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[Loose papers]
-CJA-PTK-21 · File
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Material found loose and grouped together. Includes:
-manuscript notes [for introductory speech]
-typescript titled 'Portrack Seminar 1' listing arrivals and departures, arrangements for meals, accomodation for participants, possible day trips and walks
-typescript titled 'Post-Modern Architecture - The Four Stage' [annotated] and 4 photocopy versions
-manuscript notes including headings 'Role of Theory' and 'Whither PM?'
-manuscript notes headed 'Portrack Seminar - Prepare for 1st 2 - Whither PM?'
-plastic folder labelled 'Portrack Seminar July' containing bundles of duplicates of the programme; original colour pen and pencil map of the garden at Portrack [by Maggie] with colour copies; fax from Charlene to colleagues attending the symposium with photocopies.
[Loose documents]
CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-14 · File
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of papers found loose on the shelves. Includes:
-Welcome to Portrack: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation map with notes of names and contact details
-plastic folder containing listings for the Cheltenham Festivals; invitation to dinner from the Deputy Editor of The Times; arrangements for Charles' talk at the Cheltenham Science festival including overview of content
-typescript document headed 'Portrack House, Dumfries, Scotland' with a focus on the bridges in The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
-typescript document with colour photographs titled 'Garden of Cosmic Speculation à Portrack: Rencontre avec Charles Jencks' in French with an English translation stapled to the front
-National Galleries of Scotland Bulletin July and August 2002; inside is a typescript document titled 'Lurve The Curve' with annotations
-leaflet for The Association of Gardens Trusts Conference 2002, annotated with contact details
-cutting titled 'Master of The Multiverse' from How To Spend It
-plastic wallet containing correspondence with the Chicago Botanic Garden relating to an exhibition planed for 2006 including images and captions
-leaflet for events in the New York Botanical Garden's 2016 Landscape Design Portfolios lecture series including Charles speaking on 'The Universe As Artist'
-cutting of a review of James Lovelock's 'A Rough Ride To The Future' underlined and annotated 'GAIA'.
House & Garden December 2003 Charles Jencks
CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-15 · Item · Dec 2003
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Red fabric hardback bound copy of the December 2003 issue of House & Garden. Includes 'Wavelengths: more than a decade in the making, Charles Jencks' Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Scotland is attuned to the currents of the universe' by Belinda Rathbone, photographed by Macduff Everton.
Tucked inside are loose cuttings of an article titled 'The Garden of Cosmic Speculation' from Scottish Life, Autumn 2017; pages from Kew magazine Autumn 2014; events list for the Architectural Association Term 1 Week 1[2014]; and a letter from House & Garden thanking Charles for his participation. House & Garden
UIL Reviews: Article, miscellaneous
CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-42 · File · [1996-2011]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Folder for ARB centre CATH, University of Leeds annotated 'UIL Reviews: Article, miscellaneous' with previous annotations crossed out. Includes two plastic folders of cuttings, photocopies and print-outs of articles about Charles, primarily relating to his landform work. Also includes a draft letter from Charles to Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux of the North Carolina Dance Theatre.