John Sepich Papers: Notes on Blood Meridian

A revised and expanded edition of Notes on Blood Meridian was published by the University of Texas Press as part of the Southwestern Writers Collection/The Wittliff Collections Book Series in 2008.

* Note to Researchers 

The Southwestern Writers Collection/Wittliff Collections holds several additional McCarthy-related collections:

• The Cormac McCarthy Papers The comprehensive archive of Cormac McCarthy's personal papers.

• The Woolmer Collection of Cormac McCarthy, which consists of letters between McCarthy and bibliographer J. Howard Woolmer. The Woolmer Collection also includes 140 books and other published materials related to McCarthy. Many are signed and inscribed by the author

• The Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy Collection is comprised of drafts and proofs of essays by various authors on the works of Cormac McCarthy. The essays were edited by Edwin "Chip" Arnold and Dianne Luce and appeared in Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy, published in 1993.

• McCarthy's Drafts of two screenplays: "Whales and Men," and "Cities of the Plain," along with a typescript for McCarthy's stage play "The Stonemason." Donated by Cormac McCarthy and Bill and Sally Wittliff.

• Dale L. Walker Collection of Cormac McCarthy-related clippings, reviews, and photocopies.

Also of note: The University of Virginia Special Collections holds the papers of Albert Erskine, McCarthy's editor for twenty years. http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/viu03211.xml.frame

John Sepich Papers: Notes on Blood Meridian

1989-1990

.25 linear feet

4 folders

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Note: Additional John Sepich papers have been received since this on-line inventory was compiled. Contact the archivist for the latest information on our holdings.

Acquisition: Gifts donated by John Emil Sepich, 1990 and 1992.

Research access by appointment only.

Processed by: Amanda Oates, 1999.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

John Emil Sepich is a writer and scholar of the novelist Cormac McCarthy.

BOOKS PUBLISHED

Notes on Blood Meridian. Cormac McCarthy Society: 1993.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

This collection is comprised of two works of commentary by John Emil Sepich which focus on the novel, Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy. Sepich published Notes on Blood Meridian in October, 1993.

Also included are two 1990 letters from Sepich to Bill Wittliff, regarding the donation of this material to the Southwestern Writers Collection.

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