Laighton Family Papers, 1855-1939
- Title:
- Laighton Family Papers, 1855-1939
- Creator:
- Laighton, Oscar, 1839-1939
Laighton, Albert, 1829-1887 - Creator Role:
- Author
- Accession / Call Number:
- 2009.007
- Object ID:
- 2009.007
- Date:
- 1855-1939
- Physical Description:
- 1 box ; 0.42 linear feet
- Scope and Content:
- The Laighton Family Papers is a collection of materials related to the Laighton cousins: Albert and Oscar. The collection includes a scrapbook, correspondence, poetry, ephemera, and some photographs. Albert Laighton's scrapbook contains holograph and printed poems as well as letters to him from family members and other poets. The scrapbook has been disassembled and placed in folders. It includes letters from Thomas B. Aldrich, James T. Fields, William Dean Howells, Albert Leighton, Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, Celia Laighton Thaxter, and John Whitten.
- Subjects:
- Poetry , Scrapbooks
- Locations:
- Isles of Shoals, ME and NH
Portsmouth, NH - People:
- Thaxter, Celia Laighton, 1835-1894 , Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 , Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow, 1814-1890 , Laighton, Oscar, 1839-1939 , Laighton, Albert, 1829-1887
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Dorothy M. Vaughan Estate.
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Level Description:
- Collection
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