Varsity Show Records, 1894-

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Series I: Productions, 1894-2008

Series I contains all non-photographic materials relating to individual productions of The Varsity Show, including original scripts and scores, programs, promotional materials and press clippings. For some productions there are also audio or video recordings available. Productions are arranged chronologically in ascending order from 1894 to the present. Some productions have extensive supplementary materials, including scripts, scores and musical parts for the orchestra. The Varsity Show was not performed every year and had a hiatus from 1967 to 1982. Info about the annual I.A.L. Diamond award (established in 2004) can also be found in the appropriate production files for a given year. For a list of past shows and links to YouTube recordings please visit https://www.thevarsityshow.com/past-shows

This series also includes a small amount of miscellaneous supplementary materials, which document other Columbia musicals related to the Varsity Show including Clare de Lune, a 1923 musical comedy by Barnard's Edythe Sheehan and The Soldier's Wedding, a 1907 musical by Varsity writer Walter E. Kelley



Box 1 Folder 1 General, 1925-2014


Box 1 Folder 2 Joan of Arc , 1894


The Buccaneer


Box 1 Folder 3 General, 1896



Box 7 Folder 1 Score-Fragments, 1896


Box 7 Folder 2 Script-Partial, 1896


Box 7 Folder 3 Vocal Selections, 1896


Cleopatra



Box 1 Folder 4 General, 1897



Box 2 Folder 1 Bass Part, 1897


Box 2 Folder 2 Bassoon Part, 1897


Box 2 Folder 3 Cello Part, 1897


Box 2 Folder 4 Clarinet Part, 1897


Box 2 Folder 5 Cornet Part, 1897


Box 2 Folder 6 Flute Part, 1897


Box 2 Folder 7 Horns Part, 1897


Box 2 Folder 8 Oboe Part, 1897


Box 2 Folder 9 Overture, 1897


Box 2 Folder 10 Score, 1897



Box 3 Folder 2 Act One Score, 1897, (2 Folders)


Box 3 Folder 3 Act One Number Four Score, 1897


Box 3 Folder 4 Second Violin Part, 1897


Box 3 Folder 5 Trombone Part, 1897


Box 3 Folder 6 Tympani Drums Part, 1897


Box 3 Folder 7 Viola Part, 1897


Box 3 Folder 8 Violin Part, 1897



Box 1 Folder 5 Cleopatra , 1899


Box 1 Folder 6 The Governor's Vrouw , 1900


Box 1 Folder 7 The Princess Proud , 1901


The Vanity Fair


Box 1 Folder 8 General, 1902



Box 3 Folder 11 Bass Part, 1902


Box 3 Folder 12 Bassoon Part, 1902



Box 4 Folder 1 Cornet Part, 1902


Box 4 Folder 2 First Violin Part, 1902


Box 4 Folder 3 Oboe Part, 1902


Box 4 Folder 4 to 5 Score, 1902, (2 Folders)


Box 4 Folder 6 Second Violin, 1902


Box 4 Folder 7 Timpani and Drum Part, 1902


Box 4 Folder 8 Trombone Part, 1902


Box 4 Folder 9 Viola Part, 1902



Box 1 Folder 9 The Mischief Maker , 1903


Box 1 Folder 10 The Isle of Illusia , 1904


Box 1 Folder 11 The Khan of Kathan , 1905



Box 4 Folder 10 Vocal Numbers, 1905


The Conspirators



Box 1 Folder 12 General, 1906



Box 15 Folder 9 He Just Wants You Score, circa 1906


Box 15 Folder 10 to 12 Score, circa, 1906, (3 Folders)


Box 15 Folder 13 The Typhoon Score, circa 1906



Box 1 Folder 13 The Ides of March , 1907


Box 1 Folder 14 Mr. King , 1908


Box 1 Folder 15 In Newport , 1909


The King of Hilaria



Box 5 Folder 1 General, 1910


Box 5 Folder 2 Script, 1910


Box 5 Folder 3 Costume Plot, 1910



Box 6 Folder 1 Bass Part, 1910



Box 21 Folder 1 Bassoon Part, 1910



Box 6 Folder 2 Cello Part, 1910



Box 21 Folder 2 Clarinet Part, 1910


Box 21 Folder 3 Cornet Part, 1910



Box 6 Folder 3 First Violin Part, 1910


Box 6 Folder 4 Flute Part, 1910



Box 21 Folder 4 Horns Part, 1910


Box 21 Folder 5 Oboe Part, 1910



Box 6 Folder 5 Piano Part, 1910


Box 6 Folder 6 Second Violin Part, 1910



Box 21 Folder 6 Timpani Drums Part, 1910



Box 6 Folder 7 Trombone Part, 1910


Box 6 Folder 8 Viola Part, 1910


Made in India



Box 5 Folder 4 General, 1911



Box 7 Folder 4 Score, 1911



Box 5 Folder 5 The Mysterious Miss Apache , 1912


Box 5 Folder 6 The Brigands , 1913


The Merry Lunatics


Box 5 Folder 7 General, 1914



Box 7 Folder .5 Bass Clarinet Part, 1914


Box 7 Folder 6 Bassoon Part, 1914



Box 14 Folder 1 Clarinet Part, 1914


Box 14 Folder 2 Contra Bassoon Part, 1914


Box 14 Folder 3 First Violin Part, 1914


Box 14 Folder 4 Horns Part, 1914



Box 7 Folder 7 Oboe Part, 1914


Box 7 Folder 8 Overture, 1914


Box 7 Folder 9 Piano Part, 1914



Box 14 Folder 5 to 6 Score, 1914, (2 Folders)



Box 15 Folder 1 Second Bassoon Part, 1914


Box 15 Folder 2 Second Oboe Part, 1914



Box 8 Folder 1 Trombone Part, 1914


Box 8 Folder 2 Trumpet Part, 1914



Box 15 Folder 3 Tuba Part, 1914


Box 15 Folder 4 to 5 Tympani Part, 1914, (2 Folders)



Box 5 Folder 8 On Your Way , 1915


Box 5 Folder 9 The Peace Pirates , 1916


Home, James


Box 5 Folder 10 General, 1917


Box 5 Folder 11 Script--with Notes, 1917



Box 21 Folder 6 Assorted Musical Parts, 1917



Box 8 Folder 3 Cello Part, 1917


Box 8 Folder 4 Drums Part, 1917


Box 8 Folder 5 Flute Part, 1917


Box 8 Folder 6 Score--Incomplete, 1917


Ten for Five



Box 5 Folder 12 General, 1918



Box 8 Folder 7 Bass Part, 1918


Box 8 Folder 8 Cello Part, 1918



Box 9 Folder 1 Clarinet Part, 1918


Box 9 Folder 2 Drums Part, 1918


Box 9 Folder 3 First Violin Part, 1918


Box 9 Folder 4 Flute Part, 1918


Box 9 Folder 5 to 7 Score--Incomplete, 1918, (3 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 8 Trombone Part, 1918


Box 9 Folder 9 Trumpet Part, 1918


Box 9 Folder 10 Tympani and Drums Part, 1918


Box 9 Folder 11 Viola Part, 1918


Box 9 Folder 12 Violin Part, 1918



Box 10 Folder 1 Take a Chance , 1919


Fly with Me , 1920s


Box 10 Folder 2 General, 1920



Box 21 Folder 7 Score, 1920



Box 10 Folder 3 You'll Never Know , 1921


Steppe Around


Box 10 Folder 4 General, 1922



Box 9 Folder 13 to 14 Actors' Parts, 1922, (2 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 15 Score, 1922



Box 10 Folder 5 Half Moon Inn , 1923


Box 10 Folder 6 Old King's , 1924


Box 10 Folder 7 Half Moon Inn , 1925


Box 10 Folder 8 His Majesty, The Queen , 1926


Box 10 Folder 9 Betty Behave , 1927


Box 10 Folder 10 Zuleika , 1928



Box 11 Folder 1 Oh Hector , 1929


Box 11 Folder 2 Heigo Pharaoh , 1930


Box 11 Folder 3 Great Shakes , 1931


Box 11 Folder 4 How Revolting , 1932


Box 11 Folder 5 Home James , 1933


Box 11 Folder 6 Laugh it Off! , 1934


Box 11 Folder 7 Flair Flair the Idol of Paree , 1935


Box 11 Folder 8 Off your Marx , 1936


Some of the People


Box 11 Folder 9 General, 1937



Box 12 Folder 1 to 2 Alto Saxophone Part, 1937, (2 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 3 Bass Part, 1937


Box 12 Folder 4 Cello Part, 1937


Box 12 Folder 5 Drums Part, 1937


Box 12 Folder 6 First Violin Part, 1937


Box 12 Folder 7 Flute Part, 1937


Box 12 Folder 8 to 9 Tenor Saxophone Part, 1937, (2 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 10 to 12 Trumpet Part, 1937, (3 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 13 Violin Cello Part, 1937


Box 12 Folder 14 Violin Part, 1937


You've got Something There



Box 11 Folder 10 General, 1938



Box 13 Folder 1 to 2 Alto Saxophone Part, 1938, (2 Folders)


Box 13 Folder 3 Bass Part, 1938


Box 13 Folder 4 Cello Part, 1938


Box 13 Folder 5 Drums Part, 1938


Box 13 Folder 6 First Trumpet Part, 1938


Box 13 Folder 7 First Violin Part, 1938


Box 13 Folder 8 Tenor Saxophone Part, 1938


Box 13 Folder 9 Second Trumpet Part, 1938


Box 13 Folder 10 Third Trumpet Part, 1938


Box 13 Folder 11 Trombone Part, 1938


Box 13 Folder 12 Violin Part, 1938



Box 11 Folder 11 Fair Enough , 1939


Life Begins in '40


Box 11 Folder 12 General, 1940



Box 15 Folder 6 Score, 1940



Box 16 Folder 1 Hit the Road , 1941


Box 16 Folder 2 Saints Alive , 1942


Box 16 Folder 3 Second the Motion , 1945


Step Right Up


Box 16 Folder 4 General, 1946



Box 15 Folder 7 Lullaby Music , circa 1946


Box 15 Folder 8 Madeline Waltz Music , circa 1946



Box 16 Folder 5 Dead to Rights , 1947


Box 16 Folder 6 Streets of New York , 1948


Box 16 Folder 7 Mr. Oscar , 1949


Box 16 Folder 8 Wait for It , 1950


Streets of New York


Box 16 Folder 9 General, 1952



Box 30 Record Album, 1952

Digital copy available

Varsity Show Recordings

(B-side of album contains music from T.S Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral performed by Columbia University Players.)


Shape of Things



Box 16 Folder 10 General, 1953



Box 30 Record Album, 1953

Digital copy available


Sky's the Limit , 1954



Box 16 Folder 11 General, 1954



Box 30 Record Album, 1954

Digital copy available


When in Rome



Box 16 Folder 12 General, 1955



Box 30 Record Album, 1955, 2 phonograph records

Digital copy available


Box 30 Not Fit to Print , 1956, 2 phonograph records

(Record Albums only)


Box 30 The Voice of the Sea , 1957, 3 phonograph records

(Record Albums only)


Box 30 The Streets of New York - Revival , 1958

(Record Album only)


Box 30 Dig That Treasure , 1959

(Record Album only)



Box 16 Folder 13 Elsinore , 1963


Box 16 Folder 14 The Bawd's Opera , 1966


Box 16 Folder 15 The Feathertop , 1967


Box 16 Folder 16 The Great Columbia Riots of '78 , 1978


Fly with Me , 1980

A phonograph recording of this production is found in the Historical files. A digitized copy can be accessed here: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-mzy1-s464.


Box 16 Folder 17 to 18 General, 1980, (2 Folders)



Box 22 Conductor's Score, (2 volumes)



Box 23 Folder 1 Harp Part


Box 23 Folder 2 Cello 1 Part


Box 23 Folder 3 Cello 2 Part


Box 23 Folder 4 Viola 1 Part


Box 23 Folder 5 Viola 2 Part



Box 24 Folder 1 Bass 1 Part


Box 24 Folder 2 Violin A1 Part


Box 24 Folder 3 Violin A2 Part


Box 24 Folder 4 Violin B1 Part


Box 24 Folder 5 Violin B2 Part



Box 25 Folder 1 Oboe 1 Part


Box 25 Folder 2 Bassoon 1 Part


Box 25 Folder 3 Clarinet 1 Part


Box 25 Folder 4 Clarinet 2 Part


Box 25 Folder 5 Flute 1 Part



Box 26 Folder 1 Horns 1 and 2 Parts


Box 26 Folder 2 Tuba 1 Part


Box 26 Folder 3 Trumpets 1 and 2 Parts


Box 26 Folder 4 Trombone 1 Part


Box 26 Folder 5 Percussion Part



Box 27 Folder 1-7 Script, (7 copies)



Box 28 Folder 1 Bass Part


Box 28 Folder 2 Piano Part


Box 28 Folder 3 Contact Sheet


Box 28 Folder 4 Notes


Box 28 Folder 5 Dinner


Box 28 Folder 6-7 Research Notes


Box 28 Folder 8 Publicity--Advertising Campaign


Box 28 Folder 9 Publicity--Media Coverage (reviews and ads)


Box 28 Folder 10 Logos


Box 28 Folder 12 Programs


Box 28 Folder 13 Short Film


Box 28 Folder 14 Recording Orders


Box 28 Folder 15 Recording



Box 29 Folder 1 Recording--Bruce Yeko Files


Box 29 Folder 2 Proposal to Publish


Box 29 Folder 3-4 Royalties


Box 29 Folder 5 Proposal and Budget


Box 29 Folder 6 Copyright


Box 29 Folder 7 Contracts


Box 29 Folder 8 Richard Rodgers and Mrs. Dorothy Feiner Rodgers


Box 29 Folder 9-12 Correspondence


Box 29 Folder 13 McMillin Theatre


Box 29 Folder 14 Alumni and Trustees


Box 29 Folder 15 Reel to Reel tape of WQXR "Listening Room", 1980 April 21

(Host: Robert Sherman. 2 track stereo, 7 1/2 IPS)


Box 29 Folder 16 Videocassette of Production

(U-matic tape. Handwritten note on tape says "Promo Reel, Director of Photography, Michael Negrin")



Box 16 Folder 19 Columbia Graffiti , 1982


Box 16 Folder 20 College on Broadway , 1982


Box 16 Folder 21 Fear of Scaffolding , 1983


Box 16 Folder 22 The New U , 1984


Box 16 Folder 23 Lost in Place , 1985



Box 17 Folder 1 Sans Souci be Happy , 1989


Box 17 Folder 2 Behind the Lion Curtain , 1990


Box 17 Folder 3 The Silence of the Lions , 1991



Box 32 Audio Cassette, 1991



Box 17 Folder 4 The Lion Game , 1993


Box 17 Folder 5 Columbia History of the World , 1994


Box 17 Folder 6 Step Inside , 1995


Box 17 Folder 7 Enlargement and Enhancement , 1997


Box 17 Folder 8 Love is Indefinite , 1998


Box 17 Folder 9 Sex, Lions, and Videotape , 2001


Dial D for Deadline


Box 17 Folder 9A General, 2003



Box 32 DVD, 2003


Off Broadway



Box 17 Folder 10 General, 2004



Box 32 DVD (3 copies), 2004



Box 31 Folder 7 The Varsity Show: A Celebration - digital artwork and text files, 2003-2004

Digital files used to create the book. Consists of (10)optical discs


Box 31 Folder 8 The Varsity Show: A Celebration , 2004

Celebratory volume documenting the history of the Varsity Show made possible by a grant from Columbia250


The Sound of the Muses



Box 17 Folder 11 General, 2005

Digital script and music files available in the UA office



Box 32 DVD, 2005


Misery Loves Columbia



Box 17 Folder 12 General, 2006

Digital script and music files available in the UA office



Box 32 DVD , 2006


Insufficent Funds



Box 17 Folder 13 General, 2007

Digital script and music files available in the UA office



Box 32 DVD, 2007


Morningside Hates , 2008



Box Electronic folder General, 2008

Digital script and music files available in the UA office



Box 32 DVD, 2008


The Gates of Wrath



Box 17 Folder 14 General, 2009

Digital script and music files available in the UA office



Box 32 DVD, 2009


College Walk of Shame



Box 17 Folder 15 General, 2010

Digital script and music files available in the UA office



Box 32 DVD, 2010



Box 17 Folder 16 Another Scandal! , 2011

Digital script and music files available in the UA office


Box 17 Folder 17 The Corporate Core , 2012

PDF script and digital music files available in the UA office



Box 31 Folder 2 The Great Netscape , 2013

PDF script and digital music files available in the UA office


Box 31 Folder 3 Morningside Nights , 2014

Digital script and music files available in the UA office


Box 31 Folder 4 Almagedon , 2015


Box 31 Folder 5 A King's College , 2016

PDF script and score files available in the UA office


Box 31 Folder 6 A Tale of Two Colleges , 2017

PDF files of scripts and score available in UA office



Box Electronic folder Lights Out on Broadway , 2018

PDF files of script and score available in UA office


Box Electronic folder We Hope This Musical Finds You Well , 2020-2021

PDF script available in UA office


Box Electronic folder Campus in the Cloud , 2021

PDF script and recording instruction notes document available in UA office



Box 31 Folder 9 Well Endowed , 2022

PDF of script, score and poster available in UA office


Box 31 Folder 10 Transfer of Power , 2023

PDF of script and score and digital photos available in UA office


Box 31 Folder 1 Unidentified Script Fragment, undated


Unidentified Scores



Box 18 Folder 1 French Song, undated


Box 18 Folder 2 Wooden Shoe Dance , undated


Box 18 Folder 3 to 9 Unidentified Scores, undated, (7 Folders)



Box 21 Folder 8 Unidentified Score--by Hugo Frey, circa 1916



Box 20 Folder 22 Miscellaneous Supplementary Materials, 1907-1923