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            [Loose documents]
            -CJA-RES-AL-B14-5-26 · Item · 1987
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Plastic wallet [removed for conservation reasons] labelled 'Itsuko Hasegawa' including
            -typescript letter from Itsuko Hasegawa to Dr Andreas C. Papdakis, Academy Editions sending biographical information and colour transparencies
            -curriculum vitae of Itsuko Hasegawa
            -photocopied articles from Japanese architecture magazines highlighting Hasegawa's work, annotated
            Works of Takefumi Aida
            -CJA-RES-AL-B14-5-5 · Item · 1975
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Lion Letter File branded folder labelled 'Works of Takefumi Aida' and 'AIDA'.

            The folder comprises cuttings relating to works by Takefumi Aida, as well as loose:I
            -typescript letter from Takefumi Aida sending his c.v. and 'raw materials' and regretting that he did not have the opportunity to talk to Charles at the Japan Architect Association party, 1975
            -cutting 'Twelve Memoranda on the House like a Die' by Takafumi Aida, Japan Architect Apr 1974
            A+U Architect vs. Critic
            CJA-AVC-1 · File · 1980-1985
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Contents of a folder labelled 'A+U Architect vs. Critic'. Folder contains 1 box of slides [catalogued separately as CJA-AVC-1-a] and also includes:
            -colour slides of Maggie by the Trompe l'oeil painting by Dorothy Girouard in their Chelsea flat, and colour printed versions of the same images
            -folder for FM Productions California used to hold a large number of photographs including b&w prints and polaroids and colour prints, mostly photographs used to illustrate the A+U article
            -manuscript notes headed 'Architect Versus Critic' with an outline of the article and headings ticked off, including a to-do list at the bottom; written on the reverse of handwritten notes about The Thematic House
            -photocopies of illustrations headed 'Die Lufft' and 'Die Erde', annotated on reverse 'Cesare Ripa, Baroque & Rococo Pictorial Imagery, Dover'
            -cutting from Building Design 10 Aug 1984, review by Sheena Wilson of Godfrey Golzen's 'How Architects Get Work'
            -leaflet from the Architecture Press titled 'Avoid litigation! 3 books to keep you out of trouble'
            -photocopy of the Jencksiana font
            -b&w photograph of the Elemental House
            -sheet of 16 slides showing various furniture and designs by Charles
            -sheet of 14 slides showing various furniture and designs by Charles
            -colour and b&w photographs of furniture designed by Charles for the Chelsea flat and 19 Landsdowne Walk [some are loose and some are glued to sheets of plain paper]
            -typescript letter from Officina Alessi enclosing colour slides of the tea and coffee set and giving news of its presentation in New York and Milan, 1983
            -manuscript letter on Patrizia Scarzello Architect headed paper regarding the Alessi collaboration, 1983
            -typescript document on yellow and white lined paper titled 'The Thematic House The Matic How See Design Credits'
            -manuscript to-do list relating to 19 Lansdowne Walk
            -typescript on pink paper headed 'Programme for an Anglo-Chinese Bed' with pencil sketches
            -pencil and coloured pencil drawings of a bed
            -copy letter from Charles to William on UCLA headed paper sending symbolic programmes and drawings, 1985
            -copy letter from Charles to Caroline and William regarding the design for the bed
            -printed proofs of line drawings
            -pen and ink drawing on tracing paper used as illustration on the RIBA poster
            -poster for a lecture by Charles at RIBA titled 'Post-Modernism - the true inheritor of modernism', 1982 [folded]
            [Edinburgh]
            CJA-EDH-3 · File · 1999-2004
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Bundle of papers found loose. Includes:
            -typescript document titled 'Landforms in Edinburgh' with a list of project partners and contact details
            -computer-generated drawings labelled '106/Jencks Landform/15 September 1999' and 'coevolution'
            -manuscript faxes from Charles to Duncan Whatmore and John Farquhar at Ian White Associates discussing different options for the site and its constraints, 2001
            -faxed [faded] drawings with ink additions, 2001
            -typescript fax [faded] from John Farquhar at Ian White Associates to Charles sending plans, 2001
            -copy typescript letter from Ian White Associates to Dew Construction Limited raising concerns about the completion of work on the Landform, 2002
            -1:200 computer print-out scale plan of the shite with ink annotations (mostly numbers) [folded]
            -typescript fax (faded) from Duncan Whatmore at Terry Farrell & Partners making suggestions based on Charles' designs including pumps, relocation of the Graham sculpture and costs, 1999
            -typescript fax from John Farquhar at Ian White Associates regarding the change of meeting time, and manuscript reponse from Charles, 2002
            -typescript invoices for work on the Landform Ramp/Steps/Triangle Entrance June-July 2002
            -manuscript and copy manuscript notes of expenses
            -typescript copy letter from Charles to Richard Calvocoressi sending his response to seeing the landform in use, discussing snagging and costs, 2002
            -computer-generated drawings labelled '106/Jencks Landform/Block Model 2/24 November 1999' and 'coevolution'
            -typescript letter from Helen Jackson on coevolution headed paper to Richard Calvocoressi sending images illustrating Charles' design for the landform, and comparisons with previous version, 1999
            -typescript letter from Helen Jackson on coevolution headed paper to Press and Information Department, National Galleries of Scotland, celebrating the publication of the visualisation in the Edinburgh Evening News, 1999
            -typescript letter from Helen Jackson on coevolution headed paper to Duncan Whatmore, Terry Farrell & Partners, sending sections of the revised Gallery of Modern Art landform model
            -typescript fax from Duncan Whatmore, Terry Farrell & Partners, forwarding a fax to coevolution arranging to meet resolve path junctions, widths and positions
            -typescript copy letter from Calvocoressi to the Chairman, Director and Trustees of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art proposing a trip to The Garden of Cosmic Speculation to discuss the landform proposals, 1998
            -copy letter from Thomas Florey at Smiths Gore , regarding delays to the High Kilroy Farmhouse project with details fo costs, 2004
            -manuscript note from Charles to Bunny, with draft letter relating to High Kilroy, 2004
            -typescript letter from Smiths Gore to Charles responding to his queries about High Kilroy, 2004
            -typescript letter from Smiths Gore to Charles regarding progress at High Kilroy Farmhouse, and a barn conversion, 2003
            -estimate from R. Jardine for work at High Kilroy Farmhouse, Portrack estate, 2003
            -colour print-outs of computer-generated images overlaid on photographs, branded 'coevolution'.
            LPMA - EXTRAS
            CJA-LPA-3 · File · 1976-1991
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Contents of a folder labelled 'LMPA - EXTRAS'. Includes:
            -loose photographs and transparencies, some marked up for reproduction
            -Letter of transmittal from Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners sending images of Kwee House
            -biographical information and transparencies from Shoei Yoh
            -project information from Platou Arkitekter AS, annotated
            -project information for the Winton Residence Guest House, annotated
            -cuttings from Building Design, annotated
            -cutting from The Sunday Times 6 October 1985 on the London Docklands
            -letter from Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates to Dr Andreas Papadakis, sending images
            -project information for the Allsteel Furniture Showroom, annotated
            -project information for the Laure Mallet House, annotated
            -cutting from The New York Times Magazine 22 Nov 1987 'The Aulenti Uproar'
            -cutting from The New York Times 2 April 1987 on the new Musée d'Orsay
            -photocopy of an article on the Guggenheim from the Wall Street Journal 23 March 1987
            -cutting from Cobouw, 23 March 1990 [Dutch language]
            -folder labelled 'Charles Jencks: Clients copy of return United Kingdom 1968/69' and annotated 'LPMA 1976+ Post-Modernism + Personal Photos 1977-9 containing: postcard sent from Charles to Andreas Papadakis advertising Charles' lecture at UCLA 20 May 1976 titled 'The Language of Modern Architecture'; cutting 'More Modern than Modern' by Charles from Lifespan; negatives and contact sheets.
            The New Paradigm in Architecture
            CJA-NEW-8 · Item · 2002
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Publisher: Yale University Press

            Inserted:
            -Letter and compliments slip from the V&A thanking Charles for loan of the book and his assistance in preparing for the Postmodernism exhibition

            Inside covered annotated with Charles' name and phone number.
            CJ Thesis Phd 1966-1970
            CJA-PHD-1 · File · 1966-1970
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'CJ Thesis Phd 1966-1970 UCL' in red ink, 'MOD-1945-MANU' and 'ACTIVE FILE' in blue ink, as well as a numbered list of names written in different inks (27 in total).

            Includes:
            -photograph of Charles in the front row of a lecture theatre, with some attendees using headphones (including Charles)
            -typescript headed 'Chapter II A Theory of Value' with manuscript corrections and notes on the reverse
            -manuscript notes headed [illegible] on trial Sept 1966?'
            -envelope with manuscript notes on both sides headed 'what a boar to know Doctor Banham' and 'The Failure of Success', folded and used as a folder to hold: a review of Banham's The New Brutalism by Nikolaus Pevsner; typescript letter to the editor of The Guardian from Isaac Bickerstaff; cutting of a letter to the editor from Fred Partridge [publication unknown] and typescript version of the same letter with manuscript corrections; typescript letter to the editor signed Charles Jencks, Architectural Association in response to Reyner Banham and manuscript draft; typescript letter to the editor signed Fred Partridge in response to Reyner Banham; manuscript notes headed 'The flip side of Dr Banham'; review of Banham's The New Brutalism by Stephen Mullion from New Society 8 Dec 1966; article titled 'Monumental Folly' by Peter Hall, New Society 24 Oct 1968, annotated.
            -typescript headed 'The Major Histories' with manuscript annotations
            -manuscript notes on plain paper headed 'Pevsner'
            -manuscript notes on plain and lined paper headed 'Banham' [possibly not all Charles' hand]
            -typescript headed 'Giedion SpaceTime and Arch'
            -manuscript notes headed 'Scully'
            -manuscript notes headed 'Collins Changing Ideal in MA 1965 (reaction to Giedion & space)'
            -manuscript notes headed 'Hitchcok Arch. 19th & 20th centuries' with biro sketches
            -envelope labelled 'Historians: Pevsner, Banham 1966-1971, Summerson 1981-4, Pei' [empty]
            -manuscript headed 'The Failure of Success' including a copy typescript letter from Charles to Mr De Carlo asking to be able to attend the Urbino meeting
            -manuscript headed 'Banham Le Corbusier chapter'
            -typescript copy letter from Charles to Reyner Banham responding to his criticisms
            -manuscript comments [from Reyner Banham], titled by Charles 'Partially a response to Outline?'
            -typescript and manuscript headed 'Foreward'
            -manuscript letter and notes from Reyner Banham to Charles [letter on headed paper], attached to a typescript headed 'Aalto and some concepts of value
            -typescript headed 'Modern Architecture' with manuscript notes [from Reyner Banham] attached
            -typescript headed 'History as Myth: 1st revision, Banham notes'.
            -typescript and manuscript notes headed 'Modern architecture - the tradition since 1945: a list of architects to be criticised'
            -typescript diagram with numerical values applied to architect's names
            -typescript headed 'Diagram Relation of American Architects'
            -article from Time 2 Aug 1968 titled 'Modern Living'
            -article from Newsweek 20 Mar 1967 titled 'The Architects Come Into Their Own', annotated
            -article from the International Herald Tribune 29-30 May 1971 titled 'Celebrities Jam Gala Premiere at JFK Center', annotated
            -article from The New York Times Magazine 17 Oct 1971 by Paul Goldberger, annotated
            -manuscript diagram of architect's names headed 'Camp Non Camp'
            -manuscript diagrams
            -pages from ROBAJ Jun 1966, 'RIBA Annual Discourse' by Myron Goldsmith, annotated
            -folded titled 'John Summerson + Charles Jencks, exchanges over PMC [Post-Modern Classicism] 1981, FSC [Freestyle Classicism] 1982, + TH [Thematic House] 1984 including manuscript letters from Summerson to Charles and typed copies; and copy typescript letters from Charles to Summerson; as well as: typescript headed 'The New Taboo: Ure Chisel'; a leaflet for Das Linz Café; typescript titled 'The Face of the Vernacular' and captions; a sketch labelled 'Validimir - Moscow 19/10/93'; a letter on Little Sparta headed paper from Ian [Hamilton Finlay] regarding the garden scheme; draft typescript letter from Charles on UCLA headed paper to I.M. Pei, 1983 and reply; letter from I.M. Pei to Henry Kewswick regarding Maggie, 2003
            -typescript letter from Nikolaus Pevsner on Birkbeck College headed paper to Charles declining to supervise his thesis, and copy typescript reply from Charles; cuttings on Pevsner.
            [Loose papers]
            CJA-PTK-10 · File · 1994-1999
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Bundle of papers found loose. Includes:
            -6 colour photographs [taken at Portrack seminars?] printed on Fujicolor paper, [1994]
            -1 colour photograph of Charles speaking to [unidentified man] at a table in a garden [at Portrack?], printed on Konica Long Life 100 paper
            -2 colour photographs, printed on Kodak paper showing [unidentified woman, man and child; the woman is wearing a cheongsam-style dress]
            -typescript fax sent by Charles [recipient unknown] detailing the participants at and agenda of the Portrack Seminars in the context of a book publishing 'the rewritten papers delivered at the tenth meeting', 1999
            -photocopy typescript document with headings: Portrack Seminars July 13-16th.17th?; acceptances; possibles; September 7-10th or 11th; with a list of name and contact details; annotated
            -manuscript letter from Ihab Hassan on personal headed paper giving details of his location over the next few months and sending a paper by a graduate student on postodernism which makes use of Charles' work; enclosed: photocopy typescript 'The Postmodern Sublime' by Fevronia Novak, 1994
            -photocopy published article by Charles 'The Post-Modern Agenda' [revised version of 'The Values of Post-Modernism', from Post-Modernism: The New Classicism in Art and Architecture, 1987].
            4 PM Cosmology
            CJA-PTK-11 · File · 1989-1995
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Contents of a folder labelled '(4) PM Cosmology' [folder removed]. Includes:
            -typescript schedule for the Portrack seminar on Post-Modern Ecology to be held in Santa Monica on Tulane Department of Philosophy, 1995 [incomplete]
            -typescript list of Portrack seminars and participants 1-6
            -post-it with manuscript note
            -cutting titled 'The New Men from Auntie' [on Alan Yentob and Michael Jackson at the BBC] by Lesley White
            -cutting 'The Creative Universe' by Judith Rice from The Tablet 24 July 1992
            -copy fax from the the ICA to Brian Swimme with arrangements from Meaning In The Cosmos, 1993
            -typescript list of religious leaders and academics
            -typescript fax from Imperial College, informing Charles that Professor C. Isham is unwell and will be unable to speak at the event, 1993
            -typescript fax, signed, from Charles to Richard Falk discussing potential of Prague and Havel
            -typescript letter from Charles to Vaclev Havel, President of the Czech Republic, 1994
            -typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles discussing a potential publication and Prague, 1994
            -typescript list of names and contact details headed 'July 13th-16th/17th? Acceptances', heavily annotated
            -typescript titled 'The Triumph of the Twentieth Century' from The Economist 12 August 1989
            -typescript fax giving contact details
            -fax from the ICA to Charles sending advertisements in Time Out and the News Statesman [not enclosed], 1993
            -typescript list titled 'SPT Addresses and telephone numbers' with contact details
            -photocopy poem titled 'The Blind Men and the Elephant' by Godfray Saxe from 'Quest for a Concept of Postmodernity' [7 copies]