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Princess Court Cinema fonds
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1977-1998 (Creation)
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- Princess Court Theatre
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1977-1998 (Creation)
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- National Film Theatre
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Physical description
0.69 m of textual records, 25 photographs
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Administrative history
In February of 1988, the National Film Theatre opened Princess Court Cinema in the old Oddfellows Lodge at 394 Princess Street in collaboration with the Kingston Artists Association Inc. Relocating to the downtown core of Kingston was done with the hope of better fulfilling what the NFT saw as one of their key tenets, performing a community service to the general public and downtown residents, not just Queen's students and faculty. The Cinema continued as a non-profit corporation until 1998, when, due to distribution issues, it closed its doors.
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Administrative history
Started in 1977, with the help of Queen's University, the National Film Theatre (NFT) was formed. The purpose of the group was to increase the number of quality films available to students in Film Studies. The Theatre was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1980 and presented screenings in Ellis Hall on Queen's University campus for a number of years. In February of 1988, the group opened their own cinema space in the old Oddfellows Lodge at 394 Princess Street in collaboration with the Kingston Artists Association Inc. Relocating to the downtown core of Kingston was done with the hope of better fulfilling what the NFT saw as one of their key tenets, performing a community service to the general public and downtown residents, not just Queen's students and faculty.
The Princess Court Cinema, as the newly renovated space was named, run by the NFT, continued as a non-profit corporation until 1998, when, due to distribution issues, it closed its doors.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists primarily of financial and administrative documents pertaining to the running of the organization and inlcudes Board minutes, audited yearly accounts, position descriptions, grant applications and fundraising materials. There is a large portion of material surrounding the relocation to the Princess Court space downtown that includes architects tenders, plans, proposals and financial cost estimates. There is a smaller amount of material pertaining to the film programming that ran in the theatre, including programmes and a card catalogue of the films screened and the attendance at each screening.
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Christopher Andrew Kennedy, 1998
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The material has not been arranged in any scheme. File list only.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
2316.1
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Open.
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Associated materials
National Film Theatre poster by Janet Cardiff
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No further accruals are expected