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Darrow, Clarence to Mary Field Parton, Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow correspondence, 1920-1921

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Title Darrow, Clarence to Mary Field Parton, Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow correspondence, 1920-1921

Creator Parton, Mary Field

Date 1920-1921

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 [letterhead] 140 North Dearborn Street Chicagoconsidered hogs from the standpoint of their use to men: they have not thought of it from the stand point of hogs. The human race is going the same way. we are getting so civilized that we cant live The old time savage chased the game & digested the food we have it brought to us and take pills. The civilized man cant live. The race is only replenished by the primitive people. Nature is boss and when we get to far away she just snuffs us out. I am for the snuffing. Still it wont be snuffed out it will just go over the same old round that civilization has traveled over before. I have no doubt but what the human race is going back, neither have I any regrets. All we need to do is to teach the good women birth control & we will get rid of them & their kind, and repopulate the world with those who dont know anything about birth control; in fact dont know what causes birth. I see that a campaign has been started to bring back the New England Sunday laws to stop every

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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 8

BibID 991840698805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 3814px × 4786px 104.48 MB

File Created 10/28/2020

Filename 991840698805867_midwest_ms_parton_box_001_fl_008_004_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL15HC6

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