RS 13-1-26 Elizabeth “Betsy” Hoffman Papers

Descriptive summary

creator:	Hoffman, Elizabeth “Betsy” (1946- )
title:	Papers
dates:	1861-2005
extent:	5.25 linear feet (11 manuscript boxes and 3 half manuscript boxes)
collection number:	RS 13/1/26
repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Elizabeth “Betsy” Hoffman Papers, RS 13/1/26, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

Elizabeth “Betsy” Hoffman (1946- ) was born on November 12, 1946 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History (1968) from Smith College, a Master of Arts degree in History (1969) from the University of Pennsylvania, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in History (1972) from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Economics (1979) from the California Institute of Technology. Hoffman was enrolled in the George Mason Law School, Law and Economics Center: Law Institute for Economists (1989).

Dr. Hoffman was employed as an Assistant Professor of History (1974-1976) at the University of Florida, as an Assistant Professor of Economics (1978-1981) at Northwestern University, and at Purdue University as an Assistant Professor of Economics (1981-1983) and as an Associate Professor of Economics (1983-1986). She was employed as a Professor of Economics (1986-1988) at the University of Wyoming and as a Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona (1988-1993). Hoffman served as the Associate Dean and Master of Business Administration Program Director (1989-1993) for the Karl Eller Graduate School of Management at the University of Arizona; and as a Professor of Law (1992-1993) at the University of Arizona. She served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Economics (1993-1997) at Iowa State University. Hoffman left Iowa State University in 1997 to accept employment at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Dr. Hoffman was a member of the Ames Noon Rotary Club, the Ames Chamber of Commerce, Story County/National Women’s Political Caucus, and the League of Women Voters of Ames (Iowa).

Collection description

The collection contains six series: Series 1 - Biographical Information, 1993-2005, contains Elizabeth Hoffman’s vita, and news clippings documenting her professional career at Iowa State University. Series 2 - Publications, 1980-1995, contains publications written by Elizabeth Hoffman. Series 3 - Research Materials, 1861-1976, contains Costa Rican census material including birth and death rates, population studies, disease outbreaks, and health status data in graphs, charts, maps and printed materials. Series 4 - Dissertation prospectus, correspondence, research, and notes, 1870-1972, contains Hoffman’s prospectus for a dissertation and correspondence, research, and notes for her dissertation. Series 5 - Teaching/Class Materials, 1974-1991, contains course outlines, course packets, exams, lecture notes, lecture notes - library use copies, a personnel handbook, a schedule of classes, collegiate student papers, and grade books for classes taught by Elizabeth Hoffman at Northwestern University, Purdue University, The University of Arizona, The University of Florida, The University of Pennsylvania, and The University of Wyoming. Series 6 - Reference Files, 1964-1991, contains papers, publications, theses, and typescripts of lectures used for reference purposes by Elizabeth Hoffman.

Organization

This collection is organized into six series: Series 1 - Biographical Information, 1993-2005; Series 2 - Publications, 1980-1995; Series 3 - Research Materials, 1861-1976; Series 4 - Dissertation prospectus, correspondence, research, and notes, 1870-1972; Series 5 - Teaching/Class Materials, 1974-1991; and Series 6 - Reference Files, 1964-1991. Series 1 and Series 2 are arranged in chronological order. Series 3 and Series 4 are arranged as placed by Elizabeth Hoffman. Series 5 is arranged by class number with the grade books and collegiate student papers at the end of the series in box 10. Series 6 is arranged in alphabetical order by last name of each Reference File’s author.

Description of series / container list


Series 1	Biographical Information, 1993-2005
extent:	1 folder
description:	The series contains Elizabeth Hoffman’s vita and news clippings documenting her professional career at Iowa State University.
Box 1/1	Biographical materials, 1993-2005
Series 2	Publications, 1980-1995
extent:	.42 linear feet (1 manuscript box)
description:	The series contains publications written by Elizabeth Hoffman.
Box 1/2	Publications, 1980-1986
Box 1/3	Publications, 1987-1992
Box 1/4	Publications, 1993
Box 1/5	Publications, 1994-1995
Series 3	Research Materials, 1861-1976
extent:	1.89 linear feet (4 manuscript boxes and 1 half manuscript box)
description:	The series includes Costa Rican census material including birth and death rates, population studies, disease outbreaks, and health status data in graphs, charts, maps and printed materials.
Box 2/1	Costa Rica – Censo Agro – Pecuario, 1965
Box 2/2	Costa Rica – Yearbook Data, 1930-1949
Box 2/3	Costa Rica – Ag Chapter Data, 1906-1970
Box 2/4	Costa Rica – Ag Census, 1950
Box 2/5	Graphs, 1900-1970
Box 2/6	Costa Rica – Population, Births, Deaths, 1901-1967
Box 2/7	Costa Rica – Election Factbooks, 1966-1970
Box 2/8	Anuario Estadistica de Costa Rica, 1930-1970
Box 2/9	Reading Notes for Costa Rica Project, 1950-1966
Box 2/10	Costa Rica – Notes for Agricultural Chapter, 1960’s
Box 2/11	Costa Rica – Grant Application, 1974
Box 2/12	Expenses for Costa Rica Project, 1974
Box 2/13	Nunley; Distribution of Population in Costa Rica, 1960
Box 2/14	Recent Improvements in Health Conditions, ca. 1958
Box 2/15	Tables and Graphs, n.d.
Box 2/16	Costa Rica – Ag Census, 1955
Box 2/17	Hampshire, 1973
Box 2/18	Miscellaneous, 1901-1968
Box 2/19	Chi Square Tables, 1941
Box 2/20	Blank Maps, n.d.
Box 2/21	Blank Data Tables, n.d.
Box 2/22	Blank Inter-Library Loan Requests, 1973
Box 2/23	Blank Data Table, n.d.
Box 3/1	Inchiesta Sanitarie, 1886
Box 3/2	Deaths by Age, 1863-1962
Box 3/3	Total Population and Density, 1881-1954
Box 3/4	Diseases Reported to Sanitary Authorities, 1901-1937
Box 3/5	Communal Finances, 1871-1954
Box 3/6	Ag Production 1886-1954
Box 3/7	Number of Persons per Family, 1921, 1952
Box 3/8	Prices, Wages, Consumption, 1913-1935
Box 3/9	Rural Urban – Deaths by Cause, 1887-1890
Box 3/10	Hospital Morbidity Data, 1886-1888
Box 3/11	Morbidity Data, 1887-1935
Box 3/12	Mortality Tables, 1881-1932
Box 3/13	Typhoid Fever, 1887-1934
Box 3/14	Tuberculosis, 1887-1937
Box 3/15	Staticica d’Italia Popolazione, 1861-1867
Box 3/16	Total Deaths by Cause, 1887-1955
Box 3/17	Miscellaneous Social Data - Cars, Radios, etc., 1889-1954
Box 4/1	Popkin, Nutritional Data, 1967
Box 4/2	ISTAT – Summario Statistico, 1947
Box 4/3	Miscellaneous, 1939-1950
Box 4/4	Tables, 1885-1955
Box 4/5	Durand Demographics, History, 1971
Box 4/6	Costa Rican Yearbook Indices, 1951-1970
Box 4/7	Costa Rica – Census, 1950
Box 4/8	Costa Rica – Yearbook Data, 1951-1970
Box 4/9	Tables – Total Death, 1887-1969
Box 4/10	Education, 1881-1954
Box 5/1	Dupont Environmental Seminar, 1971
Box 5/2	Population and Economic Growth – Notes, n.d.
Box 5/3	Population and Economic Growth – Notes, n.d.
Box 5/4	European Civilization, Middle Ages-1815
Box 5/5	Rand Corporation, 1969-1972
Box 5/6	Cause di Morte, 1887-1955
Box 5/7	Province Splits, 1950-1970
Box 5/8	Research – Different Communes, 1954
Box 5/9	Bibliography – Italian Mortality, 1971
Box 5/10	Factors of Social Homogeneity, n.d.
Box 5/11	Popolosita e Dina ica Demografica, 1972
Box 5/12	Appraisals of the Nation’s Ground Water, 1976
Box 5/13	New Contributions in Italian Demographics “In Italian”, n.d.
Box 6/1	Preambulo I, n.d.
Box 6/2	Causes/Predicting Death, 1975
Box 6/3	Data Summaries 1893-1943
Box 6/4	Data Summaries, 1883-1910
Box 6/5	Data Summaries, 1909-1950
Box 6/6	Geohydrologic Map of Southern California, 1974
Series 4	Dissertation prospectus, correspondence, research, and notes, 1870-1972
extent:	.42 linear feet (1 manuscript box)
description:	The series contains Hoffman’s prospectus for a dissertation and correspondence, research, and notes for her dissertation.
Box 7/1	Prospectus for a Dissertation, 1970
Box 7/2	Dissertation notes – Chapter 8, 1887-1971
Box 7/3	Research reprints for dissertation, 1970
Box 7/4	Research for Dr. Easterlin, summer, 1968.
Box 7/5	Correspondence relevant to dissertation, 1968-1970
Box 7/6	Dissertation notes, 1886-1965
Box 7/7	Dissertation notes, 1870-1960
Box 7/8	Dissertation notes, 1887-1972
Box 7/9	Dissertation notes, 1887-1972
Box 7/10	Dissertation bibliography notes, 1878-1958
Series 5	Teaching/Class Materials, 1974-1991
extent:	1.05 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes and 1 half manuscript box)
description:	The series includes course outlines, course packets, exams, lecture notes, lecture notes - library use copy, a personnel handbook, a schedule of classes, collegiate student papers, and grade books for classes taught by Elizabeth Hoffman at Northwestern University, Purdue University, The University of Arizona, The University of Florida, The University of Pennsylvania, and The University of Wyoming.
Box 8/1	Economics 340, Lecture Notes, Lectures 1-5, Purdue University, 1982
Box 8/2	Economics 340, Lecture Notes, Lectures 6-9, Purdue University, 1982
Box 8/3	Economics 340, Lecture Notes, Lectures 10-14, Purdue University, 1982
Box 8/4	Economics 340, Lecture Notes, Lectures 15-20, Purdue University, 1982
Box 8/5	Economics 340, Lecture Notes, Lectures 21-26, Purdue University, 1982
Box 8/6	Economics 340, Lecture Notes - Library Use Copy, Lectures 1-9, Purdue University, 1982
Box 8/7	Economics 340, Lecture Notes - Library Use Copy, Lectures 10-26, Purdue University, 1982
Box 8/8	Economics 406, course packet, Purdue University, 1985
Box 8/9	Economics 406, Price Controls reference materials, Purdue University, 1985
Box 8/10	Economics 406, Preliminary Experimental Results Paper for The Econometric Society World Congress, August 17-24, 1985, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Purdue University, 1985
Box 9/1	Economics 490A, Western Economic History, course outline and lecture notes, lectures 1-9, Purdue University, spring 1984
Box 9/2	Economics 490A, Western Economic History, lecture notes, lectures 10-13, Purdue University, spring 1984
Box 9/3	Economics 590B, course outline and lecture notes, lectures 1-9, Purdue University, spring 1983
Box 9/4	Economics 590B, lecture notes, lectures 10-13, Purdue University, spring 1983
Box 9/5	Economics 590B, course outline and lecture notes, lectures 1-9, Northwestern University, winter 1981
Box 9/6	Economics 590B, lecture notes, lectures 10-18, Northwestern University, winter 1981
Box 9/7	History 201, Instructor Evaluations, University of Florida, fall 1974
Box 9/8	History 202, Western Civilization 1815-1975, course outline and lecture notes, University of Florida, 1975
Box 9/9	History 318, Instructor Evaluations, University of Florida, fall 1974
Box 9/10	History 318, Renaissance, course outline, exams, and lecture notes, University of Florida, 1974
Box 9/11	Handbook for Appointed Personnel, University of Arizona, 1988
Box 9/12	Summer schedule of classes, University of Arizona, 1991
Box 10/1	Student papers, University of Pennsylvania, 1966-1968
Restricted Box 10/2	Restricted Grade Books, 1971-1989
Series 6	Reference Files, 1964-1991
extent:	1.47 linear feet (3 manuscript boxes and 1 half manuscript box)
description:	The series contains papers, publications, theses, and typescripts of lectures used for reference purposes by Elizabeth Hoffman.
Box 11/1	Adachis Thesis, 1967-1969
Box 11/2	Binger – Ph.D. Thesis, 1979
Box 11/3	Darwin’s Econometrics Notes, n.d.
Box 11/4	Easterlin – Davis Paper, 1972
Box 11/5	Easterlin, Richard A., n.d.
Box 11/6	Nerlove and Schultz, 1970
Box 11/7	Newell, Elizabeth, 1973
Box 11/8	Axiomatic Social Change Theory – Plott, Charles, n.d.
Box 12/1	Searle, Eleanor, 1980
Box 12/2	Smith, Daniel Scott, 1979-1980
Box 12/3	Vernon Smith, 1986-1992
Box 12/4	Sokoloff, Kenneth L., 1990
Box 12/5	Steckel, Richard H, 1973-1980
Box 12/6	Stone, Richard, 1987
Box 12/7	Sturgill, Claude, 1971
Box 12/8	Sussman, Nathan, 1989
Box 12/9	Sutch, Richard, 1986-1991
Box 12/10	Temin, Peter, 1964
Box 12/11	Terasawa, Katsuaki, 1972
Box 12/12	Weingast, Barry, 1988
Box 12/13	Weir, David R., 1980
Box 12/14	Wen, Thomas, 1977
Box 12/15	Whatley, Warren, 1991
Box 13/1	Williamson, Jeffery G., 1981-1984
Box 13/2	Wright, Gavin, 1980
Box 14/1	“Econometrics” by G.S. Maddala, 1976
Box 14/2	“Econometrics” by G.S. Maddala, 1976
Box 14/3	“Advanced Textbooks in Economics”, 1984
Box 14/4	“Advanced Textbooks in Economics”, 1984
Box 14/5	“Workbook for Macroeconomics”, 1987
Box 14/6	Population and Economic Growth – Lectures, n.d.
Box 14/7	Population and Economic Growth – Lectures, n.d.