Farrell, James T. Papers 1930-1948

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Farrell, James T. Papers 1930-1948

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James T. Farrell, writer, literary critic. The bulk of the James T. Farrell Papers is made up of periodicals to which Farrell contributed from the early 1930's to the late 1940's. The collection also contains an exchange of letters between Farrell and Clarence Darrow, a copy of one of the final letters of Theodore Dreiser, political pamphlets, a record of Farrell's difficulties with censors, and transcripts of some of Farrell's radio appearances.

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Darrow, Clarence S. (Clarence Seward), 1857-1938

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Clarence Seward Darrow, prominent Chicago trial lawyer, was born in Kinsman, Ohio on April 18, 1857. He attended Allegheny College, after which he studied one year at the University of Michigan Law School. He then worked as a lawyer in Youngstown, and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1878. He practiced in Ohio for nine years, before moving to Chicago, where he practiced privately before being appointed assistant corporation counsel for the City of Chicago. For four years he served as Chi...

Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979

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James T. Farrell (1904-1979) was an Irish-American novelist, short story writer, journalist, travel writer, poet, and literary critic. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he attended the University of Chicago and published his first short story in 1929. He is best known for his Studs Lonigan trilogy and for his A note on Literary Criticism, in which he described two types of the American Marxist character. From the guide to the James T. Farrell Collection, 1953-1961, (Special Colle...