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

Llhuros II refers to Daly's continued creation of new objects that eventually related to the play "Stiltwalkers."

Includes unused notes and drafts for catalogs and publications as well as samples of Llhuroscian writing.

Pre-Llhuroscian constructions which were titled and later assimilated by the Civilization of Llhuros collection

Contains documents and correspondence relating to Llhuros and Cologne portfolio, including drawings and plans.

Materials likely relating to Daly's play "Stiltwalkers." Includes brief description of the play from 1997.

Contains drafts and copies of various wall cards.

Includes photographs of objects.

Includes photographs of objects.

Includes an inventory of items in folder.

Includes an inventory of items in folder. Contains items from or about Cologne, Bochum, Rotterdam, Montpellier, and Istanbul.

Includes an inventory of items in folder.

Includes an inventory of items in folder.

Includes an inventory of items in folder.

Includes an inventory of items in folder.

Includes an inventory of items in folder.

Includes an inventory of items in folder.

Includes letter from museum director Frank Robinson.

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.

Handwritten page by Daly, and Daly's edits on a photocopy version of the catalog text

Includes an inventory of items in folder.

Includes correspondence.

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.

Contains article about Naglee Fine Arts.

Includes correspondence about recording equipment, and an original score copied from Daly's score by Elizabeth (Bets) Fisher.

Disk 01, converted from VHS copy. Document's Daly's one-man exhibition of "The Civilization of Llhuros and Other Works" at the Johnson Museum in 2004.

Recording consists of 3 unrealted sections: 1. 'Government Appointment' Dream (0:00-6:14) - Daly relates dream involving his government appointment where he commanded people to prove to themselves who they think they are, in order to fulfill their roles over others. 2. The Power of the Vertical (6:15-15:26) - Daly explains the power of the vertical in relation to the horizontal in architecture, flying buttresses, fenestration,. stained glass windows, rose window, Notre Dame cathedral 3. Horse People of Llhuros (15:27-18:33) - While not identifying things in so many words, these brief comments concern the Horse People of Llhuros who were forbidden to eat the flesh of a type of fish (purple seahorse) but did so anyway. See Civilization of Llhuros 1972 catalogue narrative for lengthy presentation on the Horse People.

A partial recording of Daly reading the script titles, directions, etc. then doing the full dialogue of part of Scene 1. Characters are Malcolm and daughter Lou sparring over aspects of Llhuroscian scholarship. Malcolm reads some Llhroscian poetry.

Higher-fidelity versions of other sound sources. Using the Moog synthesizer, Borden created material for Daly to manipulate for his soundtrack.

Richard Korf (Cornell mycology professor, actor and frequent Daly collaborator) recites selections from the 1972 COL catalog and narrative Llhuroscian poetry. Slides of Llhuroscian objects are mentioned. First few lines of the text are missing but can be found in copy 2.

Copy of Slide Show Narration identical except for part of the first sentence which is missing on copy 1.

Related to Slide Show Narration tapes. Here, Richard Korf rehearses poems and recites some selections of narrative and poems from the 1972 Civilization of Llhuros catalog, while Norman Daly plays tapes of music fragments from the COL soundscape in the background. Includes: "Shisun make me one...", "If you want me...", "Offer me a shroud...", "Evening song...", "In a sacred fog..."

Twelve natural sounds provided at Daly's request by the Cornell Lab or Orinthology (mid to late 1960s).

Contains reviews, catalogs, lists of paintings sold, and letter from Bertha Schaefer.

Contains reviews, catalogs, and correspondence.

Includes Willard Straight Hall gallery, Mortimer Brandt Gallery, and various others.

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).

Includes Franklin Hall gallery (1962), Draper Hall gallery at SUNY Albany (1964), and correspondence concerning ads to be taken out.

Vol. 1, No. 3

Initial sketches of the windows. See Series III for photographs of the windows.

Contains cards on Durand-Ruel Exhibition (1949), Bertha Schaefer (1950), and Mortimer Brandt (1945).

Includes a spread of the living room of Robert L. Myers, architect and art collector, that features an unidentified painting by Daly on the wall at the far right. Myers was a student of Daly while he was studying architecture at Cornell in the early 1950s.

Photocopy.

Photos on CD.

Daly's correspondence on his concerns, related newspaper clippings

Mostly Llhuros related.

Includes quote from Thomas Leavitt about conceptual art.

"Pictorial Analysis" Course at Cornell Art Department. Recording begins mid-sentence but settles in quickly into showing paintings to the class for analysis. Defines the difference between form and content (content is not the subject matter, but the meaning the artist intends).

Lecture for Daly's Cornell Art Department Course, "Pictorial Analysis." Energetic, wide-ranging discussion in which Daily begins by asking "What is Art?"

Class lecture from Cornell Art Department Course.

Three unrelated sections: 1. Art vs. Religion, 2. Anecdote about an "un-named Dean," 3. Daly's introduction for journalist Michael Goldfarb who would be speaking at Cornell.

Norman Daly and Kenneth Evett (close friends and professors in the Cornell Art Department) give a pictoral analysis of Vermeer's "Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Widow." It appears they were planning to do a presentation because they discussed diagrams. No diagrams related to this have been found.

Vital records, correspondence, photography, exhibit materials, catalogs, and other ephemera related to Daly's personal life and his friendships and associates.

Interview of Daly by Bill Monroe, Daly's health aid from 2004 until Daly's death in 2008. Interview recording consists of 2 sections: 1. 'Red-Bellied Snakes' Deam (0:00-5:56) and 2. Early Life (5:57-1:02:11).

Various individuals, materials seperated by name.

Various individuals, materials seperated by name.