W. C. Fields joke box and wordplay archive!!. W. C. Fields' personal small leather box containing an archive of approx. 120 slips of paper (3 in. x 5 in. and 4 ½ in. x 5 ¼ in.) completely handwritten and notated by Fields in pencil being a storehouse of words and terms with definitions as well as working drafts of various jokes including, "To bartender, F. Do you know what time it is, Bar T. If I knew what time it was I wouldn't be working in a joint like this," and "I bought a mattress yesterday, was it a spring mattress? No fall and winter" and "I am opening a new boxing arena – I'm calling it the Punch Bowl." The archive contains extensive notations on words, their definitions and various applications in Fields' wordplay as well as newspaper and cartoon clippings. Of note are a number of leaves with Fields' extensive pill taking schedule. Leather box is soiled and worn.