Holden-Day, Inc., 1968


Box 5 Folder 89 Holland, Daniel M., 1952-1973


Box 5 Folder 90 Hunter, J. S., 1960


Box 5 Folder 91 I, 1965-1996


Box 5 Folder 92 Ichimura, Shinchi, 1969



Box 6 Folder 93 Interstate Commerce Commission, 1973


Box 6 Folder 94 J, 1967-1995


Box 6 Folder 95 Jasinowski, Jerry, 1971


Box 6 Folder 96 Johnson, Byron L., 1966-1971


Box 6 Folder 97 Jones, Thomas H., 1975


Box 6 Folder 98 The Journal of Business, 1972


Box 6 Folder 99 Journal of Economic Literature, 1971-1976


Box 6 Folder 100 Journal of Political Economy, 1972-1983


Box 6 Folder 101 Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 1966-1980


Box 6 Folder 102 Joy, Stewart, 1969-1971


Box 6 Folder 103 K, 1950-1993


Box 6 Folder 104 Kalder, N., 1953


Box 6 Folder 105 Kelly, John, 1993 & 1995


Box 6 Folder 106 Kennett, David, 1976-1979



Box 7 Folder 107 Kohn, Robert E., 1990-1993


Box 7 Folder 108 L, 1960-1975


Box 7 Folder 109 L, 1980-1996, undated


Box 7 Folder 110 Lambert, Ian, 1991-1993


Box 7 Folder 111 Lave, Lester B., 1969


Box 7 Folder 112 Lea, Norman D., 1959


Box 7 Folder 113 Lehmann, Glenn, 1972


Box 7 Folder 114 Levin, Harvey, undated


Box 7 Folder 115 Levin, Harvey, 1959-1964


Box 7 Folder 116 Levin, Harvey, 1965-1975



Box 8 Folder 117 Levin, Harvey, Jan. 1976-June 1977


Box 8 Folder 118 Levin, Harvey, July 1977-Aug. 1977


Box 8 Folder 119 Levin, Harvey, Aug. 1977-May 1978


Box 8 Folder 120 Levin, Harvey, June-Dec. 1978


Box 8 Folder 121 Levin, Harvey, 1979


Box 8 Folder 122 Levin, Harvey, 1980-1981



Box 9 Folder 123 Levin, Harvey, 1982-1983


Box 9 Folder 124 Liu, Ta-Chung, 1964


Box 9 Folder 125 M, 1960-1970


Box 9 Folder 126 M, 1971-1996, undated


Box 9 Folder 127 McClintock, Deanne and Douglas, 1983-1992


Box 9 Folder 128 MacLean, Brian, 1992-1993


Box 9 Folder 129 Management Science, 1969-1970


Box 9 Folder 130 Mathews, John A., 1981-1982


Box 9 Folder 131 Mead, Edgar T., 1966-1967


Box 9 Folder 132 Merewitz, Leonard, 1974


Box 9 Folder 133 Milgram, Morris, 1992-1993


Box 9 Folder 134 Modigliani, Franco, 1974 & 1993


Box 9 Folder 135 Mohring, Herbert, 1970-1975


Box 9 Folder 136 Monash University, 1970-1972


Box 9 Folder 137 Morgan, Griscom, 1962-1963


Box 9 Folder 138 Morse, Herbert C., 1966


Box 9 Folder 139 N, 1958-1996


Box 9 Folder 140 National Academy of Sciences, 1996



Box 10 Folder 141 National Association of Railroad Passengers, 1968


Box 10 Folder 142 O, 1963-1992


Box 10 Folder 143 Operations Research, 1969-1972


Box 10 Folder 144 P, 1966-1993


Box 10 Folder 145 Palma, Andréde, 1994


Box 10 Folder 146 Pan-Technology Consulting Corporation (PANTEK), 1970


Box 10 Folder 147 Political Science Quarterly, 1966-1973


Box 10 Folder 148 Public Choice Society, 1972-1974


Box 10 Folder 149 Public Finance Quarterly, 1971-1974


Box 10 Folder 150 Public Finance Quarterly, 1975-1993


Box 10 Folder 151 Q, 1966-1983


Box 10 Folder 152 The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1974-1983


Box 10 Folder 153 R, 1959-1970


Box 10 Folder 154 R, 1971-1996, undated


Box 10 Folder 155 Rand Corporation, 1961-1969


Box 10 Folder 156 Reig, Enrique Jorge, 1959-1960


Box 10 Folder 157 Review of Economic Studies, 1967-1974



Box 11 Folder 158 Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1967-1969


Box 11 Folder 159 Rockefeller, Barbara, 1970


Box 11 Folder 160 Roth, Gabriel, 1971-1990


Box 11 Folder 161 Ruppenthal, Karl M., 1975 & 1981


Box 11 Folder 162 S, 1958-1969


Box 11 Folder 163 S, 1970-1989


Box 11 Folder 164 S, 1990-1996, undated


Box 11 Folder 165 St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1973


Box 11 Folder 166 Sonstegaard, Miles, 1971-1973


Box 11 Folder 167 Spillane, Annie, 1986-1991


Box 11 Folder 168 Steinberg, Charles, 1952-1970


Box 11 Folder 169 Straszheim, Mahlon R., 1970-1971


Box 11 Folder 170 T, 1964-1996


Box 11 Folder 171 Thomson, Ian, 1971-1973


Box 11 Folder 172 Tideman, Nicolaus, 1968-1996


Box 11 Folder 173 Transportation, 1979


Box 11 Folder 174 TRED (Committee on Taxation, Resources and Economic Development), 1965-1970



Box 12 Folder 175 TRED (Committee on Taxation, Resources and Economic Development), 1971


Box 12 Folder 176 TRED (Committee on Taxation, Resources and Economic Development), 1971-1991, undated


Box 12 Folder 177 : Carter Weld TRED (Committee on Taxation, Resources and Economic Development), 1965-1968


Box 12 Folder 178 : Carter Weld TRED (Committee on Taxation, Resources and Economic Development), 1969-1974


Box 12 Folder 179 U, 1988-1993


Box 12 Folder 180 United Nations, 1968-1975, undated


Box 12 Folder 181 United States Treasury Department, 1972-1973, undated


Box 12 Folder 182 Urban Studies, 1973-1975


Box 12 Folder 183 V, 1970-1979


Box 12 Folder 184 Vickrey, Cecile, 1968-1975


Box 12 Folder 185 Vickrey, Cecile (Mrs. Charles V.), 1970-1975


Box 12 Folder 186 W, 1954-1996


Box 12 Folder 187 Wheatcroft, G. S. A., 1965-1966


Box 12 Folder 188 Wilson, Douglas, 1972-1974


Box 12 Folder 189 Winter, Ernst F., 1967-1968


Box 12 Folder 190 Wohl, Martin, 1969 & 1971


Box 12 Folder 191 X, 1973


Box 12 Folder 192 Y, 1966-1982


Box 12 Folder 193 Yance, Joseph V., 1968



Box 13 Folder 194 Z, 1969-1992


Box 13 Folder 195 Unidentified, 1949-1996