Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1935 - 2017 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2.04 meters, textual material
2 photographs : colour
2 transparencies : colour ; 35mm, mounted
1 DVD
1 CD
42 video cassettes : VHS
28 audio cassettes
1 audio cassette : microcassette
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Max Nemni (1935–2024) was an influential Canadian intellectual and editor of Cité Libre, a landmark Québécois political magazine. He was a prolific writer, contributing numerous articles to Cité Libre as well as other Canadian publications. Along with his wife Monique Nemni, he shared a close relationship with Pierre Elliott Trudeau. In 1995, Trudeau entrusted the Nemnis with his personal papers and diaries so they could write his biography. Together, the Nemnis authored two acclaimed volumes: Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919–1944 (2006) and Trudeau Transformed: The Shaping of a Statesman, 1944–1965 (2011).
Name of creator
Biographical history
Monique Nemni (1935–2024) was an influential Canadian intellectual and editor of Cité Libre, a landmark Québécois political magazine. She was a prolific writer, contributing numerous articles to Cité Libre as well as other Canadian publications. Along with her husband Max Nemni, she shared a close relationship with Pierre Elliott Trudeau. In 1995, Trudeau entrusted the Nemnis with his personal papers and diaries so they could write his biography. Together, the Nemnis authored two acclaimed volumes: Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919–1944 (2006) and Trudeau Transformed: The Shaping of a Statesman, 1944–1965 (2011).
Name of creator
Administrative history
Cité Libre was a Québécois political magazine founded in the 1950s. It was published between 1950 and 1972 and again between 1991 and 2000, following a hiatus. The magazine’s first run played a key role in the Quiet Revolution (Révolution tranquille), a significant period of transformation in Québec’s history. The second run was launched in 1991 to help promote Canadian national unity. It covered the 1995 referendum and surrounding political issues. The Nemnis were co-editors of the magazine from 1995 until 2000.
Repository
Archival history
The records were donated to the Trinity College Archives by Jackie Nemni, daughter of Max and Monique Nemni.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Nemini/Cité Libre fonds consists of material related to Max and Monique Nemni’s professional activities. In particular, the records pertain to Cité Libre and its publication, the Nemnis’ research and writing, and Pierre Trudeau’s life and work. The fonds includes copies of Cité Libre, research materials, clippings, correspondence, Pierre Trudeau’s diaries, photographs, and audiovisual material (VHS tapes, audio cassettes, a DVD, and a CD).
Contains series
- Research materials about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and process work for Trudeau biographies
- Research, writing, and professional activities
- Cité libre documents
- Copies of Cité libre
- Audiovisual material
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Original order has been maintained as much as possible.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Restrictions on some files that contain personal information.
Conditions governing reproduction
Various copyright holders. It is the researcher’s responsibility to obtain permission to publish any part of the fonds.
Language of material
French
English