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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 [page torn on left; hole in the middle; badly stained]and there are lots of good people here. Still there are some there. How I would like to come to S F. if I could only get my mind adjusted to it Then I would like tosee Older & Sarah & Mr Wood & many others. Well may be I will - I really want to. Say Mary I have been wondering if our friend Tom OConner couldnt dotorn, creased paper He should be hole in paper there is no excuse for holding him longer hole in paper line if he cnt standing indictments at L.A. was dismissed which was long ago promised & should be done. I wish you would get him to go over & see J.B. & J.P. & see if he could do something. I will manage to raise some money for him if he can & any howpay him myself for going over. I would like to help them. let me know. I am sorry you wrote me about the "Funny friends" I was going to send it to youit is a peach. Or rather describes the twelve year old girl part or any other girl part. It is too clever. I am still writing like the devil snatching people out of the clutches of the law, whose only

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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 × 4750px 103.70 MB

File Created 10/28/2020

Filename 991840698805867_midwest_ms_parton_box_001_fl_008_003_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL15HDX

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