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

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

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 or doesnt I will send the $30. a month during the first school year after that we will see how the fates treat us & if all right it will go on but I hate to pledge myself far ahead life is so uncertain & I am so doubtful about it all. Dear Mary I dont know as It does you good for me to write you every thing is such a dull gray to me I fear it grows grayer as the time comes for it to turn black, It is nothing much but every thing [[?]] me & hurts me and my

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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 6

BibID 991840698805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 2789px × 3420px 54.61 MB

File Created 10/28/2020

Filename 991840698805867_midwest_ms_parton_box_001_fl_006_006_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL15HCE

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