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New York State Theatre Institute Transitional Records


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
The correspondence, newspaper clippings, news releases, and other records in this series document the New York State Theatre Institute's (NYSTI) various struggles for existence after being faced with major financial cuts, both in the mid-1980s and early 1990s. The bulk of the records concern NYSTI's operations in 1991-1992, when it was being evicted from its center of operations, The Egg in Albany.
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Title:
New York State Theatre Institute transitional records
Quantity:

3 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1984, 1990-1992
Bulk Dates:
bulk 1991-1992
Series Number:
22471

Scope and Content Note

The records in this series document the New York State Theatre Institute's (NYSTI) struggles for existence after being faced with major financial cuts, both in the mid-1980s and early 1990s. Included are letters to numerous state legislators defending NYSTI and appealing for the restoration of funding, as well as the legislators' responses; newspaper clippings regarding NYSTI and its fiscal crises; lists of legislators to whom appeals were made; news releases; a resolution in opposition to the cuts; and a 1990 termination of agreement document between the Empire State Institute for the Performing Arts, the predecessor to NYSTI, and the Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center Corporation. The bulk of the records concern NYSTI's operations in 1991-1992, when it was being evicted from its center of operations, The Egg in Albany.

Acquisition Information

These records were created by the New York State Theatre Institute, and were transferred to the custody of the State Education Department when the institute was dissolved in April 2010. They were transferred to the State Archives in March 2013.

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