Varsity Show Records, 1894-

After clicking 'Submit Request', users will login with their UNI and password (Columbia affiliates) or their special collections account (external users). Appointments are required and will be arranged according to each individual repository's policy.


Series III: Posters, 1909-1955

Series III consists of publicity posters from Varsity Shows from 1909 onwards. Posters are generally 11" by 17" in size and in good condition. Most posters are printed, however, some from the 1950s are handmade on cardboard, with the image and title etched with paint and glitter: 1954's The Sky's the Limit features an excitable Alma Mater dancing alongside her owl. Posters are stored as part of the University Archive's Flat Files Collection (UA#0180), so the box numbers for this series refer to these flat file boxes.



Box Flat Files 4 Folder 1 In Newport--Can Can Girl Illustration, 1909



Box 14-UA-4 In Newport , 1909



Box Flat Files 14 Made in India , 1911


Box Flat Files 14 The Mysterious Miss Apache with Jester Advertisement, 1912



Box Flat Files 13 Folder 3 You'll Never Know , 1921


Box Flat Files 13 Steppe Around , 1922


Box Flat Files 13 Half Moon Inn , 1923


Box Flat Files 13 Her Majesty the Queen , 1926



Box Flat Files 14 Folder 3 You've Got Something There , 1938



Box Flat Files 12 Folder 5 Fair Enough-- Varsity Drag Advertisement, 1939



Box Flat Files 14 Folder 3 Hit the Road , 1941


Box Flat Files 14 Saints Alive , 1942


Box Flat Files 14 On The Double , 1944


Box Flat Files 14 Folder 2 The Shape of Things , 1953


Box Flat Files 14 The Sky's the Limit , 1954


Box Flat Files 14 When in Rome , 1955


Box Flat Files 14 Almagedon , 2015


Box Flat Files 14 A King's College , 2016


Box Flat Files 14 A Tale of Two Colleges , 2017



Box Flat Files 16 Folder 14 Lights Out on Broadway , 2018


Box Flat Files 16 Folder 14 Transfer of Power , 2023

Two copies of the poster - one is signed by the cast.