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The Passenger” in itsunpublished form
There is no material relating to STELLA MARIS in this collection.
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Notes to Researchers
Columbia University houses the Random House Records which includes several folders relating to the publication of McCarthy's novels. https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079581
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Photocopy of corrected draft. No holograph corrections. 167 leaves.
Patron note: There are some ALL THE PRETTY HORSES pages in this draft (box 97, folder 2)
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Holograph and printout pages in folder marked “Sunset - useable has been typedout.” 44 leaves
Patron note: File contains a snippet from NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Box 95, folder 6)
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Typescript draft, unnumbered pages in folder marked “The Road – 1st draft.”Heavily corrected in pencil. 302 leaves.
Patron note: A page of this draft is from SUNSET LIMITED (26th leaf, "10" in upper right corner). There are also 5 leaves of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (about halfway into the manuscript)
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Spiral-bound notebook titled “West” with post-it note on cover marked “Cities.”14 holograph pages and 1 piece of note paper laid-in.
Patron note: Notes are likely related to BLOOD MERIDIAN
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Photocopy of corrected early draft typescript pages, no holograph corrections. 354leaves. Housed in 2 parts.
Patron note: The draft is labeled THE CROSSING but it is ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (box 56, folders 3 & 4)
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McCarthy to Albert Erskine, undated. Carbon with pencil annotations andcorrections, 3 pages.
The original sent version of this letter received by Erskine is in the Albert Erskine Papers at The University of Virginia (box 29, folder 2). Slight variations, dated June 8, 1964
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McCarthy to Albert Erskine, undated. TL with pencil note on bottom left, 1 page.
The original sent version of this letter received by Erskine is in the Albert Erskine Papers at The University of Virginia (box 29, folder 3). Sight variations, dated March 31, 1964
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McCarthy to Larry Bensky, undated. TL, 1 p.
The original sent version of this letter received by Bensky is in the Albert Erskine Papers at The University of Virginia (box 29, folder 3). It is slightly different and is dated August 25, 1963.
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The University of Virginia Special Collections holds the papers of Albert Erskine, McCarthy’s editor fortwenty years. http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/viu03211.xml.frame
A Guide to the Papers of Albert Erskin: https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu03211.xml
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