Inventory of the John Sepich Papers, 1989-1991

Collection Number 4567-z

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Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Sepich, John, 1951-
Title
John Sepich Papers, 1989-1991
Call Number
4567-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 30

AbstractJohn Emil Sepich is a writer and scholar of the novelist Cormac McCarthy. Writings include Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy (1999).

The collection includes the Master's thesis of John Sepich called Notes on Blood Meridian (223 pages, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989), a commentary on Blood Meridian, or, The Evening Redness in the West (1985) by Cormac McCarthy; a letter, undated, from McCarthy to Sepich briefly commenting on Sepich's thesis; and three short letters, 20 November 1990 and 1 March and 19 August 1991, from Shelby Foote, also about Sepich's commentary. There are also letters from others about Sepich's research and other materials.


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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
This collection has restrictions to access. Please see details below or contact the Manuscripts Department for more information.
Usage Restrictions
RESTRICTED: Photocopying of the Cormac McCarthy and Shelby Foote letters prohibited.
CLOSED: Some materials are closed until 1 January 2023 or the death of Cormac McCarthy.
Acquisitions Information
Received from John Sepich of Chapel Hill, N.C., in August 1991, May 1992 (Acc. 92048), and June 1993 (Acc. 93107).
Processing Information
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, 1992-1993
Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, February 2007
Closed materials are A-4567(z)
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John Sepich Papers #4567-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Foote, Shelby.
Literature--Study and teaching--North Carolina.
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- Blood meridian, or, The Evening redness in the west.
Sepich, John, 1951-
Western stories.
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Related Collections

See also John Sepich papers in the Southwestern Writers Collection, Texas State University-San Marcos
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Biographical/Historical Note

John Emil Sepich is a writer and scholar of the novelist Cormac McCarthy. Writings include Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy (1999).

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Collection Overview

The collection includes the Master's thesis of John Sepich called "Notes on Blood Meridian" (223 pages, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989), a commentary on Blood Meridian, or, The Evening Redness in the West (1985) by Cormac McCarthy; a letter, undated, from McCarthy to Sepich briefly commenting on Sepich's thesis; and three short letters, 20 November 1990 and 1 March and 19 August 1991, from Shelby Foote, also about Sepich's commentary. There are also letters from others about Sepich's research and other materials.

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Items Separated

Closed materials (A-4567(z))
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Detailed Description of the Collection

Papers, 1989-1991.
About 30 items.
Folder 1
"Notes on Blood Meridian"; Cormac McCarthy letter; three Shelby Foote letters.
RESTRICTED: Photocopying of the Cormac McCarthy and Shelby Foote letters prohibited.
Folder 2-3
Other correspondence and related materials
Folder 4
Other materials (A-4567(z))
CLOSED: Closed until 1 January 2023 or the death of Cormac McCarthy.

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