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(right) Connie Todd, ¡Saludos! and drove straight south, hung a left when we were out of THE ACQUISITION OF the Cormac the National Board of Review, and in (left) Book jacket photo 2008, Ave Bonar Last December, I traveled to the snow, and headed back to San Marcos, arriving around by Marion Ettlinger, McCarthy Papers by the Southwestern February it garnered four Oscars, All the Pretty Horses, Santa Fe with staffers Steve Davis, one in the morning to offload at the library. Although road Writers Collection resulted from years including Best Adapted Screenplay Knopf, 1992 OUR VISITORS Beverly Fondren and Katie weary, we were euphoric, feeling the import of the trip—so of ongoing conversations between (by the Coens) and Best Picture. (below) First step in the ARE SAYING... Salzmann to retrieve perhaps the pleasant and personal but filled with deep resonance for the McCarthy and Bill Wittliff, with the McCarthy’s literary papers docu- processing: Lead Archivist Katie Salzmann unpack- Great inspiration for most sought after literary archive collections, for the university, and for McCarthy scholars all subsequent purchase being funded by ment his entire writing career. At the “writer’s block”— ing McCarthy’s bins in the country—the papers of over the world, many of whom are postponing books and a combination of individual and foun- core are correspondence, notes, hand- need to get Vaquero Cormac McCarthy. dissertations to wait for us to open this amazing archive, dation support raised specifically for written and typed drafts, setting and Goodbye to a We flew to Albuquerque, which we will do come fall. acquisitions by The Wittliff Collec- copies, and proofs of each of his 10 River. Thanks so rented two vans, drove to Santa And if this weren’t enough excitement, in February we much. Worth the tions and Texas State funds allocated novels, from The Road (2006) back to unexpectedly had the opportunity, through a trusted donor drive. —C.M., Fe, settled into our hotel, and for library collection development. The Orchard Keeper (1965); also Fairlawn, OH went out for a late lunch…where- and collector, to purchase 20 rare, vintage press prints by upon it began to snow, icing on Tina Modotti and Edward Weston, storied names in the his- YOUR HELP Having an opportu- the cake of an already sweet trip. tory of photography, Mexican photography in particular. IS NEEDED nity to read the manu- southwestern writers collection acquires complete archives of They were made for Anita Brenner’s 1929 book Idols Behind We ask all who share a scripts I did compares Santa Fe was a vision, snow falling on the pine trees in the commitment to pre- with the other highlights Plaza and on the holiday luminarias along the adobe Altars, and each one is an elegant little piece of history. They serve the cultural her- in my life, such as the rooflines. Cormac invited us to breakfast the day we were to are truly a magnificent addition to the collections. itage of our region and birth of my children, pick up his papers, but the snow and ice Speaking of magnificent additions—in CORMAC McCARTHY all who enjoy our exhi- meeting my wife, and my made the road to his house suspect—to June, construction begins on a long- bitions and public pro- bypass surgery. Well, me at least, unaccustomed as I am to awaited new gallery and event space, to In order to maintain the integrity of included is the draft of an unfinished which predates the novel by 14 years; gramming, to invest in maybe not those three such conditions and feeling responsible be completed by October/November, the papers, the SWWC has contracted novel. Additionally, the archive con- and an unpublished script, “Whales The Wittliff Collections. but easily with all 19 for the staff. So, we erred on the side of enabling us to present more than one right of first refusal to purchase all tains similar materials related to his and Men” (n.d.), all donated by Your support is essen- times I saw the [Grate- caution and waited for the snow to melt photo exhibit at a time and larger images tial if we are to contin- ful] Dead. —R.C., future materials relating to work by work on the 1994 play, The Stone- McCarthy and Bill Wittliff. a bit. I hadn’t seen Cormac in years, and as well. Additionally, the work will ue growing these world- Mineral Wells, TX the author, who is in the process of mason, as well as four screenplays, In July of 2006, the SWWC pur- he made coffee for us when we arrived encompass a new entrance to the collec- writing three new novels. including “No Country for Old Men,” chased from book collector and bibli- class repositories. The Lots of detail, great pho- and we sat in his living room and talked tions, new office space, and the new McCarthy’s body of work includes which McCarthy began as a script in ographer J. Howard Woolmer an impact of the Cormac tography. Like my wife McCarthy archive—on for an hour or so. Wonderful talk. Then Cormac McCarthy Reading Room. Time some of the finest novels of our times. 1984 then adapted as a novel 20 years excellent subset of McCarthy materi- said, ‘Before Hi Def, there # the substance and repu- we all worked together, hauling his for a Happy Dance. —Connie Todd Of Blood Meridian (1985), critic later (see p. 15). There are also over als spanning 1969–2005, featuring was Bill Wittliff.’ tation of the collections Rubbermaid bins out to the vans and —E.T., Buda, TX (left) Our Lord of the Tree, circa 1926 Harold Bloom states, “The fulfilled 100 letters between McCarthy and and the university—is loading them up. We said our goodbyes Edward Weston My grandson, Augustus renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Woolmer and 200 McCarthy books enormous. Not only Edward, was born Dying is augmented by Blood Merid- —including foreign language edi- does it elevate our pro- October 15, 2007 and is ian, since Cormac McCarthy is the tions and first editions of all his pub- file and attract major named after Augustus united under a new name To convey the composite nature of the collections, worthy disciple both of Melville and lished works—many signed and authors and artists, it from …. unite them under a common name, and acknowledge the of Faulkner. I venture that no other inscribed. Among the materials is a also raises the bar for Father Matthew graduat- THE WITTLIFF great and generous contributions of the founding living American novelist, not even photocopy of the original Blood purchasing new ed from Texas State, as donors—Bill and his wife Sally—the two counterparts Pynchon, has given us a book as Meridian typescript with holograph archives. A substantive acquisition fund is nec- did his uncle and grand- will now be known as THE WITTLIFF COLLECTIONS. strong and memorable….” corrections. father… maybe someday COLLECTIONS essary if we are to com- Where necessary, the names “Southwestern Writers In 1992, McCarthy won the Lead Archivist Katie Salzmann is Baby Gus will go to pete in today’s market WHEN THE SOUTHWESTERN Writers Collection was Collection” and “Southwestern & Mexican Photography National Book Award for his bestseller currently processing the McCarthy school there also! place for important lit- —S.C., Austin, TX founded at the University Library in 1986, its collecting Collection” will be used to refer to the two components of All the Pretty Horses, and in 2006 he Papers according to archival standards erary archives and pho- activities focused on the literature, film, and music of the The Wittliff Collections. We are in the process of chang- was given the Pulitzer Prize for his in the manner most effective for tographs, and make region. Several years later Bill Wittliff and Connie Todd ing all pertinent materials and documents. The former recent novel, The Road. The recipient research. The complete inventory them available to the began to collect photographs, and in 1996 the Wittliff term “Special Collections” is no longer being used to refer of numerous other awards, including (finding aid) of the contents will be public. Your gift directly Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography was for- to The Wittliff Collections, although for now all location a Rockefeller Foundation Grant, Gug- online, perhaps by early fall. supports the acquisi- mally christened at the . codes in the library catalog will remain the same. Book- genheim Fellowship, and MacArthur 250 pieces of professional correspon- A new Cormac McCarthy Room tion, preservation, and Although sharing facilities and operating as one mark our new web address and watch for updates on all our Fellowship (the so-called “genius” dence. will be built this summer at The exhibition activities of The Wittliff Collections. organization within the university, each collection contin- happenings: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu. # grant), McCarthy has been highly The new acquisition is comple- Wittliff Collections on the Alkek Please use the enclosed ued to function separately for the most part in terms of praised from the start of his career. mented by several related archives Library’s seventh floor and will be envelope to make a ON THE COVER archival activities, exhibitions, and public programming. In December, the recent movie by already held at the SWWC: signed equipped for exhibits and general difference in our future, The Revolution, mural But it became increasingly complicated to explain how TheWittliff Collections Joel and Ethan Coen based on typescript photocopies of the play, The research. Upcoming public events and today. Together, we can study by Alfaro Siqueiros, circa 1926, Tina Modotti each repository was separate, but not separate in terms of Southwestern Writers Collection McCarthy’s novel, No Country for Old Stonemason (1994); an unpublished a display of McCarthy materials are in keep the “spirit of / Edward Weston 2 Southwest focus, administration, and origin. Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection Men, was named best film of 2007 by script, “Cities of the Plain” (1984), the planning stages. # 3 place” alive. (this page, clockwise) MI PUEBLO Floreo de riata / Loop of PHOTOGRAPHS the Lasso, Virginia ON EXHIBIT Campos Olvera, age 16 The Wittliff Collections Los niños / The Children, will be exhibiting Alondra Nayeli Martínez Rosas, age 16 Mi pueblo: The Pozos Children’s Project from Sin tîtulo / Untitled, Juan José Sánchez April 4 through May 9, Ugalde, age 11 2008. Featuring over Los niños jugando / The 70 prints taken by the Children Playing, Mario children of Mineral de Guerrero Casas, age 11 Pozos, Guanajuato, (below) Mina Cinco Mexico, the show is Señores / Cinco Señores part of an artistic and Mine (panorama), educational outreach Fernanda Sánchez Ugalde, age 16 project directed by photographer Geoff (opposite) Pascuala en las calles de Pozos / Winningham and Pascuala in the Streets sponsored by The Jung of Pozos, Ana Karen Center in Houston. Campos Olvera, age 11 THE POZOS CHILDREN’S PROJECT Winningham, his wife, Mi pueblo printmaker Janice Freeman, and eight THE PREVAILING VIEW is that there are no prodigies in and now he was looking for his picture. Then, an unexpect- Rice University the visual arts.... Then I think of Juan José Sánchez Ugalde, ed thing happened. My dog, who had come to the mines students traveled to age eleven. I remember the day I walked with him and a few with us, came trotting through the picture Juan José was Pozos to teach local other kids through the Cinco Señores mine. I noticed that framing. It happened very quickly. Just as the dalmatian children basic photog- Juan José showed a kind of detached concentration as he passed in front of the camera, I heard the shutter click. raphy and darkroom skills. The children, photographed. I watched as he found something that The photograph that Juan José took that day (shown at OJOS PARA VOLAR mostly between nine intrigued him—a wall with a jagged shadow across it and a left) speaks for itself, as all good pictures do. Any artist—or IN MEXICO CITY and sixteen years old, & BUENOS AIRES window that looked out to a tree—and he began to study the child—can look at the picture and find pleasure, beauty, and were given plastic From December 6, scene through the viewfinder of his camera. But he didn’t mystery in it. But I wonder, each time I look at it, how an Holga cameras to pho- 2007 through March 9, take the picture. Instead, he took the camera from his eye eleven-year-old would even conceive of taking such a sur- tograph their surround- the Centro de la and surveyed everything in front of him. Then he put the prising picture. Perhaps Juan José learned from the many ings. They also learned Imagen in Mexico City camera to his eye again. Still, he didn’t take the picture. He hours he spent exploring his town and photographing with basic printmaking and exhibited Ojos Para took a step towards the window, then a step back, then he the Rice students. Or perhaps children don’t need to learn created monotype Volar / Eyes To Fly With, moved a bit to his left. It looked like he was carefully posi- such things, any more than they need to learn how to play. # prints as well as tradi- featuring photographs tioning the tree in the window. He had found his subject, —Geoff Winningham, Mi pueblo project director tional darkroom prints. by Graciela Iturbide The exhibit opened in from the Wittliff Houston as part of the Gallery book by the FotoFest celebration at same name. This travel- The Jung Center in ing exhibit has also March. The Wittliff is been requested for Los the first stop on their Encuentros Abierto— traveling tour. Festival de la Luz, the Argentinian photo- JOIN US APRIL 12 festival in Buenos Aires, The exhibit reception beginning in August is planned for 7:00 pm 2008. Plans are under- on Saturday, April 12, way to send the exhib- with a talk by GEOFF it—and our curator, WINNINGHAM. Please Connie Todd—to the RSVP to thewittliffcol- festival. It will be our [email protected] or first collaboration with (512) 245-2313. South America. 4 5 THE MOLLY IVINS LIBRARY on exhibit soon

(right, l to r) Co-editors OVER 200 MYSTERY fans turned LAST SPRING, MOLLY Ivins’s brother instance, in a passage describing (left) Molly Ivins, July Bill Cunningham, Andy generously donated Molly’s per- Napoleon’s anxiety about the death 1993, Alan Pogue Steven L. Davis, out at The Wittliff Collections on (below) John Graves set- Rollo K. Newsom, February 23 to celebrate the newest sonal library to the Southwestern of his father, Carlos, she comment- ting out on the Goodbye by Sylvia Newsom release in the Southwestern Writers Writers Collection. Since that time the ed “Wrong!” in addition to ques- to a River trip, 1957, (below, l to r) Collection Book Series, Lone Star inventory has been completed on all 80 tioning another passage, saying, “so snapshot by Jane Graves Author Rick Riordan, by from the John Graves Sleuths: An Anthology of Texas Crime boxes—the count of books and ephem- y [sic] is this relevant? And who is Austin Photography Papers at the SWWC Fiction. era stands at over 3,560. this idiot?” The time Molly spent Author/musician Jesse The exhibit of the Ivins library will living in France seems to have influ- Sublett playing original Mystery novelist and musician “acoustic noir” songs on run April 7 through July 7, 2008, show- enced her opinions on its history DOBIE-PAISANO stand-up bass and guitar, casing the wide divergence of materials and its leaders. FELLOWSHIP and author Mary Willis acquired by the writer either through The range of inscriptions is as CELEBRATES Walker, by Jayme 40 YEARS Blaschke personal purchases or as gifts from varied as her collection. Each one admirers and publishers. Highlights conveys the unique qualities that This year the Dobie- Paisano Fellowship LONE STAR SLEUTHS will include Molly’s personal notations endeared Molly Ivins to so many: celebrates its 40th and commentary as well as inscriptions # “For Molly Ivins—who gets to say Jesse Sublett performed an outstanding selection of his the Pine Curtain in Deep .” anniversary, commemo- by other authors showing the admiration inspired by her # noir songs, and anthology co-editors Bill Cunningham, Lone Star Sleuths is the first major anthology to show- any *#@* thing she pleases” “For Molly—mooch all you rating the state’s pre- # Steven L. Davis, and Rollo K. Newsom signed copies of the case Texas mystery fiction, and it has received rave reviews ability to speak her mind and hold government accountable, can, baby” “The truth may not make them free, but it can be mier artist-in-residence # book, published by the University of Texas Press. across the state. Davis explained that the book is about while still retaining her sense of humor. Visitors to the damned annoying” “To Molly—who keeps George W. under program. A special ON THE ROAD # & ON THE WEB The three co-editors were joined by a dazzling lineup more than simply corralling talented writers. “The best exhibit will gain an understanding of who Ivins was and continuous (and needed) surveillance” “Dear Molly: I have event at Paisano— of 15 Texas mystery writers, all of whom are featured in mystery novelists in Texas do a great job of scene-setting, how she impacted others. always considered you a formidable and indestructible presence. J. Frank Dobie’s former The Wittliff has multi- Molly had her own method of marking or notating what The Red Queen has picked on the wrong sailor in this saloon. ranch outside Austin— ple exhibits traveling Lone Star Sleuths: Susan Wittig Albert, Neal Barrett, Jr., at giving us a ‘sense of place’ in their fiction. We hope the interested her. She would bracket specific phrases, check or May you be blessed with a quick victory.” # on Saturday, March 8 this spring and summer. Paula Boyd, Susan Rogers Cooper, Bill Crider, A.W. Gray, anthology not only introduces readers to good writers, but brought together many Animalerie by Jayne Rolando Hinojosa, Joe Lansdale, David L. Lindsey, Ben that it also provides an entertaining and enduring portrait underline certain passages, and use triple exclamation —Karen Sigler of the previous fellow- Hinds Bidaut was at the Rehder, Rick Riordan, Jim Sanderson, Jesse Sublett, Doug of life in modern Texas.” points with comments when something struck a chord. For Catalog Librarian, The Wittliff Collections ship holders. Jointly Ellen Noel Art Museum Swanson, and Mary Willis Walker. Music was also provid- Fans and writers clearly enjoyed the camaraderie dur- managed by the Texas in Odessa, Texas ed by Kasey Lansdale (Joe’s daughter) and the Daletones. ing the Lone Star Sleuths event as people engaged in ani- Institute of Letters and January 9 to March 9. Fans circulated around the room, getting Lone Star mated conversations and soaked up the live music. “It was TEXAS RIVERS ARE environmental wonderlands, sustain- the University of Texas, Twelve of Kate Breakey’s Sleuths signed by all the writers and co-editors, thus turn- a really nice event,” Cunningham said. “The turnout was ing life and nourishing the human spirit on their journeys to the fellowship provides Small Deaths images are ing their personal copies into instant collector’s items. terrific, and it just goes to show that there’s a huge base of the Gulf of Mexico. From the sheer canyons of the Big Bend recipients with a six- on display at the Books by all the participating authors were also on sale at mystery fans in Texas who want to meet their favorite writ- to the fecund swamplands of the Big Thicket, Texas rivers month stay at Paisano. Colorado University Art rivers The program has the event. ers and are eager to discover new ones.” are as diverse as the state itself. Generations of writers and Museum in Boulder of nurtured many of the until May 22. Three of Bill Cunningham, in his opening remarks, told the Several of the writers expressed appreciation to the photographers have chronicled the state’s waterways, most state’s best-known writ- our Bob Wade images audience that Lone Star Sleuths is akin to a literary wine- Southwestern Writers Collection. Among them was novel- notably John Graves in Goodbye to a River. The text for this ers and artists in their are included in Daddy- tasting. “We have samples of many different writers, work- ist Ben Rehder, who said, “Thanks for putting together year’s Common Experience at Texas State, Graves’s book is early years, including O’s Texas Tales: Selected ing in many different styles, be it David Lindsey’s mean such a well-organized and well-attended event. My wife also central to the current exhibition, Rivers of Texas. Additional archives texashighlight Texas rivers through the several who have Works by Bob Wade at streets of Houston, Susan Wittig Albert’s Hill Country and I had a great time visiting with the other authors and Steve Davis, the Southwestern Writers Collection Asst. eyes of writers Gary Cartwright, Elizabeth Crook, Robert archives and photo- the Museum of the # hamlet of Pecan Springs, or Joe Lansdale’s world behind meeting new readers. Well done!” Curator, transformed the exhibit space into Texas landscape. Flynn, Stephen Harrigan, Joe R. Lansdale, Beverly Lowry, Joe graphs housed in The Southwest in Midland, Each case, backed with a full-color photograph, is a window Nick Patoski, Jan Reid, and Edwin “Bud” Shrake. The rivers Wittliff Collections: Jim Texas from April 4 onto a specific river. Books, manuscripts, and artifacts high- featured include the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Devils, Bones, Gary Cartwright, through June 1. light writers’ responses to the waterways and the lands just Guadalupe, San Marcos, Colorado, Brazos, Trinity, Red, Dagoberto Gilb, In June 2007, Pedro beyond their banks. Viewers learn which is considered “the Neches, and Sabine. Playing continuously throughout the Stephen Harrigan, Alan Meyer, Director of meanest river,” and which is considered “the perfect river.” exhibit is the PBS documentary, “The River of Innocence,” Pogue, Jan Reid, Pat zonezero.com, requested Among the exhibit items is the canoe paddle Graves used on about the San Marcos River. Fine-art prints from the South- Ellis Taylor (Pat Little- an online exhibit of La Dog), and R.G. Vliet. his 1957 trip down the Brazos River, his original snapshots western & Mexican Photography Collection complement Vida Brinca by Bill The collections, which from the journey, and a limited-edition broadside by Barbara the literary materials, with river shots by Keith Carter, James Wittliff. Iliana Ulloa is also hold archives by Mathews Whitehead commemorating Goodbye to a River. Evans, Rocky Schenck, and Will van Overbeek, plus a the designer and web- J. Frank Dobie himself, master for the project. Rivers of Texas also features Pulitzer Prize-winning Dennis Fagan print on loan. salute the Dobie- Bill’s tragaluz images writer Cormac McCarthy, marking the first public viewing A Rivers of Texas reading guide lists over 60 books and Paisano Fellowship for will soon be on zoneze- from his archives, recently acquired by The Wittliff Collec- articles for anyone interested in continuing their explo- keeping Dobie’s legacy ro.com and also linked tions. McCarthy’s 2005 novel, No Country for Old Men, is set rations. A take-away for visitors, the reading guide is also alive by encouraging from our website. in part along the Rio Grande, and a page from one of online—go to http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu and new generations of Watch for it online! 6 McCarthy’s original manuscripts is on display. click on Southwestern Writers Collection. # 7 writers and artists. ROCKY SCHENCK Artist and visionary, Rocky Schenck grew up in Dripping Springs, Texas, deeply influ- enced by the romantic landscape paintings and portraiture of his great- great grandfather Hermann Lungkwitz (1813-1891) and great- great uncle Richard Petri (1824-1857). Rocky studied painting as a child and was also interested in making films at an early age. He is a self-taught photographer, honing his skills on his own production sets. After a few semesters in col- lege, he decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of filmmaking. In the years since, he has become a sought-after music video director and fine-art photogra- pher. Schenck was recently nominated for the CMT Country Music Awards Best Video Director of the Year, and his photogra- phy is represented in major galleries and col- lections across the country. His first mono- graph, Rocky Schenck: Photographs, is part of the Wittliff Gallery Book Series (UT Press, 2004). With over 130 Schenck photographs Family Reunion in its archives, The 2003, Rocky Schenck Wittliff is the major collector of his work. writers on writing: JOE NICK PATOSKI

(below) Edwin “Bud” governor . JOE NICK PATOSKI—author, jour- of serious music journalism was a new (left) Joe Nick Patoski Shrake, 2000, Bill Wittliff by Wyatt McSpadden; Shrake’s literary colleagues have long admired his nalist, and longtime Southwestern concept, when Rolling Stone and Cream Patoski sits on the collec- writing talent. Legendary Harper’s magazine editor Willie Writers Collection donor—talks with treated music writing as an art form as tions’ Advisory Board Morris called Shrake’s essay “Land of the Permanent our processing archivist, Joel Minor, much as the music. I got to write for both The 2001 photo by Annie HECHO EN TEJAS Wave” one of the two best pieces Morris ever published about his biography of those magazines, and that set me on Leibovitz on the cover of An Epic Life: Willie IN DALLAS during his storied tenure at the magazine. High praise, and work as a chronicler of Texas cul- the path. I decided early on to write Nelson, due this April The Southwestern indeed, when one considers that Morris also published ture, music, and environment. about music in Texas, to focus on its from Little, Brown and Writers Collection Pulitzer Prize-winning authors such as Norman Mailer # How did Willie Nelson: An Epic regional peculiarities, figure out why Company, is part of the Southwestern & Mexican anthology of Texas and William Styron. Life come about? After 30-some-odd Texans were so good at making music. Photography Collection Mexican literature, years of writing about Texas and That led to an 18-year career writing for Hecho en Tejas, contin- Texans, I knew I had a Texas book in Texas Monthly about all kinds of Texas ues to draw crowds. THE FLOWERS BY capturing the me. I had a take on what Texas is, and subjects including travel, culture, water Contributors have trav- DAGOBERTO GILB who Texans are and why Texans are the issues, springs, and more recently the eled statewide, promot- The Wittliff Collections way they are. My agent suggested I do a land. I dig writing about Texas, so much ing the book at theaters, hosted Dagoberto Gilb book like that through the life of someone, like Willie Nelson. So of my motivation to write is driven by the desire to solve the rid- community centers, and TEXAS as he read from his new public schools in San I wrote a proposal and a few days later he called me and said I dle: how do we keep the wide open spaces of Texas wide open? novel, The Flowers, Marcos, Houston, had a deal. I really got started on the project by re-reading # Do you have a dream place or person you’d love to write published by Grove Fort Worth, San ZEITGEIST Willie’s autobiography, writing and with his encour- a book or an article about? What’s after Willie? I don’t have Press. The reading and Antonio, El Paso, and agement, spending two weeks at the Southwestern Writers a dream place or person. I’m living where I want to live, pretty book signing on the Rio Grande Valley. Collection reading his interview transcripts, looking for infor- much living my dream. I really enjoy what I do. I don’t know Tuesday, March 4, was On Saturday, May 3, EDWIN “BUD” SHRAKE mation that wasn’t in Willie’s book, especially from people who what’s next. I’m looking forward to talking about Willie for followed by a Q & A 2008, Dallas’s Latino have since passed away. Then I went to have coffee with Bud and awhile, and pick up some more stories. But there isn’t another session, and the event Cultural Center will In Land of the Permanent Wave, editor Steven L. Davis, ended up spending the whole afternoon talking about Willie, his Willie out there. So we’ll see. There’s a whole lot of places I want attracted many to hear host writers and musi- the award-winning Assistant Curator of the SWWC, brings together Shrake’s family, Austin, Fort Worth, music, hoodlums, and the peculiar- to explore. A sense of place is my guiding compass. I like the cos whose work appears author speak. Gilb THE BEST WORKS by one of Texas’s most influential best journalism, fiction, and film work while also drawing ities of Texas and the world in general. Bud is beyond great. feeling that I live somewhere that is like nowhere else. So I in the ground-breaking received the Texas Book writers take center stage in Land of the Permanent Wave: upon Shrake’s literary archives housed at The Wittliff # Your previous two biographies were about musical imagine whatever comes next will reflect that. # anthology from the Festival Bookend Award University of New An Edwin “Bud” Shrake Reader (UT Press, Southwestern Collections. Making innovative use of Shrake’s previously artists whose careers were still on the rise when their lives for Ongoing Literary Mexico Press. Edited Writers Collection Book Series), which not only presents unpublished correspondence, Land of the Permanent Wave were suddenly cut short. Did you approach writing about Achievement in 2007 by novelist Dagoberto the finest of Bud Shrake’s published writing but also pro- presents many of Shrake’s wise and witty letters, revealing a living legend differently? This was a much longer, richer, and is editor of Hecho Gilb, Hecho en Tejas vides a behind-the-scenes look at the famed raconteur’s the connections between his journalism and his novels, deeper life, in years and experience, to try to document, certain- en Tejas, the recent includes both well- extraordinary life. between his life and his art. ly compared to Stevie Vaughan or Selena. With Willie I had the Southwestern Writers known and new voices Shrake has written vividly about everything from the Shrake himself introduces many of the excerpts, and pleasure of taking a different tack. The ending is neither final or Collection anthology in journalism, fiction, early days of the Texas Republic to the making of the his literary compadre Larry L. King, a distinguished finite. At 75 he’s still out there on the road. He really and truly of Texas Mexican litera- poetry, memoir, and atomic bomb, but his real gift has been to capture the Harper’s veteran and a recipient of hundreds of funny let- loves traveling from town to town playing music. It’s his life. ture (see p. 10). A music. The Dallas event tenured professor in Texas Zeitgeist. One of his masterworks, Strange Peaches, ters from Bud Shrake, contributes the foreword. # What did you find most challenging to research and to will feature master the Creative Writing describes Dallas in the days leading up to the Kennedy Land of the Permanent Wave chronicles the life and work write an account for in the book? The subjects covered here, accordion player Program at Texas State, Assassination—during which time Shrake himself was of a legendary writer who continues to engage and influ- such as the local country music scene in Fort Worth in the Santiago Jimenez, Jr. Gilb has seen his work # and critically acclaimed dating ’s featured stripper, Jada. ence readers and writers nearly 60 years into his career. 1950s, don’t have much of a written history. You go to the Waco translated into French, alternative musician Shrake also covered a race riot in library and you try to do research on Waco honky-tonks, good Italian, Japanese, David Garza, as well as Mansfield, Texas, in the wake of the luck. As far as official Waco is concerned, except for city direc- German, Spanish, and award-winning authors, Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board deci- SATURDAY, APRIL 26 tories, phone books, and crisscross directories, these places Dutch. Other books by such as Gilb and Rolan- sion, he was present at the founding The Wittliff Collections will host a didn’t exist. The history of the underbelly that Willie emerged Gilb include The Last do Hinojosa. Honored of the Dallas Cowboys, he had a special evening with Bud Shrake, cel- from wasn’t recorded. And if you rely on oral accounts, the Known Residence of for their contributions memorable lunch with billionaire ebrating the new SWWC reader, Land tellings often don’t match up. So, especially when I was trying Mickey Acuña, Woodcuts to Texas literature at the H.L. Hunt, and he hit on Gina Lollo- of the Permanent Wave. The event to track his early days, I had to use a lot of judgment and detec- of Women, and Gritos: Texas Book Festival in Essays. His first pub- brigida in a New York bar, not know- begins with a reception at 6:00 pm; tive work to try and figure out what actually happened. 2007, both Gilb and lished collection of ing who she was. He collaborated program and book signing at 7:00 # In addition to popular music, you’re also known as a Hinojosa will read their short stories, The Magic with Willie Nelson on film, televi- pm. Admission is free and open to the writer about the environment. What draws you to those prose, share meaningful of Blood, won the PEN/ stories about Tejano sion, and a book, he co-founded public. Attendees, please RSVP to two subjects especially? Is there a similarity in their appeal Hemingway Award. history, and map a view “Mad Dog Productions” with Dennis (512) 245-2313 or email southwest- to you, or in how you go about writing about them? Music Gilb also serves on The of the future for Mexi- Hopper, and he was also the long- [email protected]. brought me to the dance. I couldn’t play an instrument well but Wittliff Collections can Americans in Texas. 10 time companion of former Texas I just loved music. I happened to start writing at a time the idea 11 Advisory Board. (right) Jim Dauterive and they hold dear and deal with every- chrome mahogany relief carving by Austin artist David Barbara Morgan take questions from the crowd thing that’s confronting them.” Jim Everett. The panorama, on display in the new Lonesome 21,000 quickly lightened the mood by qual- Dove room, depicts seven of the central characters riding and counting is the (middle) Students turned out in large numbers for ifying, “It’s not social studies class. through a fantastically imagined Rio Grande landscape of number of copies of King of the Hill night We want it to be funny; we want it to native flora and fauna. A Book of Photographs Photos: entertain you. But generally, you can Among the exhibit highlights (which are now perma- from Lonesome Dove Austin Photography find an issue and a way to deal with nently on display) were costumes worn by Robert Duvall, sold by the publisher, it in Hank’s eyes that makes it Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Anjelica Huston, Danny Austin’s UT Press, since a special evening with evening’s discussion, with Jim ex- funny.” Glover, and Robert Urich, the Hat Creek Cattle Company its release last October. EXPANDING Bill Wittliff took thou- GALLERY SPACE pressing his hope that the archives at The many questions from the sign, Deets’s grave marker, revision pages from Wittliff’s The Wittliff Collections, “will be an audience reflected wide interest in numerous script drafts, and the one-legged, muslin- sands of photographs The Wittliff Collections KING OF THE encouragement for anybody out the show, ranging from the humor- wrapped prop of Gus McCrae’s “mortal remains.” during the filming of will undergo a major there who wants to be a writer.” ous: “What’s the deal with Chuck Bill Wittliff, the award-winning screenwriter and Co- the CBS miniseries renovation this summer When asked about the genesis of Mangione?” and “Do the writers executive Producer of Lonesome Dove, shared memorable based on Larry to expand gallery space LONESOME McMurtry’s Pulitzer for the photography HILL the animated, Texas-centered show, enjoy making Peggy suffer?” to the moments from the filming, particularly stories of Tim collection. The renova- Jim said that it had initially been more reflective, such as one person’s Scott, the actor who played Pea Eye Parker. Tim died of Prize-winning novel— tion also includes a ON THE EVENING of November 10, pitched to him as: “Andy Griffith is question about what the show is DOVE cancer in 1995, and Bill dedicated the book of photo- more than one hundred new formal entrance to 2007, the sound of laughter filled The of the sepia-toned welcome visitors, the Wittliff Collections as a crowd of over photography book launch images appear in the relocation of the front two hundred and fifty listened in as book, which is tenth in office, and an enlarged King of the Hill writer and Co- draws a record crowd The Wittliff Collections reading room for re- Executive Producer, Jim Dauterive, photography series. searchers, to be named was interviewed by Austin Film OVER 600 GUESTS, including members of the Lonesome McMurtry provides the for author Cormac Festival founder, Barbara Morgan. Dove miniseries cast and crew, attended a record-setting foreword, the introduc- McCarthy. As part of Both Jim and Barbara serve on The event at The Wittliff Collections on Saturday, October 13. tion is by Stephen the new entrance, a Harrigan, and the after- hallway leading to the Wittliff Collections Advisory Board. The evening was a triple celebration, marking the offi- new exhibition space The event, sponsored by AT&T, cial launch of Bill Wittliff’s third monograph, A Book of word is by Wittliff him- will be built to display celebrated the premier exhibition of Photographs from Lonesome Dove, the opening reception for self. Thanks to Bill, the large objects. The the King of the Hill archives donated to the current exhibit of 60 of Wittliff’s photographs from the royalties from book expanded reading room the Southwestern Writers Collection miniseries, and the grand opening of the Lonesome Dove sales directly benefit will accommodate more through Dauterive’s efforts. back, and he’s pissed....That sort of telling the rest of the country about Collection Room (see p. 12). graphs to his good friend. After the program Wittliff and collection acquisitions. people, and the reloca- Jim talked about his childhood encapsulated the point of view of the Texas. Jim joked that he’d heard peo- Support for the event was provided by: Presenting Stephen Harrigan, who penned the book’s introduction, Signed copies are still tion of the front office aspirations for becoming a writer, his show all along—that there’s this tra- ple from Texas call it a documentary, Sponsors AT&T and Sunny and Shelton Smith; Gold signed autographs for a long queue of fans. available—see left. will provide better pre-Hollywood career working in ditional guy, a good man like Hank, but “Most commonly [I’ve heard], ‘I Sponsor H-E-B; Silver Sponsors Dan Bullock, J. Philip Over 350 copies were purchased during the evening, access for visitors and public relations and in advertising, and he represents so many people… know these people.’ And it’s not, ‘I Ferguson and Kathy O’Neil, and Sam and Rebecca Pfiester; bringing the total sold by The Wittliff Collections so far to minimize disturbances and his time in Los Angeles as a and the world is sort of changing and don’t like these people,’ or ‘I hate and Bronze Sponsor Chuck and Susan Bailey. over 1,450. The publisher, UT Press, reports the first edition for researchers. The warm longleaf pine struggling writer, but King of the Hill passing them by and their frustration these people.’ It’s ‘I know them.’ And Cast members on hand included: James McMurtry of 25,000 is almost sold out. Signed copies of A Book of # accents used in the cur- soon became the focus of the with it and trying to hang onto what ‘I know them; I am one of them.’” (Jimmy Rainey), the son of Lonesome Dove Pulitzer Prize- Photographs from Lonesome Dove are still available through rent spaces will be car- winning author Larry McMurtry; D.B. Sweeney (Dish The Wittliff Collections office. Call (512) 245-2313 to pur- ried throughout the Boggett); Barry Tubb (Jaspar Fant); Jerry Biggs (Roy Suggs); chase yours. # new areas. Construc- and Sonny Carl Davis (Bert Borum). (above) Bill Wittliff tion is slated to begin FROM THE CLASSIC hat of Gus Production Designer Cary White, telling a story about the June 1, with the begin- McCrae to the trail-dusted boots of Emmy-winning Costume Designer filming ning of October as the Woodrow Call, the newly opened Van Broughton Ramsey, Property (middle, l to r) Sonny target for completion. Carl Davis (who played Lonesome Dove Collection Room gives Master Eric Williams, and Produc- During renovation, the Bert Borum), Barry Tubb fans an up-close look at the materials tion Associate Connie Todd were reading room and (Jaspar Fant), and D.B. used in creating the Emmy-winning among the principal crew in atten- Sweeney (Dish Boggett) offices will continue to operate. Several miniseries. Props, set drawings, cos- dance. Art Director John Frick and (left) Wittliff and Stephen tumes and costume designs, produc- Set Dresser Barbara Haberecht were Harrigan (who also serves exhibits will be open as on our advisory board) well—please call ahead tion notes, photographs, and nostalgic also present. signing books for a long, of your visit for up-to- set pieces bring the film’s cattle drive Unveiled that evening was a spe- but patient line of fans date information. 12 alive in this permanent exhibit. # cially commissioned 32"x 80" poly- 13 Photos: Michael Murphy new ACQUISITIONS at the wittliff collections from the ARCHIVES of CORMAC McCARTHY

(middle) at the SOUTHWESTERN RICK RIORDAN’s archives received the addition of man- IN INTERVIEWS SUPPORTING the release of the Country as a screenplay in the 1980s before publishing it THE KEYSTONE Publicity shot of Townes uscripts for Big Red Tequila, The Widower’s Two-Step, and Academy Award-winning film, No Country for Old Men, in 2006 as a novel. The Cormac McCarthy Papers contain is published by Van Zandt taken by Tom WRITERS COLLECTION The Wittliff Collections Rebel Island. [Gift of Riordan] # Joel and Ethan Coen have joked that in adapting multiple drafts of both the screenplay and novel versions Erickson for Arista, from The SWWC currently comprises over 5,690 linear feet of at the Alkek Library, the Saviano Papers materials from authors, screenwriters, and songwriters. CORMAC McCARTHY’s novel for the screen, one of them of the gripping story. Below is the first page of an early - (below) Recent acquisitions listed below represent archives addi- at the SOUTHWESTERN simply held the book open while the other typed. Few draft of the novel that provides a rare glimpse into the San Marcos. Sábanas / Sheets, 1933, people know that McCarthy actually began writing No writing process of one of America’s greatest authors. # Manuel Álvarez Bravo tions from July through December 2007. Not listed are & MEXICAN PHOTOGRAPHY THE WITTLIFF the numerous gifts and purchases of books, magazines, COLLECTION COLLECTIONS films, CDs, and other supplementary materials. The suc- Holdings are over 14,450 photographs and 25,000 neg- Connie Todd, Curator cess of the Southwestern Writers Collection depends on atives. # NEW PURCHASES include: 20 vintage photo- Amy Cochran INSTRUCTING the generous support of our donors. Thank you! # The graphs by EDWARD WESTON / TINA MODOTTI, Administrative Asst. II ILLUMINATING CORMAC McCARTHY papers include the complete circa 1926 (see cover), commissioned by Anita Brenner Steve Davis INSPIRING Assistant Curator, writing archives for each of the Pulitzer Prize-winning for Idols Behind Altars in which many are published Writers Collection The Wittliff Collections # author’s works to date. Correspondence, typescripts, gal- (Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1929) Six photographs by Carla Ellard offer a dynamic archi- ley proofs, and notes provide a rare glimpse into new-to-the-collections artist LIZETH ARAUZ VELAS- Assistant Curator, val, exhibition, pro- McCarthy’s writing process. See right and p. 3 for more on CO from her Mirar hacia arriba (To Look Up) series # Photography Collection gramming, and research his archives. [Purchase from McCarthy] # The papers of Sábanas / Sheets, a vintage 1933 print by MANUEL Beverly Fondren environment designed # Development Officer to further the cultural TAMARA SAVIANO consist of research materials, ÁLVAREZ BRAVO (below) Two photographs by # Mary García newspaper clippings, newly collected artist KAYLYNN DEVENEY An over- Archives Assistant, LAIII press releases, and sized color print titled Queremos pastel by new-to-the- Michele Miller, Media public relations pho- collections artist FERNANDO MONTIEL KLINT. # Relations & Publications tos of Texas musi- NEW GIFTS include: a 16"x 20" print of Trailer Town, Joel Minor cians. The items were 1985, by AVE BONAR [Gift of Bonar] # An 11"x 14" Processing Archivist gathered for a project print of the Davis family by IRIS DAVIS {Gift of Iris Katie Salzmann Lead Archivist Saviano was research- Davis] # Two prints from KAYLYNN DEVENEY’s ing with singer-song- Return to Pie Town series [Gift of Deveney] # An TEXAS STATE writer Lee Roy archival Epson print, White Stallion, 2004, by new-to- Dr. Denise Trauth President Parnell. Of note is a the-collections artist ARTHUR MEYERSON [Gift of Dr. C. Van Wyatt, VP, Meyerson] # Cartel Doble by new-to-the-collections large selection of Information Technology artist TRISH SIMONITE [Gift of Connie Todd] # Five recorded interviews Joan Heath, Asst. VP, with artists Marcia prints from historic glass plate negatives printed by University Library Ball, Steve Earle, CHRISTOPHER BAILEY {Gift of Bailey] # Four tra- BOARD OF REGENTS legacy of our region’s galuz portraits—of Chuck Bowden, Robb Kendrick, Bud Steve Fromholz, Johnny Gimble, and Carolyn Bernie C. Francis literary and photo- Wonderland. [Gift of Saviano] # Production and screen- Shrake, and Antonio Turok—by BILL WITTLIFF, 47 Chairman, Carrollton graphic arts, and foster play materials for Raggedy Man, Red Headed Stranger, The photographs by KEITH CARTER, and 20 photo works Trisha S. Pollard “the spirit of place” in Cowboy Way and Barbarosa, as well as the (to date) un- by KATE BREAKEY [Gifts of Bill & Sally Wittliff] # Vice Chairman, Bellaire the wider world. produced A Night in Old Mexico written by BILL Dora G. Alcalá, Del Rio The Southwestern WITTLIFF. Also donated were Lonesome Dove Charlie Amato Writers Collection San Antonio items including a blue denim crew jacket, a acquires, preserves, and Peabody medal presented to Wittliff, and a script Ron Blatchley makes available literary Bryan / College Station bag—all for inclusion in the newly dedicated papers and artifacts John E. Dudley from the Southwest’s Lonesome Dove Collection Room. [Gift of Bill & Comanche leading writers, film- Sally Wittliff] # JOE NICK PATOSKI donated a Dionicio “Don” Flores makers, and musicians. variety of materials documenting his writing career El Paso The Southwestern & in music and on the environment. Included are Michael Truncale Mexican Photography CDs, LPs, music memorabilia, posters, and drafts Beaumont Collection focuses on and manuscripts of articles such as “Austin Poster Greg Wilkinson the Southwest and Dallas History” and “State Parks 2006.” [Gift of Patoski] # Mexico, and houses Magdalena Manzano The bulk of new additions to the LARRY L. KING one of the best archives Student Regent archives is correspondence documenting his wide Huntsville of modern and contemporary Mexican circle of professional and personal friendships. CHANCELLOR photography in the Notable correspondents include Bud Shrake, Celia Charles R. Matthews United States. 14 Morris, Bob Lanes, and others. [Gift of King] # 15 Austin Click the keystone logo to read our title’s story: FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UNLESS NOTED http://www.thewittliff exhibits & events CALENDAR ALKEK LIBRARY | 7TH FLOOR | TEXAS STATE collections.txstate.edu EDITORS Connie Todd Michele Miller exhibits events E-MAIL New! Expanded APRIL 4 – MAY 9 thewittliffcollections 26 EDWIN “BUD” Permanent Exhibit MI PUEBLO: THE POZOS april @txstate.edu SHRAKE A special evening THE LONESOME DOVE CHILDREN’S PROJECT 10 MARY GAITSKILL celebrating the author of the DESIGNER COLLECTION Props, cos- Over 70 photographs taken reads for the English Dept’s new SWWC reader, Land of Michele Miller tumes, set designs, scripts, by the children of Mineral de TKL/KAP Series. Book sign- the Permanent Wave. LOCATION photographs, and other Pozos, Guanajuato, Mexico, ing, Q/A to follow. 3:30 pm Reception 6 pm, The Wittliff Collections “making of” materials on on exhibit in an artistic and Program 7pm. are on the Alkek display, from the CBS mini- educational outreach project 12 MI PUEBLO: RSVP southwesternwriters@ Library’s seventh floor series based on Larry directed by Geoff Winning- THE POZOS CHILDREN’S txstate.edu. (see p. 10) at Texas State McMurty’s novel. ham and sponsored by The PROJECT Exhibit Reception, University-San Marcos Closing in JUNE Jung Center in Houston. (see with a talk by Geoff p. 5) Reception April 12. TEXAS MUSIC POSTERS Winningham. 7pm TOURS & INFO RSVP thewittliffcollections@ (512) 245-2313 from the Tom Wilmore Archive document the 1960s txstate.edu (see p. 5) EXHIBIT HOURS and ’70s work of poster Mon / Tue / Fri 8–5 artists advertising Austin- 15 MFA Students Poetry 5pm Wed / Thur 8–7 area concerts by a host of and Fiction Reading. Sat 9–5 / Sun 2–6 greats, from Bo Diddley to 22 DR. GARY HARTMAN, RESEARCH HOURS Frank Zappa. Texas State Assoc. Professor Mon / Tue / Fri 8–5 FEB 1 – JULY 31 of History, discusses The Wed / Thur 8–7 RIVERS OF TEXAS APRIL 7 – JULY 7 History of Texas Music, the (Please call ahead to first volume in the John & Supporting the Common THE MOLLY IVINS LIBRARY verify / Closed during Experience theme, “A River Robin Dickson Series in breaks & holidays) Molly’s personal collection, tours & Runs Through Us,” with donated by her brother Texas Music. Live music by ADMISSION is free. manuscripts, photographs, Andrew, illustrates the wide PONTY BONE & THE presentations and artifacts from Texas SQUEEZETONES. Co-spon- ONLINE (Directions, range of her interests. Per- BRING YOUR GROUP for authors writing about the sored by the History Dept. parking & archive info) sonal notations and inscrip- a closer look at the exhibits, state’s rivers, including John Book signing, Q/A. 3:30 pm http://www.thewittliff tions offer insights into her archives, or prints. Simply Graves, Stephen Harrigan, life and work. 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