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Box 36

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Typescript, early draft. Heavily corrected in pencil. Includes a map of Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico, with towns circled in blue ink and a hand drawn map of the US Northwest Territories on the reverse. Also includes a portion of manila folder with holograph notes tracking typing progress. (525 leaves). Irregular pagination , undated

 File — Box: 36, Folder: 1
Pagination [map]; [title page]; [acknowledgements]; [quotes]; 1-43; 43a; 44-61; 61a; 62-78; 78a; 79-81; 81a; 82-119; 119a; 120-163; 163a; 164-166; 167a; 168-169; 1 (170); 2-25; 25a; 25b; 26-35; 35a; 36-41; 41-44; 44a; 45-48; 49a; 49-56; 56a; 57-63; 63-72; 72a; 73-92; [no #]; 93-114; 114x; 115-117; 117x; 118; [no #]; 119-127; 127a; 128-141; 141a; 142-143; 143a; 143b; 144-148; (149); 149-151; 151a; 152-168; 168a; 169-176; (177); 177-182; 182a; 183-198; (199); 199-203; (204); 204-226; 226a; 227; (228);...
Dates: undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-091, Cormac McCarthy Papers / Blood Meridian / Drafts

Part 1 of 3 numbered 1-112 (107 leaves). Irregular pagination

 File — Box: 36, Folder: 2
Pagination

1-31; 34-89; 91-100; 103-112

Dates: undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-091, Cormac McCarthy Papers / Blood Meridian / Drafts / Photocopy incorporating pages from drafts in box 35, folder 9 and box 36, folder 1. Pencil page numbering and corrections on pages 170-185c; otherwise clean. 471 pages (459 leaves) housed in 3 parts

Part 2 of 3 numbered 113-349. (221 leaves). Irregular pagination

 File — Box: 36, Folder: 3
Pagination

113-115; 118-126; 135-138; 147; [no #]; 139-169; 169a; 170-185; 185a; 185b; 185c; 186-198; 198a; 199-268; 271-273; 275-276; 278-290; [2 no #]; 291-317; [no #]; 322-345; 345a; 346-347; 347a; 348-349.

Dates: undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-091, Cormac McCarthy Papers / Blood Meridian / Drafts / Photocopy incorporating pages from drafts in box 35, folder 9 and box 36, folder 1. Pencil page numbering and corrections on pages 170-185c; otherwise clean. 471 pages (459 leaves) housed in 3 parts

Part 3 of 3 numbered 350-471 (131 leaves). Irregular pagination

 File — Box: 36, Folder: 4
Pagination

350-375; 213d/214a; 376-378; [no #]; 380-389; [no #]; 390-417; 417a; 418-419; 419a; 420-435; EW-1 to EW-2; LA1; LA-3; EW-3 to EW-8; 444?; 445?; 446-453; [no #]; 454-464; 464-465; A-5 and A-6; 466-471.

Dates: undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-091, Cormac McCarthy Papers / Blood Meridian / Drafts / Photocopy incorporating pages from drafts in box 35, folder 9 and box 36, folder 1. Pencil page numbering and corrections on pages 170-185c; otherwise clean. 471 pages (459 leaves) housed in 3 parts