Documents biographiques = Biographical material
1944-1968
Sous-série 1
This sub-series contains the personal and biographical documents of Pierre Jeanneret. Primarily comprised of textual records, this sub-series includes school reports and certificates, summaries of the architects' professional activities, military service and education, memberships and nominations, and posthumous tributes to the architect. Documents are dated between 1944 and 1990, predominently 1944-1968.
Les documents sont en français et en anglais. Documents are in French and English.
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Documents include a certificate attesting to Pierre Jeanneret's completion of a first year course ("Classe d'ornement") at the École des beaux-arts de Genève, and a photocopy of a school report from the same institution.
2 textual record(s)
records: 0,01 l.m.
Geneva Switzerland
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-01
Documents include a summary of the Pierre Jeanneret's professional activities, militrary service, and education between 1896 and 1939 (curriculum vitae), as well as three photocopied pieces of correspondence concerning his qualifications and professional experience.
4 textual record(s)
records: 0,01 l.m.
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-02
Documents pertaining to the Pierre Jeanneret's military service, including his military service record (booklet), a completed taxation slip for foreign countries issued by the government of the Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) dated 1944, and an official goverment form received by the architect recording his exemption from military service dated 1939. The taxation slip and the militrary service record are filled out in the hand of the architect.
3 textual record(s)
records: 0.01 l.m.
Switzerland
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-03
Pierre Jeanneret's application for membership to the Order of Architects, Paris. The application, filled out in the architects' hand, was never sent to the Order.
1 textual record(s)
sheet: 27,6 × 21 cm
- The application form was annotated using black ink.
dated, inscribed and signed
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-04
Adress book belonging to Pierre Jeanneret, likely provided to him by the Eastern Shipping Corporation Ltd., India.
1 artefact(s)
book: 12,5 × 9,2 × 0,9 cm
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-05
Lettre from Bercier, Secretary General for the Préfecture de l'Isère, France, to Pierre Jeanneret, concerning the architects' nomination to the "Commission départementale d'urbanisme". Letter confirms the designation of Pierre Jeanneret as a member of the "Commission départementale d'urbanisme" of the Préfecture de l'Isère, France.
Enclosed is a list of members of the "Commission départementale d'urbanisme" of the Préfecture de l'Isère.
1 typescript(s)
dated, signed, and stamped
France
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-07
Prescription written by the Assistant Surgeon, Capital Project Dispensary, Chandigarh, for Pierre Jeanneret.
1 textual record(s)
sheet (irreg.): 17,1 × 11 cm
dated and signed
Chandigarh India
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-08
Driver’s license issued to Pierre Jeanneret for the area surrounding the Bhakra Dam, Nangal Township.
1 textual record(s)
sheet (irreg.): 12,6 × 11,3 cm
- The document is annotated, signed, and dated in black and red ink.
dated, inscribed, signed and stamped
Nāngal Township India
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-09
Pierre Jeanneret's passport from the French Republic containing the architects' Indian visas.
1 textual record(s)
book: 15 × 10,7 × 0,5 cm
- A black and white photograph of the architect is affixed to the third page of the passport.
dated, inscribed, numbered, signed, and stamped - by an unknown hand in ink, throughout; u.c.:"JEANNERET-GRIS"; and l.c.:"19/63" are inscribed on the first sheet of the passport. These inscriptions are visible through cut-outs on the passports' cover
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-10
2 textual record(s)
records: 0,01 l.m.
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
Documents are in French.
156-003-11
Correspondence pertaining Pierre Jeanneret's paid sick while working as the Chief Architect and Town Planning Adviser in Chandigarh.
1 typescript(s)
sheets: 29,3 × 21,3 cm
- This document is comprised of two sheets and is annotated throughout in blue ink.
dated, inscribed and signed
Chandigarh India
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
Document in English.
156-003-12
Documents include a card announcing of the architects' death, announcement(s) to be printed in the Chandigarh newspaper "The Tribune", the program for the immersion ceremony, message(s) of condolence, allocution(s) and tribute(s), and a photocopy of a newspaper article in "The Sunday Tribune" concerning the immersion ceremony and the architects' legacy.
9 textual record(s)
records: 0,01 l.m.
Chandigarh India
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
Documents are in French and English.
156-003-14
Tribute to Pierre Jeanneret written by E.N. Mangat Rai entitled "To Live One's Little Hour", printed in "The Times of India" July 21, 1968.
1 clipping(s)
sheet (irreg.): 24,5 × 19,8 cm
dated
Chandigarh India
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-15
Letter from Gilles Barbey, Architect, to Jaqueline Jeanneret dated February 16, 2013, concerning the tribute to Pierre Jeanneret to appear in the journal "Architecture d'Aujourd'hui". Enclosed is a copy of the letter from Barbey to Renée Diamant-Berger, Editor of "Architecture d'Aujourd'hui" dated February 15, 1968, as well as French translations of writings by Pierre Jeanneret to be included in the publication as a tribute to the architect.
1 typescript(s)
sheets: 21,1 × 29,7 cm
dated and signed
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
Documents in French.
156-003-16
Photocopy of an unidentified tribute to Pierre Jeanneret entitled "The Citation - In Gratitude" written after the architects' death December 4, 1967.
1 textual record(s)
Photocopy
- The document is annotated in blue ink.
inscribed
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
Document in English.
156-003-17
The text from Jacqueline Jeanneret introduces another by Pierre Jeanneret himself concerning the architects' collaboration with Le Corbusier, dated December 9, 1965. Documents include photocopies.
6 textual record(s)
records: 0.01 l.m.
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
Documents in French and English.
156-003-18
Photocopies of various personal documents, including an identity card issued to Pierre Jeanneret (1963), numerous pages from the architects' Swiss and French passports (1937-1963), a certificate of employment issued by the "Ministère de l'Armement" (1940), movement cards ("carte de circulation") and authorisations to carry weapons issued to Pierre Jeanneret during World War II by the "Bureau Militaire de Circulation" and the "Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur" (1939-1945), and a movement card issued to André Masson by the "Détachement Armée des Alpes (1945). Also contains a copy of the agenda for CIAM2, the second International Congress of Modern Architecture ("Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne"), which reveals Pierre Jeanneret's participation in the Congress.
16 textual record(s)
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-19
Empty hanging file of Pierre Jeanneret labeled in the architect's hand. Based on the label, it can be presumed that it previously contained personal documents belonging to the architect.
1 folder(s)
folder: 26,7 × 31,7 cm
- Label is affixed to the top of the hanging files and is inscribed in black ink.
inscribed - by Pierre Jeanneret on label in black ink: ""Choses / personnelles" / P.J."
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-006-44
1 document(s) textuel(s)
Photocopie sur papier avec encre
sheet: 13.3 × 21.9 cm
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-47
1 document(s) textuel(s)
Photocopies sur papier
sheet: 29.9 × 20.7 cm
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-48
Le groupe consiste en deux coupures de presse d'articles en anglais sur l'immersion des cendres de Pierre Jeanneret à Chandigarh, en Inde, en avril 1970.
2 document(s) textuel(s)
sheet (smallest): 6.4 × 5 cm sheet (largest): 58.1 × 42.2 cm sheet (largest; folded; irreg.): 15.5 × 21.5 cm
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret
156-003-48
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