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Quipfire! Records

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Quipfire! Improv Comedy Group.

Quipfire! is Princeton University's first student improvisational comedy group. The group performs five sets of shows each year on campus, and tours each intersession break.

The records contain promotional material, performances and founding documents for Quipfire! Included are posters, programs, photograph albums, slides, a team hat and VHS recordings of three of the group's first four performances, as well as a promotional tape.

The materials in Series 1: May 2009 Accession, 1992-1995 were compiled by Matthew David Brozik '95.

Series 1 was a gift of Christopher E. Yakaitis '00 in May 2009 [AR.2009.042]. Series 2 was a gift of Erika Peterson '96 and Massie Ritsch '98 in July 1996 [AR.1996.065].

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Series 2 was added by Christie Peterson in February 2011.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
University Archives
Finding Aid Date
2009
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Collection Inventory

Arrangement

Series 1: May 2009 Accession, 1992-1995 remains in the original order in which it was received.

Scope and Contents

Series 1: May 2009 Accession, 1992-1995 contains posters, programs, photograph albums, slides, a team hat and VHS recordings of three of the group's first four performances, as well as a promotional tape.

Physical Description

5 boxes

Premiere Shows 1, 3-4, "Plan Ahead", VHS Tapes, 1992 November 7. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Promotional Video, VHS Tape, circa 1995. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Slides, 1994 June. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Programs, 1993-1994. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Promotional Materials, 1992. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Photographs of Rehearsal, 1993 October. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Scrapbook of Promotional Materials and Audition Sign-Ups, 1992. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Quipfire! Event Posters, undated. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Negative for Advertisement, undated. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Quipfire! Cap, undated. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Series 2: July 1996 Accession, 1993-1995. 1 box.
Arrangement

Series 2: July 1996 Accession, 1993-1995 remains in the original order in which it was received.

Scope and Contents

Series 2: July 1996 Accession, 1993-1995 consists of posters, programs and promotional materials for Quipfire! and its performances.

Physical Description

1 box

Series 3: Public Website, 2013. 1 website.
Scope and Contents

The Quipfire! public website provides information on the activities of the university's improvisational comedy group.

Full text searching of this archived web site is available through the Archive-It interface.

Arrangement

The original arrangement of the files was maintained.

Physical Description

1 website

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