American Literary Studies
20th Century American Paperback Humor Collection
The Collection
Location: Department of Special Collections, Green Library
Call number: RBC PS648 .H84
Finding Guides: Each book has been individually catalogued
with a basic call number and an attached specific volume number
(e.g. PS648 .H84 v.373). They can be browsed in Socrates using subject
"20th Century American Paperback Humor". The on-line collection
level record
lists the boxes and allows electronic paging of the items from SAL
3.
Research Access and Use: Materials in the Department of
Special Collections are non-circulating and must be used in the
Special Collections' Reading Room in the Cecil H. Green Library.
The Reading Room is open 10:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday.
Photocopies, photographs, and microfilm can be made of some materials
in the collections. For more information about the collections and
access policies, please contact Special Collections by telephone
at (650) 725-1022, by electronic mail at speccollref@stanford.edu
or by regular mail at the Department of Special Collections, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6004.
Content
The collection contains 2500 individual paperback humor and joke
books in a variety of subject areas. The collection includes:
Cartoon and cartoon strip reprint editions, including:
- The Addams Family (Charles Addams)
- Barnaby and Mr. O'Malley (Crockett Johnson)
- B. C. (Johnny Hart)
- Hazel (Ted Key)
- Dennis the Menace (Haank Ketchum)
- Doonesbury (Gary Trudeau)
- Garfield (Jim Davis)
- Li'l Abner (Al Capp)
- Marmaduke (Brad Anderson)
- Miss Peach (Mel Lazarus)
- Peanuts (Charles Schultz)
- Pogo (Walt Kelly)
- There Ought to be a Law ( Harry Shorten)
- They'll do it Every Time (Jimmy Hatlo)
Joke books, including:
- Aardvarrk Jokes
- The Complete Pun Book
- Doggone Dog Joke Book
- 101 pet jokes
- 101 Wacky Facts about Mummies
- Teenage Cartoons and Jokes
- Your Own Joke Book
Sports humor, including:
- Baseball laughs
- Doctor Golf
- Locer Room Humor
- 101 Super Sports Jokes
- Wacky Sports
Humourous essays, by authors including:
- Milton Berle
- Art Buchwald
- Johnny Carson
- Bennett Cerf
- Wally Cox
- Phyllis Diller
- Alan King
- Art Linkletter
- S. J. Perelman
- Alan Sherman
- Shel Silverstein
- Carl Reiner
- Jame Thurber
- Alexander Wollcott
- P. G. Wodehouse
Comic novels, by authors including:
- Jules Feiffer
- Ernie Kovacs
- Max Schulman
- Dr. Suess
Ethnic humor, including:
- The Official Jewish/Irish Joke Book
- The Official Polish-Italian Joke Book
- Jewish Curses for all Occasions
Military humor, including:
- Back Home
- The Best of Sargeant Mike
- For the Serviceman
- G.I. Jokes
- Highlights from Yank, the Army Weekly
- Sgt. Bilko Joke Book
- With Sgt. Mike in Vietnam
Sex humour, including:
- All About Girls
- Bachelor's Joke Book
- Battle of the Sexes
- Cartoon Sexhibit
- For Newlyweds
- Honeymoon Humor
- Limericks Lewd and Lusty
- Mating Manual
- Modern Casanova's Handbook
- Sex Rears its Lovely Head
- Sex Without Tears
Collections and compilations, including:
- Belly Laugh's Annual
- Best Gags and Funniest Cartoons from Whiz Bang
- The Best of Penthouse Cartoons
- Best of the Bedside Esquire
- Cartoon Laffs From True, The Man's Magazine
- The Mad Reader
- Over 100 Best Cartoons
- The True Album of Cartoons
Last modified:
July 3, 2006
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