Trivia
- He published a racist tract, The Mexican Problem in 1917, juxtaposing the economic potential of Mexico's resources against his belief in the racial inferiority of the Mexican people.
- He helped endow the Clarke School for the Deaf with two million dollars, and proposed naming it the Coolidge Trust after President Calvin Coolidge and his wife Grace. (Roberts 225)
- He was sued for defamation for $100,000 by Princess Margaret Ghika of Romania in April 1927, who said he called her a spy at a dinner. The suit was dismissed.
- Clarence W. Barron's former Boston mansion is located at 334 Beacon Street, on the banks of the Charles River. The property was converted into condominiums in the 1980s. Since 2007 a portrait of Clarence W. Barron has been prominently displayed on the parlor level of the former mansion.
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