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James Laurenee Laughlin
COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Register of Papers
Library of Congress
Ac. 4788 and add. 1
III-49-D, 3 5
Add. IB, 10/28/55

JAMES LAURENCE LAUGHLIN
(1850 - 1933)

The papers of James Laurence Laughlin, professor, -writer,
economist, vere presented to the Library of Congress in 1934 and 1935>
by Lavrence Cramer Laughlin.
Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 5 1/2
Approximate number of items: 2500
The papers may be used under Library Restrictions.
No dedication of literary rights in the unpublished writings
of James Laurence Laughlin.
Mr. Laughlin -was the author of "The Federal Reserve Act,
Its Origin and Problems," 1933 and many other books on economic and
monetary matters. His papers contain material on the Federal Reserve
System and banking reform.




James Laurence Laughlin

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-2Biographical Note

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Born in Deerfield, Ohio; son of Harvey and Mary
Mills Laughlin

1873

AB Harvard

I873-78

faught in Hopkinsonfs Classical School, Boston

1875,

Married Alice McGuffey

Sept.

I876

AM and PHD Harvard

I878-83

Instructor in Political Economy, Harvard

1883-88

Assistant Professor Political Economy, Harvard

1888-90

President, Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, Philadelphia

1890-92

Professor of Political Economy, Cornell

1892-1916

Professor and Head of Dept. of Political Economy,
Univ. of Chicago

1892

Became editor of Journal o£ Political Economy

18914--95

Prepared for government of San Domingo a scheme
of monetary reform, which was afterwards adopted.

1897

Member of Monetary Commission created by Indianapolis Monetary Conference.

1906

Lecturer in Berlin on invitation of Prussian
Cultus Ministerium; Doctor, honoris causa, Univ.
of Giessen.

1909

Delegate Pan-American Scientific Congress, Santiago,

1911

Chairman, Executive Committee National Citizens1
League for Promotion of Sound Banking System.

1919

Member European Commission of National Industrial
Conference Board.

1933,




Nov. 28

Death

James Laurence Laughlin

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Author of:
Anglo-Saxon Legal Procedure in Anglo-Saxon Laws, 1876
1* £• Mill*a Principles of Political Economy (abridged), l88i|.
Study £f Political Economy. 1885
History £f Bimettallism in United States. 1886
Elements of Political Economy. 1887
Gold and Prices 3ince 1873. 1887
Facts About Money. 1895
Report of Monetary Commission. 1898
Principles of Money. 1903
Reciprocity. 1903
Industrial America. 1906

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Aus dem Amerlkanischen Wirtschaftsleben. 1907
Latter-Day Problems. 1909
Credit of the Nations. 1918
Money and Prices. 1919
Banking Progress. 1920
Moneyt Credit and Prices. 1931
The Federal Reserve Act. Its Origin and Problems. 1933#

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Ac. 4788
Ac» 4788 ad 1

Laughlin, James Laurence (1850-1933)
Papers 1910-1932; 1912-1914
includes (among 15
boxes)

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Bundle of printed pamphlets labelled "Reports and Studies
on Federal Reserve Act" hearings, papers by Aldrich etc.

2.

Memoranda on banking reform
Miscellaneous Correspondence 1913-1914. Glass, Warburg, etc.




James Laurence Laughlim

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Containers
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Series
Miscellaneous Correspondence. 1902-27# Part
of 1 container.
Letters sent and received (mainly letters
received). Chronologically arranged by years.

1

Miscellaneous Financial Papers. 1927-31. Part of
1 container.
Mainly re the financial affairs of Agatha Laughlin

1

Miscellaneous Notes.c ? . Part of 1 container.
1 thin folder of unidentified, unarranged notes,
handwritten or typed.

2-Jj.

Name and Subject Pile. t
a* 3 containers.
Letters sent and received and other papers.
Alphabetically arranged by names of correspondents,
or by subjects. c Dr. Laughlin1s working groups
of material have been retained for the present,
so far as possible. When the papers are reprocessed there will almost certainly be changes
in this series.3

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Articles, Lectures, etc.c
a. 3 containers.
Handwritten and typed drafts of articles, lectures,
etc., notes, occasional printed matter, and
occasional letters. Arranged alphabetically by
titles.

8-10

Manuscript and Notes, The Federal Reserve Act, Its
Origin and Problems.t
j* 3 containers.
Manuscript, notes, correspondence, etc. Arrangement
by chapters; no arrangement within chapter folders.

11-13




Printed Matter.c
j. 3 containers.
Pamphlets and clippings. No arrangement.

James Laurence Laughlin

Container List
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Contents
Miscellaneous Correspondence.

1902-27

Miscellaneous Financial Papers. 1927-31 cMainly re
the financial affairs offigathaLaughlin3
Miscellaneous Notes, c
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Circulars, Regulations, etc.
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of Credit and Currency
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Marie Antoinette Indictment
"Money Trust"
Morss, Charles A.

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Government and Banking"
Henry Adams"
Historical Research"
Hoover!s Economic sw
Iowa Bankers Association 1911 c^° titlej
John Brown1s Grave"
Laughlin, J.L.-Statement Before House
Hearings
"Leadership"
"Logic of Capitalism"
"Maiche"
"Monetary and Credit Problems of the
War"
"Monetary Reform, 1910"
"Money and Banking Reform"
"A National Reserve Association in the
Movement of Cotton in the South"
"National Reserve Association of the U.S
"New Bryanism"

"The Peril of Labor"
"Personal Reminiscences of Some Literary
Men"
"Politics at Work"
"The Bailway Situation Today"
"Recollections of the Pounding of the
University" cCornells
"The Recovery of Business"
"Roosevelt cTheodorej at Harvard"
"Solution of Labor Problems"
"Spiritual Life"
"Strategy of the Coolidge Administration1
"The Tariff of Exaggerations, 1922"
"Tracts for the Times"
"Wages and Prices"
"World's Monetary Problems"
"The Younger Generation"

Manuscripts and Notes, The Federal Reserve Act, Its Origin
and Problems.
Printed Matter