The university already has a collection of the author's personal papers, but the new purchase includes more revealing correspondence and other items.
The late author Cormac McCarthy wasn't born in Texas , but he lived in El Paso for part of his life and some of his novels — including ' Blood Meridian ' and 'No Country for Old Men' — are set in the Lone Star State.
Texas State University board OKs plan for satellite campus in Mexico The university's Wittliff Collections research center already has a McCarthy archive, having purchased the first papers in 2007. Up to now, the documents have largely consisted of manuscript papers, whereas the new purchase includes more revealing correspondence, said David Coleman, the center's director.
Buc-ee's could start work on San Marcos travel center in October, filing says Coleman noted that the latest purchase of McCarthy's papers will add to Texas State's reputation for specializing in 'southwestern' archive materials. The research center also has the papers of author Sandra Cisneros and the playwright Sam Shepard. The Wittliff's current archive has attracted more than 800 researchers from all 50 U.S.
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