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Wit and humor.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

A hunting trip. Frances Totty, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-60 37
Scope and Contents

Tall tales of a serpant that ate a horse pack. (March 3, 1938).

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Caviar to the General. James A. Burns, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-1 3
Scope and Contents

Humorous tale about early mining days in Northern New Mexico.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Double crossed at Double cross ranch. Charles Bergmann, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-8 4
Scope and Contents

Radio play which is a burlesque of dude ranches.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

El ciervo y la oveja, siendo Juez el lobo. (The sheep and the deer, with the wolf as judge). Lorin Brown, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-20 27
Scope and Contents

Verse in Spanish and English.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

El cura y el borracho. (The priest and the drunkard). Simeon Tejada, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-3 31
Scope and Contents

Humorous anedote.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Government land. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-4 3
Scope and Contents

Spanish anecdote about the use of government land.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

His last wishes. Belle Kilgore, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-4 2
Scope and Contents

A short anecdote about a Boston Cowboy.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Humor among the Indians. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-9 25
Scope and Contents

Discussion of the type of humor enjoyed by Indians.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Humorous incidents of early mining days: a false alarm. James A. Burns collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-7 1
Scope and Contents

An incident in which the miners near Elizabethtown are awaken by a false fire alarm.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Humorous incidents of early mining days: a self made reputation. James A. Burns. collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-52 15
Scope and Contents

Story about a guard who arrests the president of the mine. (July 18, 1936)

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

John Henderson's wild cat. Belle Kilgore, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-52 51
Scope and Contents

Humorous story of an oil gusher. July 17, 1937.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

"Old John Archuleta..." Muriel Haskell, collector ., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-55 10
Scope and Contents

Two brief tales of Taos Pueblo. (Feb. 27, 1937)

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Pioneer story - Sam Jones. Katherine Ragsdale, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-5 2
Scope and Contents

A Cowboy's recollections of a prank played on a construction crew near Artesia, N.M.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Pioneer story: trick played on a cowboy. Katherine Ragsdale, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-52 53
Scope and Contents

December 7, 1936.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

The daring robber. Lorin W. Brown, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-5-56 17
Scope and Contents

Humorous tale of a reward offered to anyone able to steal from the local merchant.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

The disappearing river. W.M. Emory, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-21 3
Scope and Contents

A hot and tired cowboy, ready for a bath, is surprised.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

The man who owed everybody. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 3
Scope and Contents

Through trickery, the man who owed everybody became wealthy.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

The sissy. W.M. Emory, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-21 3a
Scope and Contents

Cowboy humor.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Uncle Bill Jone's trail story. H.P. Collier, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-1 8
Scope and Contents

Cowboy humor.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

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