Manuscripts

Humor. 12 letters and 33 printed materials

Description: Subjects include: Laughter (LCSH); Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 (LCSH); Wit and humor (LCSH); Comedy (LCSH); Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983 (LCSH); Wit and humor in medicine (LCSH)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1925-2004.
Call number: mssSmith, Jack papers
Creator: Smith, Jack (1916-1996)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Curtis B. Smith and Douglas F. Smith, May 2004, November 2004, May 2016, and May 2023.; gift of June Lee Pilsitz, May 2008.; gift of Jeanne Cornwell, April 2008.

L (1 of 3). 28 letters and 33 printed materials

Manuscripts

Subjects include: Libraries--California (LCSH); Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944 (LCSH); Laughter (LCSH); Writer's Guild of America (LCSH); Dying declarations (LCSH); Lou Grant (Television program) (LCSH); Los Angeles Public Library (LCSH); Literary agents (LCSH); United States. Constitution. 1st-10th Amendments--Cases (LCSH); Left- and right-handedness (LCSH); Smith, Penelope (LCSH); Lauda, Niki, 1949- (LCSH); Thalberg, Irving (LCSH); Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928 (LCSH); Love (LCSH); Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.) (LCSH); Leonard, Elmore, 1925- (LCSH); Latin language (LCSH)

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Manzanar - Medical. 32 letters, 1 postcard, and 14 printed materials

Manuscripts

Subjects include: Manzanar War Relocation Center (LCSH); Mensa (LCSH); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 (LCSH); Mexico--Social life and customs (LCSH); Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 (LCSH); Restaurants--California--Los Angeles (LCSH); Musso & Frank Grill (Hollywood, CA); Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association (LCSH); Medicine--Terminology--Humor (LCSH); Merry-go-round (LCSH); Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) (LCSH)

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L (3 of 3). 17 letters and 19 printed materials

Manuscripts

Subjects include: Laguna (Calif.) (LCSH); Leonard, John, 1939-2008 (LCSH); Leonis Adobe Museum (Calabasas, Calif.); L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988 (LCSH); Murphy's law (LCSH); Libraries--California (LCSH); Automobile license plates (LCSH); Theater--United States--History--21st century (LCSH); Laughter (LCSH)

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Names - Neptune Society. 7 letters and 9 printed materials

Manuscripts

Subjects include: Names, Personal--Humor (LCSH); Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LCSH); Statistics (LCSH); San Francisco Columbarium (San Francisco, Calif.) (LCSH)

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Doomsday. 6 letters and 31 printed materials

Manuscripts

Subjects include: Judgment Day (LCSH); Global warming (LCSH); Allen, Richard V. (LCSH); Astronautics (LCSH); Supernova 1987A (LCSH); Nuclear winter (LCSH); Christianity (LCSH); Middle East--Relations (LCSH); Kahn, Herman, 1922-1983 (LCSH); Heliosphere (Astrophysics) (LCSH)

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B. 20 letters, 56 printed materials, 2 folders, 4 business cards, and 11 photographs

Manuscripts

Subjects include: Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.); Beer Drinkers of America; Calendar, Gregorian (LCSH); Backache (LCSH); laughter (LCSH); Black English (LCSH); Beverly Hills (Calif.) (LCSH); Beverly Hills Hotel (LCSH); Rodeo Drive (Beverly Hills, Calif.); Buddha (LCSH); African-American studies (LCSH); Lapham, Lewis H. (LCSH); Young, Andrew, 1932- (LCSH); Haley, Alex (LCSH); Baseball (LCSH); Burma shave signs (LCSH); Buchwald, Art. Baccalaureate addresses (LCSH); Braille Institute of America (LCSH); Bradbury Building (Los Angeles, Calif.); Brasseries (LCSH)

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Humor. 12 letters and 33 printed materials

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