Ledlie I. Laughlin research papers

Collection

Identifier: Col-0058

Dates

Creation: 1926-1973

Creator

Laughlin, Ledlie Irwin. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

Biographical / Historical

Ledlie Irwin Laughlin, 1890-1977, was a renowned pewter collector, scholar and author. In 1928 he became assistant Dean of Freshman at Princeton University. He retired from there in 1953 as Associate Director of Admissions. He was very active in the Pewter Collectors' Club of America.

Full Extent

8.5 Cubic Feet (25 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Ledlie I. Laughlin.

Summary

The bulk of the collection contains research notes and notecards pertaining to pewter and its makers, inventories, and touchmarks of pewter makers, most of which was compiled while researching his book Pewter in America: Its Makers and their Marks. Typescripts of the book, photographs for that work, and correspondence with the publisher are also found. This important work was first published in two volumes in 1940. Those two volumes were later republished and a third volume was added in 1971. There is also correspondence with other collectors, copies of dealers' catalogs, and some magazine articles about pewter and Britannia ware.