Clara E. Laughlin Papers, 1903-1932
8 boxes (5 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 91
Terms of Access and Use:
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
Copyright ownership to Clara Laughlin's unpublished works is unknown. Copyright to other works may be owned by the creator, or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
Clara Elizabeth Laughlin (1873-1941) was born in New York City and attended school in Chicago. She graduated from Chicago High School in 1890; did not attend college. She was literary editor for The Interior (Chicago) from age 18 for 10 years; and author of over 35 books. She contributed to many literary magazines and was a manuscript reader and literary advisor for several publishers. She gave weekly radio talks on travel for the Chicago Daily News station in the 1920s, and founded Clara Laughlin Travel Services, circa 1922, specializing in foreign travel advice for women. Laughlin published the travel series, So you're going to...; and edited the So You're Going news travel magazine. Other writings include biographies, historical subjects, novels, short stories, and plays.
Papers include a small amount of personal and professional correspondence; manuscripts of articles and the travel series So You're Going To... books; manuscript of Laughlin's autobiography, Traveling Through Life (1934); radio talks on cruises and various travel programs; biographical writings on Sarah Bernhardt, Marshal Foch and James Whitcomb Riley; talks at the Chicago Art Institute on the Thorne Miniature American Rooms; clippings of reviews of published works and a column for the Hearst papers; memorabilia; photographs; and copies of some of her published books.
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
Copyright ownership to Clara Laughlin's unpublished works is unknown. Copyright to other works may be owned by the creator, or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Clara E. Laughlin Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
The Clara E. Laughlin Papers were donated to the Sophia Smith Collection by her nieces Mary Clara Laughlin and Betty Laughlin Sweeney in 1959.
This collection has not been fully processed.
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Box 1: folder 1
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Biographical material
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1913-1925, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 2
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Photographs
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1907-1910, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 3
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Correspondence
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Outgoing
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1921, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 4
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Incoming, A-Z
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1913-58
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Box 1: folder 5
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Clippings
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The Heart of Her Highness
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1917
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Box 1: folder 6
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Miscellaneous
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1903-41
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Box 1: folder 7
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Writings
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Radio talks
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Cruises (typescripts)
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1925
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Box 1: folder 8
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Travel (typescripts)
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1925
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Box 1: folder 9
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Manuscript
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 10-11
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Articles
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Chicago Gordon Club
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1915
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Box 2: folder 1
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Chicago's social conditions
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1917-18
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Box 2: folder 2
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Child psychology, 191
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Box 2: folder 3
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France and Medal of Honor Notification
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1923
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Box 2: folder 4
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Girls
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 5
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"Men Are Like That"
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 6
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"Quits Crime to Go Straight And Makes Good As Promised"
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1919?
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Box 2: folder 7
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Miscellaneous
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1917-40
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Box 2: folder 8-9
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Robert Lusk case
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1917
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Box 2: folder 10
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Biography
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Sarah Bernhardt
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1918, n.d.
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Box 2: folder 11
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James Whitcomb Riley
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1916, n.d.
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Box 2: folder 12
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Marshall Ferdinand Foch (includes correspondence)
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1918-19
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Box 2: folder 13
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Serial: "The Winds of Waynesburg"
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 14
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Short stories
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 15
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"Miniature American Rooms,"
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1941-1944
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Box 2: folder 16-17
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Manuscripts
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"So You're Going to Europe" (Ladies Home Journal)
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Box 3: folder 1
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So You're Going to Italy
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Last draft
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Box 3: folder 2
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Proofs
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Box 3: folder 3
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Original manuscript
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Box 3: folder 4-5
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Italy
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Box 3: folder 6
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Germany, Austria
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Box 4: folder 1
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Scotland
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Box 4: folder 2-4
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Spain
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Box 4: folder 5
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So You're Going to the Mediterranean
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Box 5
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Traveling Through Life (autobiography)
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1934
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Box 5
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So You're Going to Paris
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Box 6: folder 2-6
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French pamphlets
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Box 6
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Where It All Comes True
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Box 6
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In France
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Box 7: folder 1
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In Italy
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Box 7: folder 2
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In Scandinavia
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Box 7: folder 3
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In Switzerland
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Box 7: folder 4
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So You're Going South
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n.d.
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Box 7
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The Golden Fleece
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n.d.
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Box 8: folder 1
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The Ruby Drops of Ninon
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n.d.
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Box 8: folder 2
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Travels in England
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n.d.
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Box 8
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Books (by Clara Laughlin)
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Everybody's Birthright: A Vision Of Jeanne d'Arc, New York
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1914
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Box 8
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Everybody's Lonesome, London
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1911
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Box 8
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The Martyred Towns Of France, New York
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1919
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Box 8
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Reminiscences Of James Whitcomb Riley, New York
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1916
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Box 8
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So You're Going To Germany And Austria, Boston
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1930
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Box 8
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So You're Going To Scandinavia, London
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1938
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Box 8
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So You're Going To The Mediterranean!, Boston
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1935
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Box 8
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So You're Going To Travel, Boston
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1938
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Box 8
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Stories Of Authors' Loves, London
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1905
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Box 8
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The Work-A-Day Girl, New York
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1913
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Box 8
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