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.
Item 1
Volumes 1 and 2, 1901-1902
Item 2
Volume 2, 1901-1902
Item 3
Volume 3, 1902-1903
Item 4
Volume 4, 1903-1904
Item 5
Volume 5, 1904-1905
Item 6
Volumes 6 and 7, 1905-1907
Item 7
Volume 8, Number 5, 1908 March
Item 8
Volume 8, Number 6, 1908 March
Item 9
Volume 8, Number 8, 1908 May
Item 10
Volume 9, Number 1, 1908 November
Item 11
Volume 9, Number 2, 1909 March
Item 12
Volume 9, Number 4, 1909 May
Item 13
Volume 10, 1909-1910
Box 1 Folder 1
Volume 11, Numbers 4 and 7, 1911 January and April
Volume 12, Number 6, 1912 March
Item 14
Volume 13, 1912-1913
Box 1 Folder 2
Volume 14, Numbers 1-2, 1913 October and November
Item 15
Volume 15, 1914-1915
Item 16
Volume 16, 1915-1916
Item 17
Volume 17, 1916-1917
Box 1 Folder 3
Volume 17, Numbers 1-4, 1916-1917
Box 1 Folder 4
Volume 17, Numbers 5-8, 1917
Item 18
Volume 18, 1917-1918
Item 19
Volume 19, 1919
Number 1-2, April and May 1919
Item 20
Volume 20, 1919-1920
Item 21
Volume 21, 1920-1921
Item 22
Volume 22, 1921-1922
Item 23
Volume 23, 1922-1923
Item 24
Volume 24, 1923-1924
Item 25
Volume 25, 1924-1925
Box 8 Folder 14
Bulletin of Information: Courses Offered by the Faculty of Polite Sciences, The Jester School of the Snappy Answer, 1924-1925
Item 26
Volume 26, 1925-1926
Item 27
Volume 27, 1926-1927
Box 1 Folder 5
Volume 27, Number 6, 1927 March
Cover says February 1927, but it is actually the March 1927 issue.
Item 28
Volume 28, 1927-1928
Box 1 Folder 6
Volume 28, Numbers 3 and 6, 1927-1928
December 1927 and March 1928
Box 1 Folder 7
Volume 28, Number 4, 1928 January
Item 29
Volume 29, 1928-1929
Box 1 Folder 8
Volume 29, Numbers 2, 4, 6, and 8, 1928-1929
November 1928, January 1929, March 1929, and May 1929
Item 30
Volume 30, 1929-1930
Item 31
Volume 31, 1930-1931
Box 1 Folder 9
Volume 31, Numbers 2 and 4-7, 1930-1931
November 1930, January 1931-April 1931
Item 32
Volume 32, 1931-1932
Box 1 Folder 10
Volume 32, Numbers 1-8, 1931-1932
Item 33
Volume 33, 1932-1933
Box 1 Folder 11
Volume 33, Numbers 1, 3, and 5-8, 1932-1933
Item 34
Volume 34, 1933-1934
Box 2 Folder 1
Volume 34, Numbers 4-5 and 7-8, 1934
January 1934, February 1934, Spring 1934 and May 1934
Item 35
Volume 35, 1934-1935
Box 2 Folder 2
Volume 35, Numbers 1, 3-6 and 9-10, 1934-1935
Item 36
Volume 36, 1935-1936
Box 2 Folder 3
Volume 36, Numbers 1, and 5-10, 1935-1936
Item 37
Volume 1936-1937, 1936-1937
Box 2 Folder 4
Volume 37/38, Numbers 1-5 and 7-10, 1936-1937
The volume starts as 37 but switches to 38 starting at number 4: Freshman Guide 1936, 37(1); Campaign Issue 1936, 37(2); Little Troubles 1936, 37(3); Christmas Issue 1936, 38(4); Medieval Issue 1937, 38(5); Varsity Show Issue 1937, 38(7); Spring Issue 1937. 38(8); Omnibus Issue 1937, 38(9); and Commencement Issue 1937, 38(10).
Item 38
Volume 1937-1938, 1937-1938
Box 2 Folder 5
Volume 39, Numbers 1-7 and 10, 1937-1938
Item 39
Volume 40, 1938-1939
Box 2 Folder 6
Volume 40, Numbers 1-4, 1938
Box 2 Folder 7
Volume 40, Numbers 5-6 and 8-10, 1939
Item 40
Volume Sept. 1939-June 1940, 1939-1940
Box 3 Folder 1
Volume 41, Numbers 1-5, 1939-1940
Box 3 Folder 2
Volume 41, Numbers 6-10, 1940
Item 41
Volume Sept. 1940-June 1941, 1940-1941
Box 3 Folder 3
1940 September-1941 January
Five issues; no volume/number specified.
Box 3 Folder 4
1941 February-June
Five issues; no volume/number specified.
Item 42
Volume 1941-42, 1941-1942
Box 3 Folder 5
1941-1942
September 1941-January 1942; and March 1942-May 1942
Item 43
Volume 42, 1942-1943
Box 3 Folder 6
Volume 42, Number 2, 1942 October
Item 44
Volume 43, 1943-1945
Item 45
Volume 44, 1945-1946
Item 46
Volume 45, 1946-1947
Box 3 Folder 7
Volume 45, Numbers 5 and 7, 1946-1947
Item 47
Volume 46, circa1947-1948
Box 3 Folder 8
Volume 46, Numbers 1-4, circa 1947-1948
Item 48
Volume 47, Number 5, circa 1948-1949
Box 4 Folder 1
Volume 47, Numbers 2-3 and 7, circa 1948
Item 49
Volume 48, 1949-1950
Box 4 Folder 2
The Reader's Dijest: A Jester Parody, 1949
Laddies' Home Journal, circa 1950
Item 50
Volume 50, 1950-1951
Box 4 Folder 4
Volume 50, Number 1, 1950
Frantic Tales: A Ghastly Publication, which is a reprint of Volume 45, Number 6 (1947).
Item 51
Volume 51, 1951-1952
Box 4 Folder 5
Volume 51, Number 1, 1951 April
Fiftieth Anniversary Issue
Item 52
Volume 52, 1952-1953
Item 53
Volume 53, 1953-1954
Box 4 Folder 6
Volume 53, Numbers 1-3, 1953-1954
Box 4 Folder 7
Volume 53, Numbers 4-6, 1953-1954
Box 4 Folder 8
Volume 53, Numbers 7-8, 1954
Item 54
Volume 54, 1954-1955
Box 4 Folder 9
Volume 54, Numbers 1-3, 1954-1955
Box 4 Folder 10
Volume 54, Numbers 4-6, 1954-1955
Box 4 Folder 11
Volume 54, Numbers 7-8, 1954-1955
Item 55
Volume 55, 1955-1956
Box 4 Folder 12
Volume 55, Number 1, 1955
Box 4 Folder 13
Volume 55, Numbers 2-4, 1955
Box 4 Folder 14
Volume 55, Numbers 5-7, 1955
Issue 7 mislabeled as 6; issue 8 mislabeled as 7.
Item 56
Volume 56, 1956-1957
Various issues misnumbered Volume 56/57.
Box 4 Folder 15
Volume 56, Number 1, 1956 May
Box 4 Folder 16
Volume 56, Number 2, 1956 October
Box 4 Folder 17
Volume 57, Number 3, 1956 December
Box 4 Folder 18
Volume 57, Number 7, 1957 March
Box 4 Folder 19
Volume 57, Number 8, 1957 April
Item 57
Volume 58, 1957-1958
Box 4 Folder 20
Volume 58, Numbers 1-3, 1957 May-October
Box 4 Folder 21
Volume 58, Numbers 4-8, 1957 November-1958 April
Item 58
Volume 59, 1958-1959
Box 4 Folder 22
Volume 59, Numbers 4 and 7-8, 1958 November-1959 April
Volume misnumbered: LXI instead of LIX.
Box 5 Folder 1
Volume 60, Numbers 1-3 and 5-6, 1959 May-1960 March
Item 59
Volume 62/63, 1959-1961
Box 5 Folder 2
Volume 63, Numbers 2, 4-5, and 8, 1960 September-1961 April
Item 60
Volume 64, 1961-1962
Box 5 Folder 3
Volume 64, Number 4, 1961 November
Item 61
Volume 65, 1962-1963
Box 5 Folder 4
Playbile, 1963 May 9
Item 62
Volume 66, 1963-1964
Box 5 Folder 5
Volume 66, Numbers 3-4, 1963 September-November
Box 5 Folder 6
Volume 66, Number 6, 1964 February
Columbia College Toady: Grubbing at Columbia
Item 63
Volume 67, 1964-1965
Box 5 Folder 7
Volume 67, Number 2, 1964 October-November
Item 64
Volume 68/69, 1965-1966
Box 5 Folder 8
Volume 68, Numbers 1-3, 1965 February-December
Box 5 Folder 9
Volume 68, Numbers 4-5, 1966 February-May
Item 65
Volume 69 (2-3), 1966-1967
Box 5 Folder 10
Volume 69, Numbers 2-4, 1966 October-1967 April
Box 5 Folder 11
Volume 70, Numbers 1-3, 1967 May-1968 April
Item 66
Volume 70 (2), 1967
Item 67
Volume 1967-1975, 1967-1975
Box 5 Folder 12
"Special Election Issue", 1968 November
Box 5 Folder 13
Volume 71, Number 1, 1969 April
Box 5 Folder 14
Volume 72, Numbers 1-2, 1969 November/December-1970 April/May
Box 5 Folder 15
Volume 73, Number 1-2, 1971 Fall-Winter-Spring, 1 item
Box 5 Folder 16
Volume 74, Number 1, 1972
Box 5 Folder 17
Volume 75, Number 2, 1973 Spring
Box 5 Folder 18
1973 December
Box 5 Folder 19
"TV Grind", 1974 September
Box 5 Folder 20
Volume 77, Numbers 1-2, 1975 December-1976 March
Item 68
Volume 1976-1980, 1976-1980
Box 5 Folder 21
1976 November-1977 Spring
Box 6 Folder 1
1978 April-December, 4 items
Box 6 Folder 2
1979 February-December, 4 items
Box 6 Folder 3
1980 February-December, 5 items
Item 69
Volume 1980-1984, 1980-1984
Box 6 Folder 4
1981 April-October, 3 items
Box 6 Folder 5
Volume 82, Numbers 1-2, 1982 April and Autumn
Box 6 Folder 6
Volume 83, Numbers 1-3, 1983 March, May and Autumn
Box 6 Folder 7
"Columbia Stupid Enterprises", 1983
Box 6 Folder 8
Volume 84, Numbers 1-2, 1984 Spring and Fall
Item 70
Volume 1984-1989, 1984-1989
Box 6 Folder 9
Volume 85, Numbers 1-3, 1985 Spring-Fall
Box 6 Folder 10
Volume 88, Number 1, 1988 March
Box 6 Folder 11
Volume 89, Number 3, 1989 Spring
Box 6 Folder 12
Volume 90, Numbers 1-2, 1989 Autumn-1990 Spring
Box 6 Folder 13
Volume 91, Number 1, 1990 Autumn
Box 6 Folder 14
Volume 92, Number 1, 1992 Winter
Box 6 Folder 15
Volume 93, Number 1, 1993 Spring
Box 6 Folder 16
Volume 94, Number 1, 1994 Spring
Box 6 Folder 17
Volume 98, Number 1, 1999 Spring
Box 6 Folder 18
2001 May-December, 3 items
Box 7 Folder 1
2002 March
Box 7 Folder 2
Playbile - The Oregon Trail: The Musical!, 2002 May
Box 7 Folder 3
2002 Fall
Box 7 Folder 4
2003 Spring
Box 7 Folder 5
2006 April
Box 7 Folder 6
2006 October
2006 December
Box 7 Folder 7
2007 March
Box 7 Folder 8
2007 May
2007 Orientation (August/September)
Box 7 Folder 9
2007 November
Box 7 Folder 10
2007 December
2008 March
Box 7 Folder 11
2008 May
Box 7 Folder 12
2008 November
Box 7 Folder 13
2009 March
Box 7 Folder 14
2009 May
Box 7 Folder 15
2009 Fall
Box 7 Folder 16
2009 Winter
Box 7 Folder 17
2010 Spring
Box 7 Folder 18
2010 Summer
Box 8 Folder 1
2010 Fall
Box 8 Folder 2
2011 Spring
Box 8 Folder 3
2012 Spring
2012 September
2012 Fall
Box 8 Folder 4
2013 Spring
2013 September
2013 October
2013 December
Box 8 Folder 5
2014 April
2014 November
2015 March
Box 8 Folder 6
The 121st Annual Varisity Show: Almagedon, 2015 Spring
Box 8 Folder 7
2016 April
Box 8 Folder 8
2016 May
Box 8 Folder 9
2016 Fall
Box 8 Folder 10
2017 Spring
Box 8 Folder 11
2017 Fall
Box 8 Folder 12
2018 Spring
Box 8 Folder 13
2019 Spring