(1937) Not only is this the first official Donald Duck cartoon, it also marks the first appearance of his girlfriend. Here, however, she is called Donna, and her voice is the same as Donald's, only sped up faster.
(1937) Donald is the baggagemaster at a remote railway station. Part of the latest cargo shipment is Hortense the Ostrich, who is a bit too friendly with Donald.
(1938) Donald hears a radio philosopher advise to laugh and count ten when he gets angry. He tries it successfully, then settles into his hammock for a nap.
(1938) Uncle Donald goes golfing on a course by the beach, insisting on total quiet for his concentration, not even a singing bird. Alas for him the nephews, brought along as caddy trio.
(1939) Donald Duck, delivery boy, is hired to deliver a mysterious package on Friday the Thirteenth. He is hindered by a bothersome black cat -- and by the fact that the package contains a live bomb.
(1939) Donald's cousin Gus Goose arrives unexpectedly. Despite the note from his mother saying "he don't eat much," he's soon eating Donald out of house and home.
(1939) Donald has a large sailboat, and his crew consists of his three nephews. But between his own clumsiness, and that of his inexperienced crew, the sailing is anything but smooth.
(1939) Admiral Byrd ships Donald a penguin from the South Pole. Donald is amused by it, until he thinks it has eaten his goldfish. It hasn't - yet - so Donald gets a fish from the fridge to make amends.
(1939) Autograph hound Donald, despite the security guard, manages to get signatures from Greta Garbo, 'Mickey Rooney' , Sonja Henie, The Ritz Brothers, and Shirley Temple.
(1940) Construction foreman Pegleg Pete has just fired his riveter; Donald comes by and takes the job, despite a lack of experience and an initial fear of heights, and makes a mess of things.
(1940) Donald Duck builds an automated dog washer while an unsuspecting Pluto naps nearby. When Donald finishes and announces his plan to use Pluto as his test subject.
(1940) Donald takes a kayak camping trip has issues with his folding chair, encounters a bear, and a couple of chipmunks (precursors of Chip 'n' Dale).
(1941) Donald reads in his newspaper that eggs are really going up in value and the price is skyrocketing. Donald realizes that if he had some eggs, he would be quite the wealthy duck.
(1941) Donald has to get up early, but everything seems to be working to keep him awake. His loudly ticking alarm clock resists several attempts to quiet it.
(1941) Inspired by a store display, Donald decides to "hunt" some wildlife with his camera. He encounters a chipmunk, a large group of shy animals, then some animals in a dark cave. But his biggest challenge is a woodpecker.
(1941) Donald is listening to a radio cooking program and mixes up a batch of waffles, but he's distracted and uses rubber cement instead of baking powder.
Update: Removing all video links to the shorts, as they keep getting quickly deleted on Youtube, and its a pain to re-index them to a new video each time.