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- c 1965 - 1971 (Creation)
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Encloses the following:
Memorandum: J. Tyrwhitt to ACE Students on 'The Ekistic Grid in Context'. Athens Technological Organisation - Athens Centre of Ekistics. No. S-ACE 201 : 1250. 8 December 1971. Mention of the Ekistic Grid in town planning, developed by C.A. Doxiadis; the CIAM grid invented by Le Corbusier; Geddes Place-Work-Folk 'thinking machines'. [See also T-TYR 1/19 [https://www.ica-atom.org/strathclyde/memorandum-ekistic-grid-in-context-by-j-aqueline-tyrwhitt;isad]].
Copy letter: J[aqueline] Tyrwhitt to George Brasiller.
Regarding the publication of a book about Patrick Geddes. Outlines Tyrwhitt's understanding of Geddes' contribution to town planning. Suggests that Dr. Helen Meller write an historical introduction. Mention of Geddes' Dunfermline report; Professor George Collins; Mr. [ ] Green; Professor [ ] Dix. 3 pp. 24 September 1971. 2 copies
Photocopy of article: 'The Ekistic Grid' by Jacqueline [sic: the 'c' in Jacqueline has been crossed out] Tyrwhitt. Arena: Architecture Association Journal], pp. 10-15. Presented at the AA on 10 June 1965.
Photocopy of draft paper on sociology by Patrick Geddes. Typescript with manuscript annotations. 27 pp. No date. [Possibly in Sociological Review, January 1924]. Attached: 2 pp. of manuscript thought diagrams by [Patrick Geddes]. 1 p. of manuscript notes by [Jaqueline Tyrwhitt] relating to the paper and the possibility of using the diagrams [possibly in a publication].
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