Susan H.
These items may have been funny in their time, but some are blatantly racist and sexist, and some are just plain dumb. Sorry. Mixed narrators are mostly fine.
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the third volume, 45 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)
The Wit and Humor of America series was edited by American humorist Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1859 - 1915)(from Wikipedia)