Inventor Name
Sutphin-Laws Family
Repository
Cincinnati Historical Society Library
Cincinnati Museum Center
1301 Western Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45203-1126
513-287-7000/7070
http://library.cincymuseum.org/
Physical Description
2 ft.
Summary
Correspondence, documents, genealogical studies, and other papers of the Sutphin and Laws families. Persons represented in the collection include Elam Potter Langdon (1794-1864), a pioneer in the establishment of the public school system; Annie (1855-1927) and Alice (1862-1946) Laws who pioneered the development of the kindergarten movement; and Samuel Saphr Laws (1824-1921) inventor of the stock market ticker tape machine.