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.
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.
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
Norman Daly papers, #15-2-4489. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Student material in Box 6 is restricted until 2075.
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
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Civilization of Llhuros
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Subseries Ia. Documents and Correspondence
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Scope and Contents
Llhuros II refers to Daly's continued creation of new objects that eventually related
to the play "Stiltwalkers."
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence related to Llhuros
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1969-2003 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Llhuros writings, typed and handwritten
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1970-1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes unused notes and drafts for catalogs and publications as well as samples
of Llhuroscian writing.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Various writings on Llhuros
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Enumeration of Llhuroscian objects by period
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1971 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Original sketch for "The Map of Llhuros"
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1971 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Object mapping
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Pre-Llhuroscian constructions which were titled and later assimilated by the Civilization
of Llhuros collection
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
History of Llhuros slide show list
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
List of slides submitted for an unknown grant application
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1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Grant proposal
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1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Cologne, Germany materials
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1972-1974 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains documents and correspondence relating to Llhuros and Cologne portfolio, including
drawings and plans.
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
College Art Association correspondence and presentation
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1987-1988 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Mark Twain Journal correspondence
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1973 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
"Adventures in Related Sciences" script for radio show
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1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Llhuros II
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1975-1999 |
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Scope and Contents
Materials likely relating to Daly's play "Stiltwalkers"
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Llhuros II photographs and catalogs
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1984-1998 |
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Subseries Ib. Photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Photographs of Llhuros objects
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1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Photographs of Norman Daly
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Negative for mural in Cologne
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1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Object photographs, likely for Llhuros II
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Undated |
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Subseries Ic. Exhibition Material and Publicity
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Exhibition wall cards
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1970-1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains drafts and copies of various wall cards.
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Publicity for "Unordinary Realities" at Xerox Square, Rochester, NY
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
"Unordinary Realities" at Xerox Square, Rochester, NY, Poster
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
A.D. White Museum exhibition materials
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1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
A.D. White Museum exhibition and catalog worksheets
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1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of objects.
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| Box 1 | Folder 25-26 |
A.D. White Museum exhibition newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
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1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
A.D. White Museum exhibition negatives
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1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of objects.
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| Box 1 | Folder 28-32 |
A.D. White Museum exhibition wall cards
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1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
A.D. White Museum exhibition photocopies of wall cards
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1972 |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
A.D. White Museum exhibition poster
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1972 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Akron Art Institute newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
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1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Europe exhibition newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
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1972-2021 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder. Contains items from or about Cologne, Bochum,
Rotterdam, Montpellier, and Istanbul.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Memorial Art Gallery newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
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1972-1974 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
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| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Review excerpts
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1972-1974 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Indianapolis Museum of Art newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
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1973 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Indianapolis Museum of Art exhibition photographs
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1973 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
University Art Gallery at SUNY Albany newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
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1973 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
University Art Gallery at SUNY Albany photographs
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1973 |
| Box 2 |
University Art Gallery at SUNY Albany poster
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1973 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Robertson Art Center newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
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1974 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
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| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
University of Pennsylvania museum newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
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1974 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, exhibition photographs, inventory, and description
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1983-1984 |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, exhibition poster
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1983-1984 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Kendal of Ithaca exhibition
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2007 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Istanbul Biennial
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2019 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Istanbul Biennial wall placards
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2019 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art exhibition materials
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2004 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art newspaper articles, reviews, and press releases
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2004 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
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| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art exhibition photographs
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2004 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letter from museum director Frank Robinson.
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| Box 2 | Folder 14-15 |
Wall placards from unknown exhibitions
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Subseries Id. Catalogues and publications
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
"Epoch"
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Spring 1968 |
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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.
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| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Catalog narrative
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1971-1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Handwritten page by Daly, and Daly's edits on a photocopy version of the catalog text
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| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
General articles about the Civilization of Llhuros
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1972-2021 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes an inventory of items in folder.
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| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
"Masks Tents Vessels Talismans" catalog
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence.
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| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Tyler School of Art "Imaginary Civilizations"
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1981 |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
"Ancient Inspiraions, Contemporary Interpretations" catalog
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1982 |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Leonardo publication materials
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1983-2001 |
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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.
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| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
"La Civilisation de Llhuros" catalog
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2017 |
| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
"Life in the Finger Lakes" magazine
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2019-05-2019-06 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains article about Naglee Fine Arts.
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Subseries Ie. Audiovisual material
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Sheet music for the Virgin's Chorus and Darkdow Children's Chorus
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1966-1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence about recording equipment, and an original score copied from
Daly's score by Elizabeth (Bets) Fisher.
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| Box 5 | tr-19823 |
Procession music
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| Box 5 | tr-19824 |
Unedited sounds: virgins, water, storm, etc.
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| Box 5 | tr-19825 |
Radio interview with anthropologists
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| Box 5 | tr-19826 |
Untitled
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| Box 5 | tr-19827 |
Spoken description of further work for grant proposal
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| Box 5 | tr-19828 |
Spoken description of further work for grant proposal, description of temple virgins,
Itnasov's narrative, Enota's poem
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| Box 5 | tr-19829 |
Llhuros exhibition tape #2
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| Box 5 | tr-19830 |
Mix of various material
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| Box 5 |
Empty cartridge from tr-19830
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| Box 5 | tr-19831 |
The Rites of Holmeek
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| Box 5 | tr-19832 |
Excerpts from exhibition soundtrack
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| Box 5 | tr-19833 |
Original sounds, tape #4
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| Box 5 | tr-19834 |
Untitled
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| Box 5 | tr-19835 |
Untitled
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| Box 5 | tr-19836 |
Additional copy of radio interview
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| Box 5 | tr-19837 |
Slide show narration
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| Box 5 | tr-19838 |
Virgins, main Llhuros percussion sections
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| Box 5 | tr-19839 |
Llhuros recording
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| Box 5 | tr-19840 |
Virgin chorus clips
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| Box 5 | tr-19841 |
Cave of the winds
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| Box 5 | tr-19842 |
Excerpts of soundtrack, slide show narration
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| Box 5 | tr-19843 |
Llhuros tape #3 interview
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| Box 5 | tr-19844 |
Interview with Nils Schilaneder, used as part of background for Llhuros
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| Box 5 | tr-19848 |
Interview with Nils Schilaneder, used as part of background for Llhuros
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| Box 5 | tr-19845 |
Llhuros slide show, Richard Korf reading
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| Box 5 | tr-19846 |
E's duet
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| Box 5 | tr-19847 |
Martin-Korf interview
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| Box 5 | DVD-4416 |
Lost Civilization of Llhuros, Johnson Museum of Art
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2004-03 |
| Box 5 | CD-7592 |
"International Weekly Report" Copy 1
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| Box 5 | CD-7593 |
"International Weekly Report" Copy 2
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| Box 5 | CD-7594 |
"International Weekly Report" Copy 3
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| Box 5 | CD-7595 |
Llhuros sounds #1
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| Box 5 | CD-7596 |
Llhuros sounds #2
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| Box 5 | CD-7597 |
Llhuros sounds #3
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| Box 5 | CD-7598 |
Civilization of Llhuros soundtrack
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| Box 5 | CD-7599 |
Civilization of Llhuros soundtrack
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| Box 5 | CD-7600 |
Civilization of Llhuros soundtrack
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Series II. Art Career Documents
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1942-1997 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Bertha Schaefer Gallery
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1950 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains reviews, catalogs, lists of paintings sold, and letter from Bertha Schaefer.
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Durand-Ruel Gallery
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1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains reviews, catalogs, and correspondence.
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Whitney Museum of American Art
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1949-1950 |
| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Various gallery and show material
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1940-1949 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes Willard Straight Hall gallery, Mortimer Brandt Gallery, and various others.
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| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Various gallery and show material
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1950-1959 |
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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).
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| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
A.D. White Museum
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1961 |
| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition
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1963 |
| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Muggleton Gallery, Auburn, NY
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1963 |
| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Helen S. Everson Museum Lecture
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1963 |
| Box 2 | Folder 35 |
Clipping from unknown gallery
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1963-1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 36 |
A.D. White Museum
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1965 |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
A.D. White Museum exhibition poster
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1965-04-10-1965-05-16 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 37 |
SUNY Cortland: gift of the Zodiac Signs
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1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Root Art Center
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1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 39 |
Roberson Memorial Center
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1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 40 |
Bertha Schaefer Gallery
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1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 41 |
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute purchase letter
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1965-09-16 |
| Box 2 | Folder 42 |
Arnot Art Gallery, Elmira, NY
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1966 |
| Box 2 | Folder 43 |
Cornell Alumni Magazine issues
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Spring, 1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 44 |
A.D. White Museum
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1970-07-23 |
| Box 2 | Folder 45 |
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
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1978 |
| Box 2 | Folder 46 |
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
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1997-12-11 |
| Box 2 | Folder 47 |
The Art Gallery, Malott Hall, Cornell University
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1980 |
| Box 2 | Folder 48 |
Itemized listings of work included in exhibitions
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1963-1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 49 |
Trojan Horse Issues
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1961-04 |
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Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, No. 3
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| Box 2 | Folder 50 |
Daly writings about art
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1950-1953 |
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Series III. Photographs
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| Box 2 | Folder 51 |
Southwest series
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1945-1950 |
| Box 2 | Folder 52 |
Watercolor series
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1945 |
| Box 2 | Folder 53 |
Mythical animal series
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1945-1950 |
| Box 2 | Folder 54 |
Miscellaneous paintings
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1945-1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 55 |
Marbles
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Carnegie Institute
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1949 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
A.D. White Museum
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1965 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Durand-Ruel Gallery
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1947-1949 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Miscellaneous photos and portraits
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Teaching photographs
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1954, 1995 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Drawing of Daly by Ken Evett
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1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Photocopy.
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| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Miscellaneous snapshots
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Undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Unidentified negatives
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| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Stained glass windows designed by Daly for Mount Saviour Benedictine Monastery
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1966 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
A.D. White Museum of Art
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1962 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Daly in his studio with Llhuroscian objects
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1971 |
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Series IV. Teaching Material and Coursework
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Instructional notes
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 9-11 |
AAP/Art Depatment materials
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1942-1999 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Cornell Adult University
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1996 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Cornell materials
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1977-1996 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Course descriptions and proposals
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1942-1999 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Retirement policy debate
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1977-1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Daly's correspondence on his concerns, related newspaper clippings
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| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Hartell Distinguished Teaching award
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1981 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Grant applications and proposals
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1942-1997 |
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Scope and Contents
Mostly Llhuros related.
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| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Instructional aids
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Ithaca College lecturer
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1978-1979 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 |
Miscellaneous
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1972 |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 |
Non-Cornell teaching material
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1950-1999 |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Professional correspondence
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1942-1997 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 |
Retirement dinner
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1978 |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 |
Student evaluations
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1980, 1997 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 |
Student "fan mail" related to Daly's retirement
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1978 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Conceptual Media background materials
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1974 |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Cornell University Summer Program in Art poster
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1959-07-06-1959-08-15 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Cornell University Figure and Landscape Summer Program in Art
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1965-06-28-1965-08-11 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 1-4 |
Student projects
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1975-1997 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Student recommendation letters
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1956-1989 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Pre-course student statements
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1997 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Class lists
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1975-1995 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Student work
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1975-1977 |
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Series V. Work by others
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| Box 3 | Folder 26-28 |
Art notes and drawings by Professor Joseph Mellor Hanson
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Undated |
| F -2894 | F-2894 |
"The Civilization of Llhuros" project film by Kells Elmquist
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1971 |
| F -2895 | F-2895 |
"The Civilization of Llhuros" project film by Kells Elmquist
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1971 |
| F -2896 | F-2896 |
"The Civilization of Llhuros" project film by Kells Elmquist
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1971 |
| F -2897 | F-2897 |
"The Civilization of Llhuros" project film by Kells Elmquist
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1971 |
| F -2898 | F-2898 |
"The Civilization of Llhuros" project film by Kells Elmquist
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1971 |
| Box 5 | v-13540 |
"The Civilization of Llhuros" project film by Kells Elmquist, mini-DV recording
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1971 |
| Box 5 | DVD-4414-4415 |
"The Civilization of Llhuros" DVD
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1971 |