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Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-cutting titled 'Cars without Chaos' from The Listener 22 May 1975, annotated
-cutting from The Sunday Times 25 May 1975 about the village of Debenham
-stapled bundle of cuttings from New Society 1974-1975 relating to town and cities, annotated
-incomplete manuscript notes on cities
-manuscript and typescript notes on Byker, Newcastle
-typescript titled 'Rough outline for Animal Architects' by Charles [probably a script and treatment for a proposed television programme]
-Typescript photocopied program for the seminar: architecture-innertown-government held 2-6 Jun 1975 a T.H. Eindhoven with manuscript notes on reverse
-'Does Post-Modernism Communicate' by Linda Groat and David Canter photocopied from [Progressive Architecture], Dec 1979
-'The past and future of research on meaning in architecture: the case for architectural theory as a basis for future research' by Linda N. Groat, photocopied from Proceedings of the Environmental Design Research Association Conference, 1983
-Book review titled 'Meaning in Architecture: new directions and sources' by Linda Groat, photocopied from Journal of Environmental Psychology 1981:1, including Signs, Symbols and Architecture by Geoffrey Broadbent, Richard Bunt and Charles.
-'Measuring the Fit of New to Old' by Linda Groat photocopied from Architecture Nov 1983
-'Public Opinions of Contextual Fit' by Linda Groat photocopied from Architecture Nov 1984

Cardboard sub-folder, annotated on the front with [word counts] and [chapter headings]. Includes:
-manuscript letter from [?Otto von Simson] on Kunsthistorisches Institut, Der Freien Universität Berlin headed paper, thanking Charles for his invitation and discussing the revised German edition of his 'Cathedral book', 1967
-typescript letters from Robert Venturi on Venturi and Rauch, Architects headed paper discussing the publication of an unidentified article, the publication of 'Learning from Las Vegas', his opinion of Charles's issue of Arena and thanking Charles for the copy of Roland Barthes, 1967-1968
-typescript letter from Erwin Panofsky on The Institute for Advanced Study headed paper declining to contribute to 'Meaning in Architecture' due to his age and health, 1966
-manuscript letters from Christian Norberg-Schulz on personal headed paper, regarding his contribution to Meaning in Architecture, 1967
-manuscript letter from Kenneth Frampton regarding a potential contribution to the book on Meaning 1968
-typescript letters from Susan Sontag regarding a potential contribution to a book, 1968
-manuscript postcard and letter from Aldo van Eyck regarding a forthcoming article and photographs, 1967
-typescript letter from EH Gombrich on The Warburg Institute headed paper, commenting on the proofs, 1968
-Typescript titled 'Modern Architecture Symposium (MAS), 8-10 May 1964, Columbia University New York City 'The Decade 1929-1939' with a list of speakers.
-typescript copy letter from Charles to Professor Gombrich inviting him to contribute to a forthcoming publication; typescript prospectus for Meaning in Architecture; typescript titled 'Outline of Meaning in Architecture' annotated with initials
-manuscript letter from Aldo [van Eyck] regarding a drawing of a 'pavilion for sleeping' and responding to the criticisms of his essay in Meaning in Architecture.
-manuscript letter from [?Aldo van Eyck] congratulating Charles on Meaning in Architecture, 1970
-cutting of 'Building His Nest' by Nathan Silver from New Statesman 1 Sep 1967
-cuttings of the letters page from New Society 31 Aug 1967 and 7 Sep 1967, including letters from, Charles and Reyner Banham responding to one another.
-printed drawing titled 'Anatomy of a Dwelling' [François Dallegret]
-typescript titled 'An Instant Guide to Meaning'
-typescript titled 'Semiology - the theory of signs (outline of a lecture by Charles Jencks)' with hand-drawn diagrams and manuscript notes

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.

Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf.

Includes:
-Cutting from the Daily Express relating to Archigram's Instant City
-AJ 2 Sep 1970 with Reyner Banham on Archigram [annotated]
-double-side oversize colour print of a Sea Elevation and Plan At Roof Level with the Royal Bath Hotel marked on both drawings.

Includes 'The Archigram Vision by Reyner Banham in English & Spanish, but otherwise Spanish language.

Charles' name annotated on outside and inside cover.