Nat Taylor Fonds (F0183)

York University Archives & Special Collections (CTASC) Finding Aid - Nat Taylor fonds (F0183) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.4.0 Printed: April 03, 2018 Language of description: English York University Archives & Special Collections (CTASC) 305 Scott Library, 4700 Keele Street, York University Toronto Ontario Canada M3J 1P3 Telephone: 416-736-5442 Fax: 416-650-8039 Email: [email protected] http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/ArchivesSpecialCollections/index.htm https://atom.library.yorku.ca//index.php/nat-taylor-fonds Nat Taylor fonds Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 3 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Access points ................................................................................................................................................... 4 York University Archives & Special Collections (CTASC) Page 2 F0183 Nat Taylor fonds Summary information Repository: York University Archives & Special Collections (CTASC) Title: Nat Taylor fonds ID: F0183 Date: 1929-1999 (date of creation) Physical description: 2.76 m of textual records 16 audio cassettes 4 video cassettes ca. 88 photographs 11 posters Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note Nathan (Nat) A. Taylor, film and theatre executive, was born on 26 May 1906 in Toronto, Ontario. He was educated at the Universty of Toronto and at Osgoode Hall Law School, graduating in 1930. Operating his first cinema in 1923, he was a pioneer in offering multiple film screenings simultaneously in the same building by subdividing the theatrical space. By 1979, Taylor founded Pan-Canadian Film Distributors Inc. with Garth Drabinsky, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cineplex Corporation opened the 18 screen Cineplex in Toronto's Eaton's Centre. Throughout his career, Taylor has founded or served in various capacities in cinema-related organizations such as the Motion Picture Theatre Owners Association of Ontario, Exhibitor's Co-operative Limited, Exhibitors Booking Association, Film Publications of Canada Ltd., Motion Pictures Theatres Association of Ontario and International Film Distributors Limited among others. He has been a president of the Canadian Picture Pioneers and has received both its Pioneer of the Year, and Pioneer Jubilee Awards. Scope and content Fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, contracts, financial records, reports, photographs, video cassettes and sound recordings that document Taylor's career as a film and theatre executive. York University Archives & Special Collections (CTASC) Page 3 F0183 Nat Taylor fonds Notes Title notes Immediate source of acquisition Donated by Claire Taylor in 1999. Restrictions on access No restrictions on access. Finding aids File list available. Accruals The fonds comprises the following accession: 1999-036. Further accruals may be expected. Other notes • Publication status: Published Access points • Drabinsky, Garth, 1949- (subject) • Textual record (documentary form) • Sound recording (documentary form) • Moving image (documentary form) • Graphic material (documentary form) Collection holdings York University Archives & Special Collections (CTASC) Page 4.

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