+MERCI MARIE LAVEAU+ >the fact that you read this is an +ELECTRONIC MIRACLE+ >(both m.s.n. and i had given up) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FELICIE deCIRCE-FOUCHER+ >it is valuable to note in one of helen's obituaries that felicie foucher used +deCIRCE FOUCHER+ >as her surname much as her husband +FRANCOIS JOSEPH VERLOIN-deGRUY+ >used verloin-degruy in the official +CHURCH DOCUMENT+ >as his surname< ^^^^^^^^^ +CONCLUSION+ >these great-great grandparents of ours possessed pride in their noble french heritage and the importance of +VERLOIN & deCIRCE+ >in their aristocratic links to their +BREATHTAKING HISTORY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(note: frank lloyd-wright sons, who were my friends, used lloyd-wright in this manner and grandson eric, also. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +deCIRCE CONTINUES+ >in france w/ an illustrious history that should be traced to their fr. chateaux. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(audubon park/tulane/loyola +FOUCHER-BORE+ >was their old nola plantation<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GARAGE TREASURES+ >work contnues in my garage extracting the best of my library from storage +GRAPHICS/PAPERS/BOOKS+ >while the rest are library book gifts. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CALIFORNIA BUNGALOWS, 1894+ >COVE BEACH / LAJOLLA CA.< (oldest existing in california >preservation campaign) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SCHOLARLY RESEARCH PAPERS+ >memories abound of my 1975 effort in +ARCHITECTURAL PRESERVATION+ >with several papers i wrote< >first at tulane and later in... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LAJOLLA, CALIFORNIA+ >establishing the west indies-louisiana +1969 TULANE PAPER+ >link of the veranda plantation house >and the california paper linking +1975 LAJOLLA PAPER+ >the california bungalow w/its >pacific island progenitors< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >WHILE ESTABLISHING LINKS OF THE PACIFIC ISLAND HOUSE W/ BOTH >1975 lajolla paper< +WEST INDIES & LOUISIANA HOUSES+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SLIDE LECTURE-1975+ >i delivered a double screen slide lecture coupled w/ my paper to several official boards) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THIS WAS VIDEO TAPED+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >seven university professors sent letters (ESP. VINCENT SCULLY, YALE) >& telegrams approving my conclusions +AND THE BUNGALOWS WERE+ +SAVED FROM DISTRUCTION+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +JAY EDWARDS MONOGRAPHS+ >later in 1988-89 professor jay edwards of lsu having read my earlier papers +PROF HECK HAD SENT+ (edward's friend) +POSITIVE SUPPORT+ >carried this investigation further w/ two valuable monographs... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1)+LOUISIANA'S REMARKABLE FRENCH+ +VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2) +COMPLEX ORIGINS OF AMERICAN+ >DOMESTIC< +PIAZZA-VERANDA-GALLERY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +1967-1969, ORIGINAL RESEARCH+ >what should not be overlooked here >is my in-depth paper w/ illustrations< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"EXOTIC FACTORS AND FORCES OF+ >(tulane research paper 1968< >shared w/ prof. heck) +PRIMARY LOUISIANA AESTHETICS"+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MULTI-VALENT OPERATION+ >i wrote this while formulating in my studio at tulane (i was teaching in +SYNERGETIC EFFORT+ +RESEARCH TO REALITY+ >the architecture school while >earning a m.f.a. degree<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +A LARGE OEUVRE OF CREATIVE WORKS+ >color-light-energy< >paintings/environs/architecture< +REFLECTING THE TROPICAL INFLUENCE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >culminating in "the jazz workshop"< >published in the times picayune< >that progenderd the< +NEW ORLEANS JAZZ FEST+ ! (in the very next year) ! ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ILLUSTRATED LECTURE+ >upstairs in a large closet is the major three screen slide lecture i have delivered all over the world >expressing this history< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NOTE OF IRONY+ >i have never seen "jazz-fest" and very few louisianians are familiar w/ the +HISTORY THAT I SHARE W/ YOU+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. >(perhaps time shall correct), +IN AN ETERNAL SPACE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california