Norman Daly papers, 1942-2019
Collection Number: 15-2-4489

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Norman Daly papers, 1942-2019
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
15-2-4489
Creator:
Daly, Norman
Quanitities:
4 cubic feet.
5 film reels.
1 mapcase folders.

Biographical / Historical

Norman D. Daly (August 9, 1911 - April 2, 2008), was an American artist who created the fictional ancient Civilization of Llhuros along with hundreds of its artifacts. His work on The Civilization of Llhuros starting in the mid 1960s makes him the pioneering practitioner of an art genre now known as fictive archaeology. In 1942, Daly joined the Department of Art at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he taught drawing, painting, materials and methods, and elements of design. He became Professor of Art in 1958 and retired in 1976, but continued to teach as an emeritus professor until 1999.

Content Description

Documents, photographs, ephemera, and recordings relating to the development of the Llhuros Civilization, as well as material from Daly's time at Cornell.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

Norman Daly papers, #15-2-4489. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Student material in Box 6 is restricted until 2075.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Daly, Norman
Cornell Univeristy--Faculty
Cornell University.College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
Civilization of Llhuros
Places:
Anthropology
Art and anthropology
Subjects:
Archaeology

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Civilization of Llhuros
Subseries Ia. Documents and Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Llhuros II refers to Daly's continued creation of new objects that eventually related to the play "Stiltwalkers."
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence related to Llhuros
1969-2003
Box 1 Folder 2
Llhuros writings, typed and handwritten
1970-1975
Scope and Contents
Includes unused notes and drafts for catalogs and publications as well as samples of Llhuroscian writing.
Box 1 Folder 3
Various writings on Llhuros
Undated
Box 1 Folder 4
Enumeration of Llhuroscian objects by period
1971
Box 1 Folder 5
Original sketch for "The Map of Llhuros"
1971
Box 1 Folder 6
Object mapping
Undated
Scope and Contents
Pre-Llhuroscian constructions which were titled and later assimilated by the Civilization of Llhuros collection
Box 1 Folder 7
History of Llhuros slide show list
Undated
Box 1 Folder 8
List of slides submitted for an unknown grant application
1972
Box 1 Folder 9
Grant proposal
1969
Box 1 Folder 10
Cologne, Germany materials
1972-1974
Scope and Contents
Contains documents and correspondence relating to Llhuros and Cologne portfolio, including drawings and plans.
Box 1 Folder 11
College Art Association correspondence and presentation
1987-1988
Box 1 Folder 12
Mark Twain Journal correspondence
1973
Box 1 Folder 13
"Adventures in Related Sciences" script for radio show
1972
Box 1 Folder 14
Llhuros II
1975-1999
Scope and Contents
Materials likely relating to Daly's play "Stiltwalkers"
Box 1 Folder 15
Llhuros II photographs and catalogs
1984-1998
Subseries Ib. Photographs
Box 1 Folder 17
Photographs of Llhuros objects
1972
Box 1 Folder 18
Photographs of Norman Daly
Undated
Box 1 Folder 19
Negative for mural in Cologne
1974
Box 1 Folder 20
Object photographs, likely for Llhuros II
Undated
Box 7
Slides of Llhuroscian objects, exhibitions, and Llhuros II mixed media
Undated
Subseries Ic. Exhibition Material and Publicity
Box 1 Folder 21
Exhibition wall cards
1970-1980
Scope and Contents
Contains drafts and copies of various wall cards.
Box 1 Folder 22
Publicity for "Unordinary Realities" at Xerox Square, Rochester, NY
Undated
Box 1 Folder 22
"Unordinary Realities" at Xerox Square, Rochester, NY, Poster
Undated
Box 1 Folder 23
A.D. White Museum exhibition materials
1972
Box 1 Folder 24
A.D. White Museum exhibition and catalog worksheets
1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of objects.
Box 1 Folder 25-26
A.D. White Museum exhibition newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
1972
Box 1 Folder 27
A.D. White Museum exhibition negatives
1972
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of objects.
Box 1 Folder 28-32
A.D. White Museum exhibition wall cards
1972
Box 1 Folder 33
A.D. White Museum exhibition photocopies of wall cards
1972
Mapcase Folder 1
A.D. White Museum exhibition poster
1972
Box 4 Folder 5
Akron Art Institute newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
1972
Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
Box 2 Folder 1
Europe exhibition newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
1972-2021
Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder. Contains items from or about Cologne, Bochum, Rotterdam, Montpellier, and Istanbul.
Box 2 Folder 2
Memorial Art Gallery newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
1972-1974
Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
Box 2 Folder 25
Review excerpts
1972-1974
Box 2 Folder 3
Indianapolis Museum of Art newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
1973
Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
Box 2 Folder 4
Indianapolis Museum of Art exhibition photographs
1973
Box 2 Folder 5
University Art Gallery at SUNY Albany newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
1973
Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
Box 2 Folder 6
University Art Gallery at SUNY Albany photographs
1973
Box 2
University Art Gallery at SUNY Albany poster
1973
Box 4 Folder 7
Robertson Art Center newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
1974
Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
Box 4 Folder 6
University of Pennsylvania museum newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
1974
Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
Box 2 Folder 7
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, exhibition photographs, inventory, and description
1983-1984
Mapcase Folder 1
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, exhibition poster
1983-1984
Box 2 Folder 8
Kendal of Ithaca exhibition
2007
Box 2 Folder 9
Istanbul Biennial
2019
Box 2 Folder 16
Istanbul Biennial preliminary item check-list
2019
Box 2 Folder 10
Istanbul Biennial wall placards
2019
Box 2 Folder 11
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art exhibition materials
2004
Box 2 Folder 12
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
2004
Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
Box 2 Folder 13
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art exhibition photographs
2004
Scope and Contents
Includes letter from museum director Frank Robinson.
Box 2 Folder 14-15
Wall placards from unknown exhibitions
Mapcase Folder 2
Exhibition wall cards
Undated
Subseries Id. Catalogues and publications
Box 2 Folder 16
"Epoch"
Spring 1968
Scope and Contents
The cover design was by Daly, the photograph by Andrea Strongwater. This was the first public exposure to a Llhuroscian object and poetry, Object #7 - Fornicating Gods: early archaic-metal.
Box 2 Folder 17
Catalog narrative
1971-1972
Scope and Contents
Handwritten page by Daly, and Daly's edits on a photocopy version of the catalog text
Box 2 Folder 18
General articles about the Civilization of Llhuros
1972-2021
Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
Box 2 Folder 19
"Masks Tents Vessels Talismans" catalog
1980
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 20
Tyler School of Art "Imaginary Civilizations"
1981
Box 2 Folder 21
"Ancient Inspiraions, Contemporary Interpretations" catalog
1982
Box 2 Folder 22
Leonardo publication materials
1983-2001
Scope and Contents
Contains pre-publication documents for an article on the Civilization of Llhuros, as well as a copy of the final article and related correspondence from Beauvais Lyons.
Box 2 Folder 23
"La Civilisation de Llhuros" catalog
2017
Box 2 Folder 24
"Life in the Finger Lakes" magazine
2019-05-2019-06
Scope and Contents
Contains article about Naglee Fine Arts.
Subseries Ie. Audiovisual material
Box 1 Folder 16
Sheet music for the Virgin's Chorus and Darkdow Children's Chorus
1966-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence about recording equipment, and an original score copied from Daly's score by Elizabeth (Bets) Fisher.
Box 5 tr-19823
Procession music
Box 5 tr-19824
Unedited sounds: virgins, water, storm, etc.
Box 5 tr-19825
Radio interview with anthropologists
Box 5 tr-19826
Untitled
Box 5 tr-19827
Spoken description of further work for grant proposal
Box 5 tr-19828
Spoken description of further work for grant proposal, description of temple virgins, Itnasov's narrative, Enota's poem
Box 5 tr-19829
Llhuros exhibition tape #2
Box 5 tr-19830
Mix of various material
Box 5
Empty cartridge from tr-19830
Box 5 tr-19831
The Rites of Holmeek
Box 5 tr-19832
Excerpts from exhibition soundtrack
Box 5 tr-19833
Original sounds, tape #4
Box 5 tr-19834
Untitled
Box 5 tr-19835
Untitled
Box 5 tr-19836
Additional copy of radio interview
Box 5 tr-19837
Slide show narration
Box 5 tr-19838
Virgins, main Llhuros percussion sections
Box 5 tr-19839
Llhuros recording
Box 5 tr-19840
Virgin chorus clips
Box 5 tr-19841
Cave of the winds
Box 5 tr-19842
Excerpts of soundtrack, slide show narration
Box 5 tr-19843
Llhuros tape #3 interview
Box 5 tr-19844
Interview with Nils Schilaneder, used as part of background for Llhuros
Box 5 tr-19848
Interview with Nils Schilaneder, used as part of background for Llhuros
Box 5 tr-19845
Llhuros slide show, Richard Korf reading
Box 5 tr-19846
E's duet
Box 5 tr-19847
Martin-Korf interview
Box 5 DVD-4416
Lost Civilization of Llhuros, Johnson Museum of Art
2004-03
Box 5 CD-7592
"International Weekly Report" Copy 1
Box 5 CD-7593
"International Weekly Report" Copy 2
Box 5 CD-7594
"International Weekly Report" Copy 3
Box 5 CD-7595
Llhuros sounds #1
Box 5 CD-7596
Llhuros sounds #2
Box 5 CD-7597
Llhuros sounds #3
Box 5 CD-7598
Civilization of Llhuros soundtrack
Box 5 CD-7599
Civilization of Llhuros soundtrack
Box 5 CD-7600
Civilization of Llhuros soundtrack
Series II. Art Career Documents
1942-1997
Box 2 Folder 26
Bertha Schaefer Gallery
1950
Scope and Contents
Contains reviews, catalogs, lists of paintings sold, and letter from Bertha Schaefer.
Box 2 Folder 27
Durand-Ruel Gallery
1947
Scope and Contents
Contains reviews, catalogs, and correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 28
Whitney Museum of American Art
1949-1950
Box 2 Folder 29
Various gallery and show material
1940-1949
Scope and Contents
Includes Willard Straight Hall gallery, Mortimer Brandt Gallery, and various others.
Box 2 Folder 30
Various gallery and show material
1950-1959
Scope and Contents
Contains documents from the New York State Fair (1950), Cortland County Fair (1953), Corcoran Gallery (1959), Utica Arts Festival, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute (1959), and St. Lawrence University (1955).
Box 2 Folder 31
A.D. White Museum
1961
Box 2 Folder 32
Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition
1963
Box 2 Folder 33
Muggleton Gallery, Auburn, NY
1963
Box 2 Folder 34
Helen S. Everson Museum Lecture
1963
Box 2 Folder 35
Clipping from unknown gallery
1963-1965
Box 2 Folder 36
A.D. White Museum
1965
Mapcase Folder 1
A.D. White Museum exhibition poster
1965-04-10-1965-05-16
Box 2 Folder 37
SUNY Cortland: gift of the Zodiac Signs
1965
Box 2 Folder 38
Root Art Center
1965
Box 2 Folder 39
Roberson Memorial Center
1965
Box 2 Folder 40
Bertha Schaefer Gallery
1965
Box 2 Folder 41
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute purchase letter
1965-09-16
Box 2 Folder 42
Arnot Art Gallery, Elmira, NY
1966
Box 2 Folder 43
Cornell Alumni Magazine issues
Spring, 1965
Box 2 Folder 44
A.D. White Museum
1970-07-23
Box 2 Folder 45
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
1978
Box 2 Folder 46
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
1997-12-11
Box 2 Folder 47
The Art Gallery, Malott Hall, Cornell University
1980
Box 2 Folder 48
Itemized listings of work included in exhibitions
1963-1965
Box 2 Folder 49
Trojan Horse Issues
1961-04
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 3
Box 2 Folder 50
Daly writings about art
1950-1953
Box 7
Gebbie Daly's index card file
Undated
Scope and Contents
Contains carsd on Duran Ruel Exhibition (1949), Bertha Schaefer (1950), and Mortimer Brandt (1945).
Box 2 Folder 17
Yaddo residencies
1967-1970
Series III. Photographs
Box 2 Folder 51
Southwest series
1945-1950
Box 2 Folder 52
Watercolor series
1945
Box 2 Folder 53
Mythical animal series
1945-1950
Box 2 Folder 54
Miscellaneous paintings
1945-1965
Box 2 Folder 55
Marbles
Undated
Box 3 Folder 1
Carnegie Institute
1949
Box 3 Folder 2
A.D. White Museum
1965
Box 3 Folder 3
Durand-Ruel Gallery
1947-1949
Box 3 Folder 4
Miscellaneous photos and portraits
Undated
Box 3 Folder 5
Teaching photographs
1954, 1995
Box 3 Folder 6
Drawing of Daly by Ken Evett
1972
Scope and Contents
Photocopy.
Box 3 Folder 7
Miscellaneous snapshots
Undated
Box 4 Folder 1
Unidentified negatives
Box 4 Folder 2
Stained glass windows designed by Daly for Mount Saviour Benedictine Monastery
1966
Box 4 Folder 3
A.D. White Museum of Art
1962
Box 4 Folder 4
Daly in his studio with Llhuroscian objects
1971
Box 7
Slides of miscellaneous paintings, portraits of Norman, and Joseph Mellor Hanson Exhibition (1979)
1970-1980
Box 7
Miscellaneous slides and teaching slides
Undated
Mapcase Folder 2
Portrait of Daly walking with unidentified man
Undated
Series IV. Teaching Material and Coursework
Box 3 Folder 8
Instructional notes
Undated
Box 3 Folder 9-11
AAP/Art Depatment materials
1942-1999
Box 3 Folder 12
Cornell Adult University
1996
Box 7 tr-20174
Cornell Adult University lecture recording
1996-07-15
Box 7 tr-20171
Cornell Adult University lecture recording
1996-07-15
Box 7 tr-20172
Cornell Adult University lecture recording
1996-07-15
Box 7 tr-20173
Cornell Adult University lecture recording
1996-07-15
Box 3 Folder 13
Cornell materials
1977-1996
Box 3 Folder 14
Course descriptions and proposals
1942-1999
Box 3 Folder 15
Retirement policy debate
1977-1979
Scope and Contents
Daly's correspondence on his concerns, related newspaper clippings
Box 3 Folder 16
Hartell Distinguished Teaching award
1981
Box 3 Folder 17
Grant applications and proposals
1942-1997
Scope and Contents
Mostly Llhuros related.
Box 3 Folder 18
Instructional aids
Undated
Box 3 Folder 19
Ithaca College lecturer
1978-1979
Box 3 Folder 20
Miscellaneous
1972
Box 3 Folder 21
Non-Cornell teaching material
1950-1999
Box 3 Folder 22
Professional correspondence
1942-1997
Box 3 Folder 23
Retirement dinner
1978
Box 3 Folder 24
Student evaluations
1980, 1997
Box 3 Folder 25
Student "fan mail" related to Daly's retirement
1978
Box 4 Folder 8
Conceptual Media background materials
1974
Mapcase Folder 1
Cornell University Summer Program in Art poster
1959-07-06-1959-08-15
Mapcase Folder 1
Cornell University Figure and Landscape Summer Program in Art
1965-06-28-1965-08-11
Box 6 Folder 1-4
Student projects
1975-1997
Box 6 Folder 5
Student recommendation letters
1956-1989
Box 6 Folder 6
Pre-course student statements
1997
Box 6 Folder 7
Class lists
1975-1995
Box 6 Folder 8
Student work
1975-1977
Box 7 tr-20175
Norman Daly's introduction to Tom Leavitt recording
Undated
Series V. Work by others
Box 3 Folder 26-28
Art notes and drawings by Professor Joseph Mellor Hanson
Undated
F -2894 F-2894
"The Civilization of Llhuros" project film by Kells Elmquist
1971
F -2895 F-2895
"The Civilization of Llhuros" project film by Kells Elmquist
1971
F -2896 F-2896
"The Civilization of Llhuros" project film by Kells Elmquist
1971
F -2897 F-2897
"The Civilization of Llhuros" project film by Kells Elmquist
1971
F -2898 F-2898
"The Civilization of Llhuros" project film by Kells Elmquist
1971
Box 5 v-13540
"The Civilization of Llhuros" project film by Kells Elmquist, mini-DV recording
1971
Box 5 DVD-4414-4415
"The Civilization of Llhuros" DVD
1971