Scope and Content Note
The papers of James Laurence Laughlin (1850-1933) span the years 1902-1931. The collection consists of correspondence, lectures, writings, articles, notes, financial papers, printed matter, clippings, and other papers relating to Laughlin's career at the University of Chicago and to his activities as editor of the Journal of Political Economy and as a member, delegate, or chairman of groups concerned with money and banking, credit, and related economic matters. The collection is organized into four series: Personal File , Subject File , Writings , and Printed Matter .
Subjects include economics, finance, the silver question, and tariff. Included is a manuscript of Laughlin's work The Federal Reserve Act, Its Origin and Problems (1933). Correspondents include Leon C. Marshall, Paul M. Warburg, and Henry Parker Willis.