James Laughlin

(1914-1997)

Attended Harvard (A.B. 1939)

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Harvard American National Biography Online
  The New York Times Obituary (November 14, 1997)
  The Poetry Foundation Biography

HARVARD COLLECTIONS

General Overview
Hollis HOLLIS Catalog Author Search: James Laughlin
Hollis HOLLIS Catalog Subject Search: James Laughlin
Rare Materials
Oasis Finding Aid: James Laughlin Compositions 
Poems and other materials sent to Hugh Witemeyer by James Laughlin. Also includes printed material on James Laughlin.
Oasis Finding Aid: James Laughlin Papers
Oasis Finding Aid: New Directions Publishing Corp. 
Manuscripts, galley proofs and page proofs of books published by New Directions, 1937-1997
Oasis 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.