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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 351 Collections and/or Records:

Photocopy of final typescript, 556 pages., printed on verso and rectos and bound in cloth. Prepared for limited distribution to Knopf salesmen, with two pages of “key selling points” , May 1994

 Sub-subseries — Box 3, Folder: 5
Series Description From the Series:

Writings by McCarthy includes photocopies of drafts of Blood Meridian, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, The Road, The Stonemason, and The Gardener’s Son. The works are arranged into following subseries: Novels, Plays, and Screenplays.

Dates: May 1994
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings by Cormac McCarthy / The Crossing

Photocopy of final typescript, 556 pp., loose sheets printed on rectos only. Prepared for limited distribution to Knopf salesmen, with two pages of “key selling points.” , May 1994.

 Sub-subseries
Series Description From the Series:

Writings by McCarthy includes photocopies of drafts of Blood Meridian, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, The Road, The Stonemason, and The Gardener’s Son. The works are arranged into following subseries: Novels, Plays, and Screenplays.

Dates: May 1994.
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings by Cormac McCarthy / The Crossing

Photocopy of page proofs, 291 pages, March 5, 1998

 File — Box 3, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series:

Writings by McCarthy includes photocopies of drafts of Blood Meridian, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, The Road, The Stonemason, and The Gardener’s Son. The works are arranged into following subseries: Novels, Plays, and Screenplays.

Dates: March 5, 1998
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings by Cormac McCarthy / Cities of the Plain

Photocopy of page proofs, 513 pp. complete, printed on rectos only. Preceded by 3 information pp, the first “Cormac McCarthy June” in green felt pen. The second, title page, “Volume Two of The Border” reproduced holograph. The third, the copyright page with “2nd of 3 book contract untitled” with holograph note re the material published in Esquire and a note indicating to whom copies of this typescript should be sent, January 21, 1994. This is a proof for Knopf salesmen.

 Sub-subseries
Series Description From the Series:

Writings by McCarthy includes photocopies of drafts of Blood Meridian, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, The Road, The Stonemason, and The Gardener’s Son. The works are arranged into following subseries: Novels, Plays, and Screenplays.

Dates: circa 1994
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings by Cormac McCarthy / The Crossing

Photocopy of page proofs ready for book printing with line numbering on left side of each page. Loose sheets, 421 pp., printed on rectos only, March 21, 1994. Printed note: “This pass was done in the ‘Rough Page’ format as requested. Please be advised that standard paging specifications such as window, number lines of the of the last page of a chapter are purposely ignored…” Holograph inscription, “Sent to me for review by McCarthy’s editor Gary Fisketjon, Michael Mewshaw.”

 Sub-subseries
Series Description From the Series:

Writings by McCarthy includes photocopies of drafts of Blood Meridian, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, The Road, The Stonemason, and The Gardener’s Son. The works are arranged into following subseries: Novels, Plays, and Screenplays.

Dates: circa 1994
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings by Cormac McCarthy / The Crossing

Photocopy of shooting script, 140 pp. Accompanied by the envelope addressed by the author , December 21, 1978

 File — Box 4, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series:

Writings by McCarthy includes photocopies of drafts of Blood Meridian, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, The Road, The Stonemason, and The Gardener’s Son. The works are arranged into following subseries: Novels, Plays, and Screenplays.

Dates: December 21, 1978
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings by Cormac McCarthy / The Gardener’s Son

Photocopy of the original typescript reproducing holograph corrections that appeared in the original. 468 pp, annotated at bottom right of epilogue page, “Cuidad de Chihuahua December 1982” and “Oct 83 revision” on top left of same. Holograph inscription on the title page: “For Howard with all best wishes Cormac McCarthy.”

 Sub-subseries
Series Description From the Series:

Writings by McCarthy includes photocopies of drafts of Blood Meridian, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, The Road, The Stonemason, and The Gardener’s Son. The works are arranged into following subseries: Novels, Plays, and Screenplays.

Dates: 1982 - 1983
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings by Cormac McCarthy / Blood Meridian

Photocopy of typescript, 107 pp., including cover sheet and title page plus pages 2a and 85a and b. Agent’s stamp is on cover sheet. Holograph inscription on title page “For Howard All the best Cormac.” The Ecco Press edition is revised from this typescript. The holograph changes that appear in the typescript are mostly incorporated in the Ecco version and there are considerable other changes both in dialogue and in stage directions. Also includes 1 photocopy p. from Publishers Weekly, March 28, 1994 with note on Ecco Press publication.

 File — Box 4, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series:

Writings by McCarthy includes photocopies of drafts of Blood Meridian, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, The Road, The Stonemason, and The Gardener’s Son. The works are arranged into following subseries: Novels, Plays, and Screenplays.

Dates: circa 1994
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings by Cormac McCarthy / The Stonemason: A Play in Five Acts

Photocopy of typescript, 231 pp., printed on verso and rectos and bound in cloth. [Error: includes title Knopf information sheet for From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map by Edward W. Said.]

 File — Box 4, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series:

Writings by McCarthy includes photocopies of drafts of Blood Meridian, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, The Road, The Stonemason, and The Gardener’s Son. The works are arranged into following subseries: Novels, Plays, and Screenplays.

Dates: undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings by Cormac McCarthy / The Road

“Postscript” for unused addition to manuscript. Handwritten. “Texas Premier Humorists: A Chronicle, 1836-2000”

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series: The second series, Manuscript, contains notes related to Schultz’s unpublished book, “Texas laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.” It includes the original handwritten manuscript, revisions and drafts, drafts of a “postscript” that was not included in the final manuscript, and an incomplete index of the manuscript on note cards. Schultz completed his manuscript draft around 2000 when he first sent it to be reviewed for publication. This series also contains final revised...
Dates: 1995-2003
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-101, Clarence Schultz Texas Humor Collection / Manuscript

Postscript (second draft) but dropped from final manuscript

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: The second series, Manuscript, contains notes related to Schultz’s unpublished book, “Texas laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.” It includes the original handwritten manuscript, revisions and drafts, drafts of a “postscript” that was not included in the final manuscript, and an incomplete index of the manuscript on note cards. Schultz completed his manuscript draft around 2000 when he first sent it to be reviewed for publication. This series also contains final revised...
Dates: 1995-2003
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-101, Clarence Schultz Texas Humor Collection / Manuscript

Press packet for All the Pretty Horses. Includes a 5” x 7” b/w photograph of McCarthy

 Item — Box 5, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series:

Writings about McCarthy comprises reviews and articles about McCarthy from Esquire, The New Yorker, Southern Literary Journal, Texas Monthly, and other publications. The writings are arranged alphabetically by author. Also included are a number off clippings files about McCarthy and a small collection of ephemera such as publishers catalogs, flyers, and press packets.

Dates: 1993-2000, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings about Cormac McCarthy / McCarthy Ephemera

Privratsky, Kenneth L. “The New McCarthyism: Collecting Cormac McCarthy” in Firsts, pages 24-28, April 1993

 File — Box 4, Folder: 10
Series Description From the Series:

Writings about McCarthy comprises reviews and articles about McCarthy from Esquire, The New Yorker, Southern Literary Journal, Texas Monthly, and other publications. The writings are arranged alphabetically by author. Also included are a number off clippings files about McCarthy and a small collection of ephemera such as publishers catalogs, flyers, and press packets.

Dates: Publication: April 1993
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings about Cormac McCarthy

“Proceedings of the First European Conference on Cormac McCarthy”, June 1998

 Item — Box 5, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series:

Writings about McCarthy comprises reviews and articles about McCarthy from Esquire, The New Yorker, Southern Literary Journal, Texas Monthly, and other publications. The writings are arranged alphabetically by author. Also included are a number off clippings files about McCarthy and a small collection of ephemera such as publishers catalogs, flyers, and press packets.

Dates: June 1998
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings about Cormac McCarthy / McCarthy Ephemera

Publishers catalogs, undated

 File — Box 5, Folder: 5
Series Description From the Series:

Writings about McCarthy comprises reviews and articles about McCarthy from Esquire, The New Yorker, Southern Literary Journal, Texas Monthly, and other publications. The writings are arranged alphabetically by author. Also included are a number off clippings files about McCarthy and a small collection of ephemera such as publishers catalogs, flyers, and press packets.

Dates: undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-092, Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy / Writings about Cormac McCarthy / Clipping Files

Receipt from Archer City Booked Up, October 20, 1997

 File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: October 20, 1997
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-145, Ralph Sipper Collection of Larry McMurtry

Research notebook 48

 Item — Box 9, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series:

This series consists of 48 notebooks containing various articles related to Schultz’s research for his manuscript, and an index of the research notebook articles on note cards. The distinction “RN” on note cards corresponds to the research notebooks, and some note cards refer to books within the collection. Schultz collected articles for his research notebooks from 1995 until 2000, and the notebooks were bound as he collected the articles.

Dates: 1995-2000
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-101, Clarence Schultz Texas Humor Collection / Research Notebooks

Research Notebooks, 1995-2000

 Series
Series Description

This series consists of 48 notebooks containing various articles related to Schultz’s research for his manuscript, and an index of the research notebook articles on note cards. The distinction “RN” on note cards corresponds to the research notebooks, and some note cards refer to books within the collection. Schultz collected articles for his research notebooks from 1995 until 2000, and the notebooks were bound as he collected the articles.

Dates: 1995-2000
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-101, Clarence Schultz Texas Humor Collection

Research notebooks 1-6

 Item — Box 1
Series Description From the Series:

This series consists of 48 notebooks containing various articles related to Schultz’s research for his manuscript, and an index of the research notebook articles on note cards. The distinction “RN” on note cards corresponds to the research notebooks, and some note cards refer to books within the collection. Schultz collected articles for his research notebooks from 1995 until 2000, and the notebooks were bound as he collected the articles.

Dates: 1995-2000
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-101, Clarence Schultz Texas Humor Collection / Research Notebooks

Research notebooks 7-11

 Item — Box 2
Series Description From the Series:

This series consists of 48 notebooks containing various articles related to Schultz’s research for his manuscript, and an index of the research notebook articles on note cards. The distinction “RN” on note cards corresponds to the research notebooks, and some note cards refer to books within the collection. Schultz collected articles for his research notebooks from 1995 until 2000, and the notebooks were bound as he collected the articles.

Dates: 1995-2000
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-101, Clarence Schultz Texas Humor Collection / Research Notebooks