Clarence S. Darrow Interview, Correspondence, and Papers, 1877-1937 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

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This transcript of an interview with Clarence S. Darrow was conducted by Agnes Wright Dennis of the Illinois Historical Survey in 1918. Having been a law partner of John P. Altgeld, Darrow discusses the Haymarket anarchist trial and pardon, and Altgeld's work as a Democratic governor.

In addition, there is a microfilm reel containing correspondence between Darrow and George Murphy, Frank Murphy, and Moses L. Walker; letters by Ruby A. Darrow; letters concerning a speaking engagement at the University of Michigan in 1911; and a newspaper article concerning the Wishart-Darrow debate, held in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1928.