Clara E. Laughlin Papers, 1903-1932
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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Clara E. Laughlin Papers
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Time of Creation of Clara E. Laughlin Papers
Laughlin, Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth), 1873-1941
Biographical History for: Clara E. Laughlin Papers
Biographical Note 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.
The Clara E. Laughlin Papers were donated to the Sophia Smith Collection by her nieces Mary Clara Laughlin and Betty Laughlin Sweeney in 1959.
Scope and Contents of the Collection 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Copyright ownership to Clara Laughlin's unpublished works is unknown.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.
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Authors, American--20th century--Biography--Sources
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Businesswomen--United States--Biography--Sources
Tourism--United States--History--20th century--Sources
Travel agents--United States--Biography--Sources
Travel writers--Biography--Sources
Voyages and travels--History--20th century--Sources
Women editors--United States--Biography--Sources
Women owned business enterprises--United States--History--Sources
Women travelers--History--20th century--Sources
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Mediterranean region--Description and travel--Sources
Contents
Biographical material 1913-1925, n.d.
Photographs 1907-1910, n.d.
Correspondence
Outgoing 1921, n.d.
Incoming, A-Z 1913-58
Clippings
The Heart of Her Highness 1917
Miscellaneous 1903-41
Writings
Radio talks
Cruises (typescripts) 1925
Travel (typescripts) 1925
Manuscriptn.d.
Articles
Chicago Gordon Club 1915
Chicago's social conditions 1917-18
Child psychology, 191
France and Medal of Honor Notification 1923
Girlsn.d.
"Men Are Like That" n.d.
"Quits Crime to Go Straight And Makes Good As Promised" 1919?
Miscellaneous 1917-40
Robert Lusk case 1917
Biography
Sarah Bernhardt 1918, n.d.
James Whitcomb Riley 1916, n.d.
Marshall Ferdinand Foch (includes correspondence) 1918-19
Serial: "The Winds of Waynesburg" n.d.
Short storiesn.d.
"Miniature American Rooms," 1941-1944
Manuscripts
"So You're Going to Europe" (Ladies Home Journal)
So You're Going to Italy
Last draft
Proofs
Original manuscript
Italy
Germany, Austria
Scotland
Spain
So You're Going to the Mediterranean
Traveling Through Life (autobiography) 1934
So You're Going to Paris
French pamphlets
Where It All Comes True
In France
In Italy
In Scandinavia
In Switzerland
So You're Going Southn.d.
The Golden Fleecen.d.
The Ruby Drops of Ninonn.d.
Travels in Englandn.d.
Books (by Clara Laughlin)
Everybody's Birthright: A Vision Of Jeanne d'Arc, New York 1914
Everybody's Lonesome, London 1911
The Martyred Towns Of France, New York 1919
Reminiscences Of James Whitcomb Riley, New York 1916
So You're Going To Germany And Austria, Boston 1930
So You're Going To Scandinavia, London 1938
So You're Going To The Mediterranean!, Boston 1935
So You're Going To Travel, Boston 1938
Stories Of Authors' Loves, London 1905
The Work-A-Day Girl, New York 1913