Newberry Library - Darrow, Clarence to Mary Field Parton, Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow correspondence, 1913

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Open book Darrow, Clarence to Mary Field Parton, Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow correspondence, 1913

Title Darrow, Clarence to Mary Field Parton, Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow correspondence, 1913

Creator Parton, Mary Field

Date 1913

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 will love him - With all of his egotism & hardness - he is honest& brave? when we do like that Fay has been in to see me several times & is coming again on Saturday. He loves California & wants to go back. The country is beautiful here nine of our bunch in the old apartment with the lake & the park & green trees in front of us & the people so far below me & away from me down in the park that they dont hurt. Then I think of Nietzsche who says "How did I soar to the height where there are no more rabbel sitting about the well" Oh I found it my brethern! Up here on the loftiest height. The springing of joyfullness

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Archival Collection Title Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Parton Box 1 Folder 4

BibID 991840698805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 2465px × 3743px 52.83 MB

File Created 10/28/2020

Filename 991840698805867_midwest_ms_parton_box_001_fl_004_002_004.tif

Unique Identifier NL15HCV

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