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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.
Includes 'An Idea Big Enough for a Dome' by Charles.
Inserted: 'Duds all round: where the millennium millions sank' from The Sunday Times 29 Oct 2006, annotated
ADPublisher: Academy Editions
Inserted:
-polaroid photographs of houses, addresses annotated on reverse, numbered 1-9 [4 is missing]
-postcard from [Malie] congratulating Charles on the Day Dream book
-card from [Jo Jo] congratulating Charles on the Dream Houses of LA book, 1978
-typescript letter from John [possibly John Leighton Chase] regarding overlaps with his book on West Hollywood, 1978
-cutting from Time, 1 May 1989 titled 'Million-Dollar "Birthday Cakes"'
-typescript titled 'Photocaptions to Daydream Houses of LA'
-drawing in coloured pencil of An L.A Daydream House
-manuscript letter from Neil Pinney, California, enclosing contenders for Daydream Houses, with cuttings
-manuscript letter on Roland E Coate AIA headed paper regarding a house he is designing, 1978
-manuscript letter from Paulette Gershen, California regarding potential contributions of 'Witches houses' to the sequel of Daydream Houses of Los Angeles
-correspondence with the owners of 333 Copa de Oro Road regarding potential legal action after the inclusion of their house in Daydream Houses of Los Angeles, 1979, including copy of Charles' reply
-bundle of correspondence with Ambassador magazine arranging to write 750-1000 words on houses in Los Angeles; includes draft typescript, cutting of published article, correspondence regarding captions and return of slides; signed contract, 1981
-photocopied letter from Flaniken Construction, California to Charles via Academy Editions, detailing their involvement in two of the houses in Daydream Houses of Los Angeles, 1979
Publisher: Studio Vista London
Annotated 'Charles Jencks'.
Includes introduction by Charles. Inserted: negative strips labelled 'Kurokawa pointing at himself CJ photo' and '[illegible] tea hut'; review of the book by Reyner Banham in the TLS 12 August 1977; printed out email from Michael Gibert seeking to clarify statements Charles made in an interview about Kurokawa, with reply from Charles, 2013
Kurokawa, Kisho