(1914-1997) Attended Harvard (A.B. 1939) BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION American National Biography Online The New York Times Obituary (November 14, 1997) The Poetry Foundation Biography HARVARD COLLECTIONS General Overview HOLLIS Catalog Author Search: James Laughlin HOLLIS Catalog Subject Search: James Laughlin Rare Materials Finding Aid: James Laughlin Compositions Poems and other materials sent to Hugh Witemeyer by James Laughlin. Also includes printed material on James Laughlin. Finding Aid: James Laughlin Papers Finding Aid: New Directions Publishing Corp. Manuscripts, galley proofs and page proofs of books published by New Directions, 1937-1997 Finding Aid: New Directions Publishing Corp. Records Records of New Directions Publishing Corporation largely from the Norfolk, Connecticut office of the founder, James Laughlin. ADDITIONAL LINKS New Directions Publishing Corp. History A brief history of the publishing firm James Laughlin founded in 1939. The Poetry Foundation Slideshow: "Book Arts" images from The Way It Wasn't: From the Files of James Laughlin, with commentary by David Biespel.