Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Clarence Darrow papers, 1894-1941
Personal name
Main title
- Clarence Darrow papers, 1894-1941 (bulk 1910-1935).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008099
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008099.3
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Description
- 15,000 items.
- 25 containers plus 3 oversize.
- 10 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008099
Local shelving no.
- 0635X
- Oversize 0115G
- Oversize 5:20
Related names
Biography/History note
- Author, lecturer, lawyer, and reformer.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in eight series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1902-1938; Series 2: Subject File, 1900-1935; Series 3: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1898-1935; Series 4: Biography File, 1938-1941; Series 5: Printed Matter, 1894-1940; Series 6: Clippings, 1901-1941; Series 7: Miscellany, 1917-1934; and Series 8: Oversize, 1902-1936.
Summary
- Correspondence, writings, legal records, and other papers. The bulk of the papers are correspondence, notes and printed matter collected by Irving Stone while writing a biography of Darrow and relate primarily to Darrow's literary activities and to his Chicago law practice. Subjects include capital punishment, evolution, John Thomas Scopes evolution trial, Joseph Conrad, labor, prohibition, religion, and the U.S. Anthracite Coal Strike Commission (1902). Correspondents include Ruby Darrow, Lillian Gish, Bolton Hall, Frank Harris, John Haynes Holmes, Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Richard A. Loeb, James B. McNamara, W. Somerset Maugham, Donald R. Richberg, Charles Edward Russell, Walter Francis White, and Brand Whitlock.
LC Subjects
- Darrow, Ruby, 1869-1957--Correspondence.
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
- Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993--Correspondence.
- Hall, Bolton, 1854-1938--Correspondence.
- Harris, Frank, 1856-1931--Correspondence.
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964--Correspondence.
- Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904-1971--Correspondence.
- Loeb, Richard A., 1905-1936--Correspondence.
- McNamara, James B. (James Barnabas), 1882-1941--Correspondence.
- Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965--Correspondence.
- Richberg, Donald R. (Donald Randall), 1881-1960--Correspondence.
- Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941--Correspondence.
- Scopes, John Thomas--Trials, litigation, etc.
- White, Walter, 1893-1955--Correspondence.
- Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934--Correspondence.
- United States. Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
- American literature.
- Anthracite Coal Strike, Pa., 1902.
- Capital punishment.
- Evolution (Biology)
- Labor laws and legislation.
- Practice of law--Illinois--Chicago.
- Prohibition.
- Religion.
- Social problems.
- Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Pennsylvania
- Authors.
- Lecturers.
- Lawyers.
- Reformers.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Leo Cherne and others, 1946-1982.
Constituent unit
LCCN
- mm 77017756
Other standard no.
- MSS17756
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Item Availability
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Oversize 0115G
- OV 2
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Oversize 5:20
- OV 1, OV 3
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