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Contents of a folder labelled 'Ground Floor Cosmic Oval 4.41-4.43'

Includes:
-pencil and ink sketches on paper and tracing paper.
-photocopy of a drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Detail of [Oval] Studwork Ground Floor Hall], Oct 1980 (folded)./
-pencil and coloured pencil sketch of the ceiling.
-photocopy of an untitled drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership with a plan for the Cosmic Oval showing measurements and doors.

Contents of a folder labelled 'Themes'.

Includes:
-colour polaroid of the Cosmic Oval
-correspondence between Charles and Barbara Hoyle regarding Sir Fred Hoyle's contributions to the house
-program for the Entrance Ellipse
-correspondence between Charles and D McNally at the University of London Observatory, regarding an introduction to Fred Hoyle and new research in astronomy
-manuscript and photocopied lettering designs
-cuttings from Country Life 14 July 1983 regarding Villa Kerylos, French Riviera
-typescript with manuscript alterations title 'The Thematic House'
-astrological designs on tracing paper
-photocopied typeface designs and details of a course on letter design for architects
-colour, b&w photographs and floor plans of the [National Gallery of Art, Washington]
-I.M. Pei & Partners program and statistics and press release for the National Gallery of Art [Washington] Expansion
-manuscript notes on the National Gallery of Art, the Willow Tea Rooms, temples, Edzell castle
-design for the sink in the Cosmic Loo
-notes on the word 'cosmos' and for a frieze
-contact sheet and negatives of built-in furniture within the house
-manuscript notes listing rooms in the house and columns labelled 'drawings, sketches notes etc: what we have', 'Photographs: what we have' and 'What we need' dated 14 Dec 1984. There are coloured dots to indicate Maggie and Charles' preferences.
-cutting from the Guardian 'The House that Jencks built' 1984 and photocopies
-typescript notes titles 'Cultural History July 25th 1984 MK CK WS' relating to the frieze
-news cuttings on astronomy
-typescript notes titled 'Cultural Time' with manuscript annotations listing historical figures
-typescript notes titled 'Seventeen Themes of the Thematic House The Matic How See' divided into general, historical & architectural and personal
-printed typescript document titled 'Program for the Entrance Ellipse - The Cosmic Egg and Cultural History by Charles Jencks' with manuscript annotations and sketches on reverse.
-manuscript and typescript draft lists of themes
-typescript document titled 'William Stok December 2 1984: Thoughts on the Mural' with a manuscript sketch at the bottom of the page
-typescript documentitled 'Allegory MK: Architecture defeated; architecture triumphant'.
-manuscript quotations
-photocopy from an unknown publication relating to the personification of architecture
-pencil sketches on tracing paper of doors, with photocopies
-incomplete typescript document titled 'The Thematic House: Charles Jencks'
-photocopy from an unknown publication relating to the symbolism of the seasons
-typescript and manuscript notes titled 'Future Pavilion' with aphorisms about the future
-photocopy typescript article titled 'The Thematic House (A brief Summary); Charles Jencks'.
-typescript letter from Mark Girouard sending captions [not included] and returning the slides and transparencies
-typescript notes on Autumn, Aphrodite, Artemis and Spring
-horoscopes from Vogue June 1972
-typescript notes titled 'Thoughts on Reading E.H. Gombrich 'The Museum: Past, Present and Future' in Ideals and Idols, Phaidon, Oxford 1979'
-pencil and ink sketch frieze designs
-colour polaroid photograph of the Bathpool
-receipt from Harriet Wynter Ltd for an Orrery and colour reproduction labelled 'This is the ceiling of the famous planetarium built by Eise Eisinga'
-letter from D McNally at the University of London regarding the entrance ellipse and returning Charles' program (attached) and regarding introductions to Sir Fred Hoyle
-pencil lettering designs
-typescript notes titled 'Museum of Cultural History'
-private view card for 'Ornament and Decoration: Architectural Drawings by Arthur Brown Jr and Bakewell & Brown' at Phillippe Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, with manuscript annotations
-colour polaroid photographs of the Cosmic Oval

Contents of an envelope labelled 'Extras' containing slides, photographs, correspondence and transparencies.

Includes:
-compliments slip from Richard Bryant
-b&w photographs by Robin Laurence for NYT of Charles' Biedermeier chairs alongside some of the Symbolic Furniture, and Charles sitting on one of the Sun chairs, stamped on reverse,1985
-photograph from the collection of the National Monuments Record of a unidentified historic building
-colour polaroids of the Foursquare Room
-b&w photographs of Esna, Temple of Khnum, one with extensive annotations, and the pyramid of King Chephren
-colour transparencies by Richard Bryant
-b&w photographs of the Elemental House
-b&w photographs of the Architectural Library, John's Room and Lily's Room with the furniture installed but no other furnishings
-colour photograph of the West elevation
-b&w negative of Winter
-letter from Mark Lewis of Lewis & Horning regarding the work he did on Indian Summer, 1985
-cutting from an unidentified magazine
-manuscript notes labelled 'Richard Bryant' with a list of rooms in a variety of different handwritings, including notes about Medite
-b&w polaroid photographs of the Cosmic Oval
-transparencies inside tracing paper, annotated for publication
-colour slides of rooms in the Thematic House labelled 'C Jencks: not used before. 20 slides - 4 Square RM + Bathpool' but including most of the ground floor, the Time Garden and the chimneys
-letter from William Stok regarding photography of this mural and enclosing a postcard of a work by Chagall [not included], 1985
-colour transparency of the Garagia Rotunda annotated 'Chapter 2'
-envelope enclosing b&w photographs with a message from 'Eamon of the shop'
-b&w photograph of Charles in front of the Spring fireplace [over-sized, damaged]
-b&w photograph of Charles and Maggie in front of the Spring fireplace. Charles is holding a mobile phone [over-sized, damaged]

Bundle of photographs and an illustration.

Includes:
-b&w polaroid photograph of Spring, tracing paper attached marked for publication. Annotated 'A/A files/Book reviews p110 A'.
-colour photograph of the Spring fireplace
-colour photograph of the Cosmic Oval
-colour photograph of the shelves in Indian Summer
-colour photograph looking into the Sundial Arcade
-b&w print on photographic paper of the bookplate design inside Towards A Symbolic Architecture, with some of the text glued on