Flat Files Collection, 1754-2017

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Series VIII. Performing Arts

This series contains posters and oversize artwork from the different performing groups on campus, including the Glee Club, the Columbia Players, and the Varsity Show.



Box 14-UA-1 Glee Club, Poster for April 28 Spring Concert, 1960s


Glee Club, Poster for April 23 "A Program of American Music at the Town Hall", 1960s


Glee Club, Poster for May 1 Concert at Philharmonic Hall, 1960s


Glee Club, Poster for October 12 Homecoming Concert with Yale University, 1960s


Glee Club, Poster for December 10 Winter Concert with Goucher College, 1960s


Glee Club, Poster for October 20 Homecoming Concert with Yale University, 1960s


Glee Club, Poster for October 1 Homecoming Concert with Rutgers, 1960s, 2 copies


Glee Club, Poster for May 3 Spring Concert, 1960s


Glee Club, Poster for April 26 Concert at Philharmonic Hall, 1960s


Glee Club, Poster for April 29 Town Hall, 1960s



Box 14-UA-3 Glee Club Posters, 1897-2017, bulk 1900s-1960s


Glee Club, Poster for May 2 Spring Concert, undated


Glee Club, Poster for December 6 Winter Concert, undated


Glee Club, Poster for May 2 Spring Concert, undated


Glee Club, Poster for Concert with Goucher College, undated



Box 14-UA-5 Columbia College Glee, Banjo, and Mandolin Clubs, "Grand Concert" Poster, circa 1900



Box 14-UA-8 Varsity Show, Poster for "In Newport", 1909


Posters for the Sophomore Shows "The Arabian Nights," "The Trial of Calculus," and "The Paper Chase", 1901, 1911, 1913


Poster for the Barnard Literary Association's Performances of "The Resurrection of Dinny O'Dowd" and "The Leadin' Road to Donegal", 1911



Box Flat Box 3 Sophomore Show "Professor Whimsical", 1901



Box Flat Box 4 Illustrations of Can-Can Girl for the Varsity Show "In Newport", 1909



Box Flat Box 9 Wilson, Claggett, Illustrations for the Program of "A Medieval Pageant of 13th Century Culture in Honor of Roger Bacon", 1914



Box Flat Box 13 Poster for United States Marine Band Outdoor Concert, 1954


Posters for the Banjo, Glee, and Mandolin Clubs, 1894-1895, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1956, 1966, undated


Varsity Show, Poster for "You'll Never Know", 1921


Varsity Show, Poster for "Steppe Around", 1922


Varsity Show, Poster for "Half Moon Inn", 1923


Varsity Show, Poster for "His Majesty the Queen", 1926



Box Flat Box 14 Varsity Show, Poster for "Almagedon", 2015


Varsity Show, Posters for "A King's College", 2016


Varsity Show, Posters for "A Tale of Two Colleges", 2017


Varsity Show, Posters for "The Shape of Things", 1953


Varsity Show, Poster for "The Sky's the Limit", 1954


Varsity Show, Poster for "When in Rome", 1955


Columbia Theater Associates, Poster for "Pieces of Eight", 1944


Columbia Theater Associates, Poster for "The Jealous Husband", 1944


Varsity Show, Poster for "You've Got Something There", 1938


Varsity Show, Poster for "Hit the Road", 1941


Varsity Show, Poster for "Saints Alive", 1942


Varsity Show, Poster for "On the Double", 1944


Varsity Show, Poster for "Made in India", 1911


Varsity Show, Poster for "The Mysterious Miss Apache" with Jester Advertisement, 1912


Poster for Sophomore Show "She Died Hard", 1915


Poster for Sophomore Show "A Modern Miracle", 1897


Philolexian Society, Poster for Ralph Roister Doister", 1910


New York Actors' Theatre, Poster for "Galileo", 1978


Morningside Players, Posters for "All the King's Horses," Blue Water," "Prima Donna," and "Street Fiddler", circa 1930s


Columbia University Extension, Poster for "A Program of One-Act Plays", 1934


Columbia University Players, Poster for "The King of Hilaria", circa 1920s or early 1930s


Columbia Theater Associates, Poster for "The Alchemist", 1939


Columbia Theater Associates, Poster for "Iphigenia in Taurus", 1936


Columbia Theater Associates, Posters for "Stratonice," "The Man with the Terrible Temper," "Evangeline," and "The Scarecrow", 1947


Columbia Theater Associates, Poster for "The Revival of Four 18th Century Comedies from the New York Theater of 1754", 1954


Columbia Theater Associates, Poster for "The Medium", undated


Columbia Laboratory Players, Poster for "A Midsummer Night's Dream", undated


Columbia Laboratory Players, Poster for "Love in a Village", 1933


Columbia Laboratory Players, Poster for "The Importance of Being Earnest", 1934


Columbia Laboratory Players, Posters for "Macbeth," "The Tempest," and "A Trip to Scarborough", 1935


Coburn Players, Poster for "The Canterbury Pilgrims" , 1909-1915


Columbia Laboratory Players, "The Winter's Tale", 1936


Columbia Laboratory Players, "The Forest Rose", 1937-1938


Columbia Laboratory Players, "Catherine de Medici", 1938


Columbia Laboratory Players, "Othello", 1939



Box Flat Box 15 Columbia Players, Posters for "The Enchanted," "Uncle Vanya," "Othello," "Camino Real," "Murder in the Cathedral," "Design for Living," "Billy Budd," and "King Henry IV", undated



Box Flat Box 16 Kings Crown Shakespeare Troupe, Posters for "Hamlet" and "Merchant of Venice", 2005


Box Flat Box 16 Varsity Show, Posters for "Lights Out on Broadway", 2018



Box Flat Box 18 Columbia and Lehigh University Bands Conducted by Jonathan Elkus (Lehigh) and Elias Dann (Columbia) Combined in Concert at Carnegie Hall, 1963 February 22


Columbia Band Concert, Wollman Auditorium, 1964 February 21


Columbia-Harvard Combined Band Concert Carnegie Hall, 1965 February 20