This collection is located onsite.
This collection has no restrictions.
This collection represents the Columbia Jester holdings at the University Archives. This finding aid was created to facilitate access. Please note that the "Laddies' Home Journal" parody issue can be found in the Flat Files Collection (UA#0180). Where available, links to digital issues have been included.
The Columbia Jester issues, 1901-2019
The inventory below lists the physical issues in our collections. The Columbia Jester issues can be found either in bound volumes and/or as loose issues. The "items" below refer to bound volumes. The name of the item refers to the title found on the spine of the book. Loose issues (unbound) are stored in folders inside archival boxes. There are also links to one 1912 issue from the Hathi Trust; digital issues uploaded by jesterofcolumbia on Scribd.com; and a few links to the Jester's issuu archive.
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located onsite.
This collection has no restrictions.
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
No additions are expected.
Digital issues from 2006-2015 were uploaded by jesterofcolumbia on Scribd.com and were retrieved on June 26, 2023. The March 1912 issue was digitized as part of the Seymour B. Durst Old York Library collection at the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
2023-06-26 Finding aid published (JR)
The Columbia Jester was a student humor magazine launched on All Fools' Day, 1901. It was printed mostly continuously at least through 1997, revived in 2001 after a short lapse in publication and again in 2005 after another, shorter one, and ceased publication in 2019.
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Columbia University -- Students -- Periodicals | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
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College student newspapers and periodicals | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |