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Darrow, Clarence to Mary Field Parton, Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow correspondence, 1915

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Title Darrow, Clarence to Mary Field Parton, Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow correspondence, 1915

Creator Parton, Mary Field

Date 1915

Language English

Subjects Lawyers, Legal assistance to the poor, Orators, Practice of law

Description Material relating to the friendship between Clarence Darrow and journalist Mary Field Parton, which includes sixty-one of his letters to her, several other letters, short articles by Darrow, clippings, and photographs. Included are numerous transcripts of Darrow's letters, a biographical sketch of Parton, and excerpts from her journal that refer to Darrow, all done by Parton's daughter Margaret Parton (Hussey).

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User-Contributed Transcription out. He says he knows they are as good as he is - He told me that when he was a young man he went west with a little money & a bible, that he worked as hard as he could & had bad luck & found himself out of a job & made up his mind he would have to either beg or steal and that he swore he wouldn't beg. I just got a check of 250 from Julius Rosenwald to pay the expenses in appealing a colored mans case, so we must remember that for Julius. I was awfully glad to see Sarah although we nearly fought, imagine Sarah & I fighting when either one of us would go to hell for the other. It was aboutin pencil in bottom margin: Darrow 1915 folder

Transcription Status Completed

Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Parton Box 1 Folder 6

BibID 991840698805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 2843px × 3438px 55.96 MB

File Created 10/28/2020

Filename 991840698805867_midwest_ms_parton_box_001_fl_006_004_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL15HBE

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