Hello ARSC! I am new to this list-serv and hoping to draw from your collective knowledge. I have fallen down a bit of a rabbit hole trying to answer a fairly straight forward question: What is the earliest known sound recording of a joke? If anyone has any thoughts, ideas, theories, or sources, I would be most appreciative! With thanks, Kelly Revak Processing Archivist American Folklife Center Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave. Washington, D.C. 20540-4610 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 202.707.3495