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Book collecting -- United States

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 351 Collections and/or Records:

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, May 19, 1988

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
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Passing along compliment from Bruce Chatwin. Also inquiring about selling his papers; is establishing a relationship with a university library that would be in position to purchase his archives. Advises to never throw anything away.

Dates: May 19, 1988
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, March 14, 1990

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
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Suggests bringing Dr. Thomas F. Staley, Director of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas to El Paso to meet McCarthy.

Dates: March 14, 1990
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, August 15, 1990

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
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Sending Paul Watkins novel; more about October trip possibility.

Dates: August 15, 1990
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, August 31, 1990

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
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Staley suggests October 15, 16, or 17.

Dates: August 31, 1990
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, January 15, 1992

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
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Thanking for proof copy of All the Pretty Horses; praises book. Will be in Austin for dinner for Elizabeth Hardwick, but won’t make it to El Paso.

Dates: January 15, 1992
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, April 21, 1992

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
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Asking about McCarthy signing copies of books; offers to broker deal for his papers with the HRHRC.

Dates: April 21, 1992
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, June 4, 1992

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
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Thanking for signed books. Inquires about scripts for The Stonemason and The Gardner’s Son.

Dates: June 4, 1992
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, September 11, 1992

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
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Inquiring about The Stonemason.

Dates: September 11, 1992
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, October 3, 1992

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
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Recently spent the day with Guy Davenport; went to The University of Tennessee library and found “Wake for Susan” and “A Drowning Incident” published in the Phoenix.

Dates: October 3, 1992
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, January 1, 1993

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
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Thanking for party and lunch; Suggests limited edition of The Stonemason.

Dates: January 1, 1993
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, March 10, 1993

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
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Thanking for Stonemason; sending check for $100; congratulations on National Book Critics Circle Award.

Dates: March 10, 1993
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, April 10, 1993

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
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Sending article in Firsts.

Dates: April 10, 1993
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, May 1, 1993

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
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Reporting on purchase of French editions during Paris trip.

Dates: May 1, 1993
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, February 6, 1995

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
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Regarding John Sheddan and McCarthy’s desire to purchase back letters he’d sent to Sheddan. Corresponding note (TMs, 1 p.) from Woolmer about his dealings with Sheddan.

Dates: February 6, 1995
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, December 24, 1985

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 5
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Thanks for Blood Meridian cover. Working on checklist of Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press.

Dates: December 24, 1985
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1 page, annotated, November 21, 1993

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
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More about collecting foreign editions; asking to publish limited edition of The Stonemason.

Dates: November 21, 1993
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy, 1989, April 27, 1989

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
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Shocked over Chatwin’s death; discusses Henry Miller and Saul Bellow manuscripts sales; advises not to give away his papers.

Dates: April 27, 1989
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Photocopy with holograph addition, 1 page, November 20, 1985

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 5
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Curtis’ The North American Indian valued at about $50,000. Advises about what attorney should look for; offers to help auction it.

Dates: November 20, 1985
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Printout, 1 page, December 22, 2005

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 9
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Sending book for signature; working on Irish Theatre Collection for Princeton.

Dates: December 22, 2005
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence

Woolmer to McCarthy. Printout, 1 page, January 25, 2006

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 9
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Thanking for inscribing No Country for Old Men; is reading Blood Meridian again.

Dates: January 25, 2006
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Correspondence