James Laughlin Collection

Collection

Identifier: PCMS-0027

Staff Only

The James Laughlin Collection contains typescripts and autograph manuscripts, many with corrections, for approximately 835 poems; and 39 letters from Laughlin to individuals such as Charles D. Abbott, Peter Russell, and Robert Bertholf.

Dates

1944-1992

Creator

Laughlin, James (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English.

Terms of Access

The James Laughlin Collection, 1944-1992, is open for research.

Copyright

Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the Poetry Collection before requesting photocopies and/or publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Once permission is obtained, most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Extent

5 Linear Feet (20 boxes)

Additional Description

Overview

Historical Note

A widely respected publisher, James Laughlin (1914-1997) founded New Directions in 1936 and over the years published a long and unparalleled list of modern and contemporary poets and writers. He was also a poet in his own right whose many publications include Some Natural Things (1945), Selected Poems (1959), The Owl of Minerva (1987), The Collected Poems of James Laughlin (1994), and The Secret Room (1997).