1995-2003
Collection 101
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Descriptive Summary
Creator: Schultz, Clarence C.
Title: The Clarence Schultz Texas Humor Collection
Dates: 1995-2003
Abstract: The Clarence Schultz Texas humor collection is made up of Schultz’s research materials and drafts for his unpublished manuscript, “Texas Laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.” Also included in the collection are 504 books collected by Schultz on humor in Texas and the Southwest.
Identification: Collection 101
Extent: 13 boxes (6 linear feet)
Language: Materials are written in English
Repository: Southwestern Writers Collection, Special Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos
Biographical Sketch
Clarence C. Schultz was born in Temple, Texas on October 31, 1924. He graduated from Temple High School at the age of sixteen and entered a junior college, where he met his future wife, Margie. They were married October 29, 1943. In 1942, at the age of eighteen, Schultz joined the navy and served until 1946. While in the navy, he entered an officer-training program at Southwest University in Georgetown where he earned college credit. After leaving the navy, Schultz spent a final six months in Temple in a management-training program for McClellan stores. He was transferred to Laredo in August of 1946 where he worked for just a few months before being transferred to McClellan, Texas as an assistant-manager in December 1946. He resided in McClellan until September of 1947 when his landlady convinced him to go back to school and complete his college degree. Schultz knew that he wanted to be a teacher, and throughout a 45 year career never lost his dedication or love for teaching.
With the assistance of the GI Bill, Schultz entered what was then Southwest Texas State Teacher’s College (now Texas State University). He completed his final year of college earning a degree in history, and then completed his master’s degree in history with a minor in sociology. Upon completion of his degrees, he was immediately offered a teaching position as an instructor of History and Sociology and taught at Texas State from September 1949 until May 1952. While teaching, Schultz worked on his doctorate degree in sociology at the University of Texas. Before completing his doctorate degree he was offered a position at Lee College in Baytown, Texas. He taught at Lee College from September 1953 until September 1965 when he returned as an assistant professor to Texas State. He also returned to school and earned his PhD from the University of Texas in December 1970. Schultz became the first chair of the department of Sociology when the Economic and Sociology Department split at Texas State. He held this position from 1971 until 1976. During an interregnum from fall 1979 until spring of 1980, Schultz was the acting dean of the liberal arts department. In December of 1990 Schultz retired from full-time teaching and fully retired in December of 1994. After both Clarence and Margie retired they travelled around the country.
Schultz won numerous honors and awards, including the Piper Professor award in 1976, in 1990 Lee College, despite no longer teaching there, named Schultz outstanding teacher and awarded him an honorary associate degree, and in May of 1998 Schultz was honored Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Texas State. Over Schultz’s career he published two books Texas Probation Handbook (1976) and The Family a Reader (approximately 1980).
Early in Schultz’s career his personal library contained numerous books on humor and a few books on Texas humor. Schultz’s interest in Texas humor grew, and during the 1970s he began to exclusively collect Texas humor books. Schultz went to bookstores, visited the Austin bookseller convention, and searched other venues for books and stated, it “brought great joy” when he found books. Ever since he started collecting humor books Schultz knew that he wanted to write a book on Texas humor. Schultz officially started work on his manuscript “Texas Laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000” after he retired in 1995. This is also when he began collecting articles for his research notebooks. He completed research for the manuscript in 2000 and completed final revisions in 2003. In writing his manuscript, Schultz selectively chose humorists who he believed reflected the evolution of Texas humor. Schultz collected and donated his Texas humor collection because he believed that no institution had adequately compiled a collection of Texas humor.
Note: Information for the biographical sketch was obtained from a telephone interview conducted on September 27, 2010 with Clarence C. Schultz by Maggie DeBrecht.
Scope and Content Note
The Clarence Schultz Humor Collection contains material related to Schultz’s research for his unpublished manuscript, “Texas Laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000” along with his collection of books on humor and Texas humor. Clarence Schultz donated the collection to Texas State in 2010, and the dates of the collection span from 1995 to approximately 2003. It is divided into four series: Research Notebooks, 1995-2000; Manuscript, 1995-2003; Bibliography Manuscript, 1995-2002; and Book Collection, 1836-2000. Folder titles in quotations are original titles written by Schultz. The book collection contains 504 titles, listed at the end of the container list. They will be available by searching the Alkek Library’s online catalog.
Series Descriptions
Series I: Research Notebooks, 1995-2000 (Boxes 1-9, 12)
This series consists of 48 notebooks containing various articles related to Schultz’s research for his manuscript, and an index of the research notebook articles on note cards. The distinction “RN” on note cards corresponds to the research notebooks, and some note cards refer to books within the collection. Schultz collected articles for his research notebooks from 1995 until 2000, and the notebooks were bound as he collected the articles.
Series II: Manuscript, 1995-2003 (Boxes 9-11, 13)
The second series, Manuscript, contains notes related to Schultz’s unpublished book, “Texas laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.” It includes the original handwritten manuscript, revisions and drafts, drafts of a “postscript” that was not included in the final manuscript, and an incomplete index of the manuscript on note cards. Schultz completed his manuscript draft around 2000 when he first sent it to be reviewed for publication. This series also contains final revised editions, dated approximately 2003.
Series III: Bibliography Manuscript, 1995-2002 (Box 11)
This series contains the annotated bibliography manuscript “The Comic Imagination of Texas, 1836-2000: A Bibliography.” It also contains worksheets for the bibliography and a list compiled by Schultz of the book titles in his Texas humor collection. The bibliography was originally part of the manuscript but was removed to be its own freestanding work around 2002.
Series IV: Book Collection, 1836-2000
This final series contains a list of 504 books donated by Schultz to Texas State. Most of the books in the collection are related to humor and a majority of the books are either about Texas or written by an author from Texas. The Dates of the books range from 1836 to 2000, but a majority of the books were published after 1940. Included in Schultz’s donation are 6 vinyl records, a VHS tape, a cassette tape, an Ace Reid calendar, and two magazines. The books are stored separately from the manuscript collection.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions: Open for research.
Preferred Citation: Clarence Schultz Texas Humor Collection, Southwestern Writers Collection, Texas State University-San Marcos
Acquisition Information: Donated by Clarence C. Schultz to Texas State University-San Marcos in 2010.
Processing Information: Processed by Maggie DeBrecht, 2010.
Container List
Series I: Research Notebooks 1995-2000
Box Folder
1 1-6 Research notebooks 1-6
2 1-5 Research notebooks 7-11
3 1-5 Research notebooks 12-16
4 1-6 Research notebooks 17-22
5 1-6 Research notebooks 23-28
6 1-6 Research notebooks 29-34
7 1-6 Research notebooks 35-40
8 1-7 Research notebooks 41-47
9 1 Research notebook 48
Series II: Manuscript, 1995-2003
9 2 “Source guides for writing about each author.” Handwritten
9 3 Worksheets for original manuscript. Handwritten “Texas Laughter: Two Centuries of Texas Humor.”
9 4-5 Original handwritten manuscript. “Texas Laughter: Two Centuries of Texas Humor.”
10 1 Revision of first draft of manuscript. “Texas Laugh Makers: The Lives and Times of Sixteen Texas
Humorists.”
10 2 “Postscript” for unused addition to manuscript. Handwritten. “Texas Premier Humorists: A Chronicle,
1836-2000.”
10 3 Postscript (second draft) but dropped from final manuscript.
10 4 Second manuscript draft. Revised manuscript with postscript. “Texas Premier Humorists: A Chronicle,
1836-2000.”
10 5 “Personal copy” of sixth revision of manuscript with notes on needed corrections. “Texas Laughter: A
Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.”
11 1 Last (sixth) Revision of manuscript with needed corrections noted. For Texas State University. “Texas
Laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.”
12 Research notebooks/bibliography-index (note cards)
13 Manuscript index-incomplete (note cards)
Series III: Bibliography Manuscript, 1995-2002
11 2 “Worksheets for original bibliography.”
11 3 Annotated bibliography manuscript. “The Comic Imagination of Texas, 1836-2000: A Bibliography.”
11 4 “MS Bibliography.” A copy of the annotated bibliography section of the bibliography manuscript that was
donated along with the books intended to be used as a reference for the original book inventory. This
copy appears to be an edited version of the original bibliography manuscript.
11 5 “Book titles in Texas humor collection.”
Series IV: Book Collection (Note: books have been separated for cataloging)
Abernethy, Francis Edward- How the Critters Created Texas
Adams, Joey- Encyclopedia of Humor
Adams, Joey- It Takes One to Know One
Adler, Bill ed.- Johnson Humor, The
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art- Image of America in Caricature and Cartoon, The
Anderson, Dillon- Billingsley Papers, The
Anderson, Dillon- Claudie's Kinfolks
Anderson, Dillon- I and Claudie
Anderson, John Q. - John C. Duval: First Texas Man of Letters
Anderson, John Q. - With the Bark On: Popular Humor of the Old South
Arnold, Oren- Sun Stroke: The Wit of the West
Ashby, Clifford and Suzanne DePauw May- Trouping Through Texas: Harley Sadler and His Tent Show
Ashby, Lynn- As I Was Saying…
Ashby, Lynn- As Your Acknowledged Leader
Ashley, Carlos - That Spotted Sow and Other Hill Country Ballads
Asimov, Isaac- Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor
Aswell, James R. ed.- Native American Humor
Atkins, George and Hank Levine- Washington is For The Birds: The Authentic Voices of Lady Bird Johnson, L.B.J.
and People Like That (rpm)
Ault, Phillip H. ed.- Home Book of Western Humor, The
Ayers, Ralph- Sun Blocks: A Collection of Cartoons About Life on South Padre Island and the Texas Coast
Barber, LaVonne Christian- I Laughed So Hard My Stretch Marks Snapped
Barsotti, Charles- Best of C. Barsotti, The
Barsotti, Charles- C. Barsotti's Texas
Barsotti, Charles- Girl Needs a Little Action, A
Bauman, Richard and Roger D. Abrahams eds- "And Other Neighborly Names:" Social Process and Cultural Image
in Texas Folklore
Bell, Tony- Great State of Texas, The
Bender, Texas Bix- 50 Good Reasons to be a Cowboy/50 Good Reasons Not to be a Cowboy
Benefield, June- Laughing to Keep From Crying
Bennett, A. L. ed.- Joe Sap's Tales
Berger, Melvin- 101 President Jokes
Berle, Milton- Milton Berle's Private Joke File
Berle, Milton- More of the Best of Milton Berle's Private Joke File
Bertrand, Helen- Dear Charlotte
Bines, Jonathan, Andrew Sullivan, and Jacob Weisberg- Bush-isms
Bird, Sarah- Alamo House
Bird, Sarah- Boyfriend School, The
Bird, Sarah- Boyfriend School, The
Bird, Sarah- Mommy Club, The
Bird, Sarah- Virgin of the Rodeo
Black, Donald Chain- Handy as Hip Pockets on a Hog: The Colorful Language of the American Southwest
Blair, Walter- Horse Sense in American Humor
Blair, Walter- Tall Tale America: A Legendary History of our Humorous Heroes
Blakely, Doc- Doc Blakely's Handbook of Wit and Pungent Humor
Boatright, Mody C. - Folk Laughter on the American Frontier
Boatright, Mody C. - Tall Tales from Texas Cow Camps
Boller, Paul F. Jr.- Presidential Anecdotes
Boren, James H. - Bureaucratic Zoo: The Search for the Ultimate Mumble, The
Botkin, B. A. ed.- Treasury of American Anecdotes, A
Botkin, B. A. ed.- Treasury of American Folklore: Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the People, A
Bowman, Bob- I Ain't Sure I Understand Everything I Know About This
Bowman, Bob- If I Tell You A Hen Dips Snuff…
Bowman, James Cloyd- Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time
Bradford, Reuben A. - Opera: Once Over Lightly
Bradshaw, Landon- These People Actually Lived in East Texas…A Collection of Humorous Stories Compiled from the
Works of the Late Author
Brady, Ken and Jeremy Solomon eds- Wit & Wisdom of George Bush, The
Brantley, James- Don't Throw Away That Dead Armadillo!
Brayman, Harold- President Speaks off the Record, The
Breathed, Berke- Academia Waltz, The
Breathed, Berke- Academia Waltz: Bowing Out, The
Bret, Bill- There Ain't No Such Animal, and Other East Texas Tales
Brett, Bill- This Here's a Good'un
Brewer, J. Mason- Dog Ghosts/The Word on the Brazos
Briggs, Joe Bob- Cosmic Wisdom of Joe Bob Briggs, The
Briggs, Joe Bob- Guide to Western Civilization or My Story by Joe Bob Briggs
Briggs, Joe Bob- Iron Joe Bob
Briggs, Joe Bob- Joe Bob Goes Back to the Drive-In
Briggs, Joe Bob- Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In
Brinkley, William- Peeper: A Comedy
Brite, Mary and P. Dave Venable- Armadillo Fact and Fiction
Brock, Barbara Fay- Feast of the Holy Goat, The
Brock, Barbara Fay- Holy Goat of Gillespie County, The
Brownlow, Leroy- Time to Laugh: Or Grandpa was a Preacher, A
Bryant, Helen- Fixin' to be Texan
Burchett, Jean- Daze of Our Lives
Burton, Alex- Alex Burton Papers, The
Burton, Alan- "…'Til the Fat Lady Sings": Classic Texas Sports Quotes
Burton, Alex- Widest Float in the Parade, The
Burton, Michael C. - John Henry Faulk, A Biography: The Making of a Liberated Mind
Bussard, Paul ed.- Catholic Treasury of Wit and Humor, A
Byrd, James W. - J. Mason Brewer: Negro Folklorist
Cable, Carole- Cable on Academe
Caldwell, Neil- Inside The Texas Legislature
Callahan, Bob ed.- New Comics Anthology, The
Camp, Todd- Life Underground
Canemaker, John- Tex Avery: The MGM Years, 1942-1955
Carlinsky, Dan ed.- Century of College Humor, A
Carr, Waggoner and Byron Varner- Texas Politics in my Rearview Mirror
Cates, Ann- Guilt Trips
Cerf, Bennett ed.- Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor, An
Cerf, Bennett- Good for a Laugh
Cerf, Bennett- Laugh Day
Cerf, Bennett- Laugh's On Me, The
Cerf, Bennett- Life of the Party, The
Cerf, Bennett- Try and Stop Me
Chariton, Wallace O. - Texas Highway Humor
Chariton, Wallace O. - Texas Wit & Wisdom
Chariton, Wallace O. - This Dog'll Hunt: An Entertaining Texas Dictionary
Chick-fil-A, Adventures From The Book of Virtues-Pecos Bill & Slue Foot Sue: A Story of Humility
Christensen, Lowell- Coping With Texas and Other Staggering Feets
Clayton, Lawrence and Kenneth W. Davis ed.- Horsing Around: Contemporary Cowboy Humor
Clouter, James- Great Texas Joke Book, The
Cohen, Hennig ed. and William B. Dillingham- Humor of the Old Southwest
Cohen, Myron- Laughing Out Loud
Compton, Mary Lou- Hysterectomies Can Be Hilarious
Cowan, Jack- Nothing Serious: The Best of Jack Cowan, It's
Crockett, Davy- Davy Crockett's Own Story: As Written by Himself
Crume, Marion ed.- World of Paul Crume, The
Crume, Paul- Texan at Bay, A
Dale, Allan- Cracker Barrel Comments
Daniel, Theo S., 3rd- River Bottom Humor
Davis, Alice- Snap To!
Dawson, Jerry F. - Elmer and the Peas and Other Dawsonisms
DeVoto, Bernard- Mark Twain's America
Diamond, Rick- Bobby Baylor Book, The
Dingus, Anne- More Texas Sayings than You can Shake a Stick At
Dobie, J. Frank- John C. Duval: First Texas Man of Letters, His Life and Some of His Unpublished Writings
Dolan, George - Come Quick! Rodger's Had a Fit!
Dolan, George- Slightly Left & Right of Center
Dooley, Kirk and Eben Price- "Read My Lips": Classic Texas Political Quotes
Dorson, Richard M. - American Folklore
Doud, Earle and Alen Robin- "Lyndon Johnson's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (rpm)
Doud, Earle and Alen Robin- "Welcome to the LBJ Ranch!," The Robin-Doud Comedy Interviews (rpm)
Dougan, Michael- East Texas: Tales From Behind the Pine Curtain
Dougan, Michael- I Can't Tell You Anything
Draper, Elizabeth Fowler- …Whistle, Baby, Whistle
Dromgoole, L.- Traveling in Texas in Early Days
Duval, John C. - Adventures of Big Foot Wallace, The
Earle, Jim- Slouch- The Aggie's Aggie
Emden, F. W. Van- Sure Enough, How Come?
Erickson, John R. - Ace Reid: Cowpoke
Erickson, John R. - Alkali County Tales
Erickson, John R. - Cowboys are a Separate Species
Erickson, John R. - Cowboys are Old Enough to Know Better
Erickson, John R. - Cowboys are Partly Human
Erickson, John R. - Devil in Texas: and Other Cowboy Tales, The
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: A Condensed Version
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog and Every Dog Has His Day
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog and Faded Love
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog and Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: And Monkey Business
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog and Murder in the Middle Pasture
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog and The Case of the One-eyed Killer Stud Horse
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog and The Curse of the Incredible Priceless Corncob
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: It's a Dog's Life
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: Lost in the Dark Unchanted Forest
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: Lost in the Blinded Blizzard
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: Moonlight Madness
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Black-Hooded Hangmans
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Car-Barkaholic Dog
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Deadly Ha-Ha Game
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Double Bumblebee Sting
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog and The Case of the Halloween Ghost
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Haystack Kitties
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Hooking Bull
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Kidnapped Collie
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Measled Cowboy
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Midnight Rustler
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Missing Cat
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Swirling Killer Tornado
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Vampire Cat
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Vanishing Fishhook
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Fiddle-Playing Fox
Erickson, John R. - Hank the Cowdog: The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve
Erickson, John R. - Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdog, The
Erickson, John R. - Panhandle Cowboy
Erwin, A. W. - Hooves & Horns: Close Encounters of the Cow Kind
Erwin, A. W. - Hooves & Horns Jus' Horsin'-Round
Erwin, A. W. - Hooves & Horns Pasteurized
Erwin, A. W. - Hooves & Horns Round-Em Up
Erwin, A. W. - Hooves & Horns: Tales from the Outhouse
Erwin, A. W. More Horsepower!
Esar, Evan- Comic Encyclopedia, The
Evans, Joe M. - Corral Full of Stories, A
Everhart, Jim- 40 is…?
Everhart, Jim- 60 Something
Everhart, Jim- CB Slanguage Illustrated
Everhart, Jim- Illustrated Texas Dictionary of the English Language Vol. 1, The
Everhart, Jim- Illustrated Texas Dictionary of the English Language Vol. 2, The
Everhart, Jim- Illustrated Texas Dictionary of the English Language Vol. 3, The
Everhart, Jim- Illustrated Texas Dictionary of the English Language Vol. 4, The
Everhart, Jim- Illustrated Texas Dictionary of the English Language Vol. 5, The
Everhart, Jim- Illustrated Texas Dictionary of the English Language Vol. 6, The
Everhart, Jim- Up Your Bracket
Farris, Charles R. - Everything the Urban Cowboy Needs to Know About Texas
Faulk, John Henry- Fear On Trial
Faulk, John Henry- Fear On Trial
Faulk, John Henry- Uncensored John Henry Faulk, The
Felton, Harold W. - Pecos Bill: Texas Cowpuncher
Finebaum, Paul- I Hate Texas A&M: 303 Reasons Why You Should, Too.
Finebaum, Paul- I Hate Texas: 303 Reasons Why You Should, Too
Flemmons, Jerry- Plowboys, Cowboys and Slanted Pigs
Forman, Maury and Robert A. Calvert- Cartooning Texas: One Hundred Years of Cartoon Art in the Lone Star State
Fox, H. B. - 2000-Mile Turtle, and Other Episodes from Editor Harold Smith's Private Journal, The
Fox, H. B. - Dirty Politics is Fun
Frantz, Dr. Joe B. ed.- Texas History Movies: Story of the Lone Star State
Freeman, Gary- Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven, A
Freewheel, Freddy- Freddy's Bike Diary
Friedman, Kinky- Armadillos and Old Lace
Fry, Michael- Michael Fry's Scotty II: Born to be Mild
Fry, Michael- Scotty's Houston: The View from Café Phil
Fry, T. C. - Laugh Your Way to Health
Gardner, Gerald- All the Presidents' Wits: The Power of Presidential Humor
Gardner, Gerald- Mocking of the President: A History of Campaign Humor from Ike to Bush, The
Gardner, Gerald- Mocking of the President: A History of Campaign Humor from Ike to Ronnie, The
Garner, Cindy- How Are Men Like Noodles?: The Ultimate Jokebook About Men
Garner, Cindy- How Are Men Like Noodles? 2: The Ultimate Jokebook About Men
Garner, Cindy- If Women Ran Things
Garson, Barbara- Mac Bird!
Garson, Barbara- Mac Bird! (33 1/3 rpm)
Gerard W. Purcell Associates- LBJ in the Catskills (rpm)
Gibson, Jewel- Joshua Beene and God
Gill, William Davis- Texas Yarns and Jokes: A Collection of Stories
Gillet, Grover and John Lemburg- Dallas Jolks and Corn
Glassman, Lenore and Yvette Jackson- You Ain't Lived 'Til You Grow Old
Gray, Vaughan- Funny One-Liners You Can Use & Enjoy
Green, Stanley- World of Musical Comedy, The
Griffith, Joe, Robert Henry, Jeanne Robertson, and Doc Blakely- How the Platform Professionals Keep em'
Laughin'
Guernsey, Otis L. Jr.- Best Plays of 1977-1978, The
Haan, Marina N. and Richard B. Hammerstrom- Graffiti in the Southwest Conference
Hale, Leon- Turn South at the Second Bridge: About People Who Live Way Off the Beaten Track
Hall, Wade- Smiling Phoenix: Southern Humor from 1865 to 1914, The
Hammett, Samuel Adams- Piney Woods Tavern; or, Sam Slick in Texas
Hanrahan, Jack and Phil Hahn- Great Society Fun and Games Book, The
Harral, Stewart- When It's Laughter You're After
Hauck, Richard Boyd- Crockett: A Bio-Bibliography
Heck and Ilda- Little Moron
Heck, Bryan and Howard Hilliard- Celebrated Luckenbach, Texas: Standard of the World
Helpus, Lord- It's A Laugh
Hendersons, Bartholomews, Bowles, Ruckers, and Vogels- My Favorite Joke for Clarence
Hendra, Tony- Born to Run Things: An Utterly Unauthorized Biography of George Bush
Henley, Marian- Maxine!
Henry, O. - Postscripts
Henry, O. - Rolling Stones
Herring, Charles Jr. and Walter Richter- Don't Throw Feathers at Chickens: A Collection of Texas Political Humor
Herskowitz, Mickey- Letters from Lefty The Houston Astros: The Way They Were
Hess, Stephen and Milton Kaplan- Ungentlemanly Art: A History of American Political Cartoons, The
Hicks, Michael- How to Be a Texan
Hightower, Jim- There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos
Hill, Rev. Leon- O' For the Life of a Preacher!
Hitt, Dick- Classic Clint: The Laughs and Times of Clint Murchison, Jr.
Hobelmann, Lisa Marie- Bed, Breakfast & Bedlam!
Hodge, Jeff- 101+ Ways To Get Out of A Traffic Ticket
Hoffman, Daniel- Paul Bunyan: Last of the Frontier Demigods
Hoig, Stan- Humor of the American Cowboy, The
Hoke, Helen- Family Book of Humor, The
Hoke, Helen with Boris Randolph- Puns, Puns, Puns
Holland, Richard A. ed.- Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye
Hooker, Richard and William E. Butterworth- M*A*S*H Goes to Texas
Hoole, W. Stanley- Sam Slick in Texas
Horn, Maurice- Comics of the American West
House, Boyce- As I Was Saying
House, Boyce- Cowtown Columnist
House, Boyce- Friendly Feudin': Alaska vs Texas
House, Boyce- I Give You Texas
House, Boyce- I Give You Texas
House, Boyce- My Favorite Stories
House, Boyce- Tall Talk from Texas
House, Boyce- Texas Laughs and the Amazing Truth About Texas
House, Boyce- Texas- Proud and Loud
House, Boyce- You Can Always Tell A Texan (But you Can't Tell Him Very Much)
Howard, Will- Arthur's Austin ABC: Arturo En Austin-Un Abecedario
Howard, Will- Arthur's Austin ABC: Arturo En Austin-Un Abecedario
Hoyle, John- Good Bull: 30 Years of Aggie Escapades According to (J.) Hoyle
Hughes, Langston ed.- Book of Negro Humor, The
Hughs, Neal- Grab A-Holt!: Texas Rodeo & Cowboy Humor
Humes, James C. - Podium Humor: A Raconteur's Treasury of Witty and Humorous Stories
Hurt, Sam- Eenie Meenie Minie Tweed..Eyebeam and the Real World
Hurt, Sam- Eyebeam: Teetering on the Blink
Hurt, Sam- Eyebean, Therefore I Am.
Hurt, Sam- Eyebeam: Render Unto Peaches
Hurt, Sam- …I'm Pretty Sure I've Got My Death-Ray in Here Somewhere!
Hurt, Sam- Mind's Eyebeam, The
Hurt, Sam- Our Eyebeams Twisted
Hutson, Jan- Chicken Ranch: The True Story of the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The
Imus, Don- God's Other Son
Inge, M. Thomas- Frontier Humorists, The
Institute for the Arts, Rice University- Jim Love Up to Now
Ivins, Molly- Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
Ivins, Molly- Nothin' but Good Times Ahead
Jackson, Thos. W. - "I'm From Texas, You Can't Steer Me!"
James, Jeff E. - First Cow Tales Collection, The
James, Joe- 100 Funniest Golf Limericks
James, Joe- Laugh Your Way Across Texas!
James, Joe- Nothin's Funnier Than Golf in Texas
James, Joe- So You're Taking Up Golf?
Jameson, W. C. - Bubba Speaks: Texas Folk Sayings
Jansen, Donny- Collage Revue, The
Jenkins, Dan- Baja Oklahoma
Jenkins, Dan- Baja Oklahoma
Jenkins, Dan- Bubba Talks
Jenkins, Dan- Fast Copy
Jenkins, Dan- Life It's Ownself
Jenkins, Dan- Rude Behavior
Jenkins, Dan- Semi-Tough
Jenkins, Dan- You Gotta Play Hurt
Jones, Ernest- Best of Bones, The
Jones, Preston- Texas Trilogy, A
Jones, Preston- Western Writers Series
Joseph, Ron- Monument Maker, The
Judge, Mike and Greg Daniels- The Boy Ain't Right by Hank Hill
Kaplan, David and Daniel Griffin eds- Best of Bum, The
Kavet, H. (Skeeter)- How to Love a Texan
Kavet, Herbert and Paul DeBoer- Aggie Book of Games You Can't Lose!, The
Keller, Art- Army of General Max!, The
Kelley, Mike- My Name's Kelley and… That's My Opinion
Kelso, John- Bubba (He's the One With His Tongue Hanging Out)
Kindrick, Sam- Best of Sam Kindrick: The Secret Life and Hard Times of a Cedar Chopper, The
King, Larry L.- …And Other Dirty Stories
King, Larry L., Peter Masterson, and Carol Hall- Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The
King, Larry L., Peter Masterson, and Carol Hall- Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The (rpm)
King, Larry L.- Night Hank Williams Dies, The
King, Larry L.- None But A Blockhead
King, Larry L.- Old Man and Lesser Mortals, The
King, Larry L.- One-Eyed Man, The
King, Larry L.- Outlaws, Con Men, Whores, Politicians, and Other Artists, Of
King, Larry L.- True Facts, Tall Tales, and Pure Fiction
King, Larry L.- Warning: Writer at Work
King, Larry L.- Whorehouse Papers, The
KOKE- KOKE Joke Book
Koppe, Richard F. ed., William B. Irvine, and John A. Burns- Treasury of College Humor, A
Lake, Anthony B. - Pleasury of Witticisms & Word Play: A Collection of Immortal Wit, Whimsical Verse and Other
Literary Tours de Force, A
Lane, Baxter and Pat McCarthy- Baxter Lane's Scrapbook of Famous Quips & Quotes
LBJ Museum- Humor of LBJ, The (audio cassette)
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Patterson, Paul- Crazy Women in the Rafters: Memories of a Texas Boyhood
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Perry, George Sessions- Walls Rise Up
Phares, Ross- Texas Tradition: True Tales of the Wit, Wisdom and Courage of Texas and Texans
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Robinson, Lana- Little Spouse on the Prairie
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Syatt, Dick- Country Talk: The Complete Book of Localisms, Bright Regional Remarks and Baldfaced Insults
Syers, Ed- Hardpressed, TX (The Luckenbach Showdown)
Texas Memorial Museum- John Garner Cartoons
Texas Monthly- Texas Humor: Just Sit Back and Enjoy It, July 1990
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Wildcatter Press- Texas Crude: Black Humor from the Oil Patch
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