Harris Broadsides

Broadsides are single-sheet publications, often issued as ephemera or announcements. The Harris Broadsides Collection is a comprehensive collection of American poetry published in broadside format from colonial times to the present. The collection offers materials covering a broad spectrum of American life, and includes poetry of every description: 18th and 19th century ballads, verse describing newsworthy events, poetic effusions of sentimentality and patriotism, comic verse, and much more. When completed, this digital project will include over 20,000 titles.
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The old oaken bucket: which hung in the well

Poetry in three stanzas printed within double line border on pink paper. Author's name not on item. Probable imprint date from Blanck. One of a lot of song sheets printed by H. Watkin in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The old oaken bucket: which hung in the well

Poetry in three stanzas printed within double line border on pink paper. Author's name not on item. Probable imprint date from Blanck. One of a lot of song sheets printed by H. Watkin in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The old oaken bucket

The old oaken bucket

Brown University

Printed in colors on heavy white paper in postcard format. At head of title illustration of child drinking from bucket at well; text framed in illustration of grass and vines. Text of song in three ten-line stanzas. Author's name not on item. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The old oaken bucket

The old oaken bucket

Brown University

Poetry. Silk ribbon with woven multicolored text of first stanza with music. Woven illustration of bucket on edge of well between title and text. Author's name not on item. At lower tip of ribbon: Little Fur Shop, M. Potter. Date from internal evidence.

The Old North State

The Old North State

Brown University

Printed on heavy paper in postcard format; text on recto in black, on verso in brown. At head of title reproduction of color photograph of African-Americans picking cotton; at end of text reproduction of color photograph of mountain landscape. Poem in four four-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: By Lenora [i.e. Leonora] Monteire [i.e. Monteiro] Martin. Suggested publication date from postmark on Brown University copy.

The old man and young wife

Young wife complains of old husband, then inherits his fortune and marries a young nobleman. Young wife complains of old husband, then inherits his fortune and marries a young nobleman. Printed in two columns divided by single line with sections of type ornaments. At head of title separate wood-engravings of man leaning on stick and woman in 18th-century dress. Poem in ten eight-line stanzas. Not in Ford, Bristol, Shipton & Mooney, or Checklist Amer. imprints. R. Stoddard suggests item is a Coverly imprint at Boston of the 1770s.

The old Kingston home

The old Kingston home

Brown University

Text on pp. [1,4] within single line decorated border, pp. [2,3] within single line border. At head of text: 1704-1880.

The old Kentucky home

The old Kentucky home

Brown University

Text printed in red and black on recto, in green on verso, on heavy glossy paper in postcard format. At head of text bars of music; at left reproduction of colored photograph of log cabin captioned: Home of a Mammoth Cave guide. Text of two stanzas and chorus of song. Author's name not on item. On verso: The Kentucky Art Co. Cincinnati, Leipsic. Made in Germany. Kentucky special series art cards.

The old iron pot and pills

Advertisement for author's book. Tune, "The Old Oaken Bucket." At head of text: Dedicated to Dr. Drews.

The old homestead: a continuation of "Joshua Whitcomb"

written by Denman Thompson and Geo. W. Ryer. "Monday and Tuesday, Sept 27 & 28, 1886" "Denman Thompson will present his new play" "W.W Cross, Manager" Includes cast listing, musicians and synopsis of scenery. Contains advertisements on p. [2-4]

The old homestead: a continuation of "Joshua Whitcomb"

written by Denman Thompson and Geo. W. Ryer. "Monday and Tuesday, Sept 27 & 28, 1886" "Denman Thompson will present his new play" "W.W Cross, Manager" Includes cast listing, musicians and synopsis of scenery. Contains advertisements on p. [2-4]

The old homestead: a continuation of "Joshua Whitcomb"

written by Denman Thompson and Geo. W. Ryer. "Monday and Tuesday, Sept 27 & 28, 1886" "Denman Thompson will present his new play" "W.W Cross, Manager" Includes cast listing, musicians and synopsis of scenery. Contains advertisements on p. [2-4]

The old homestead

The old homestead

Brown University

1 broadsheet. Issued in postcard format. Printed in blue on yellow. On verso advertising: Coming attraction / Denman Thompson's idyl of New England ..

The old homestead

The old homestead

Brown University

written by Denman Thompson and George W. Ryer. Title from the Boston Theatre announcement in center of sheet. Performance: "Friday October 2, 1891" "Denman Thompson and his entire original company" Programme continues on p. [3] At head of title: Boston Theatre; Eugene Tompkins, proprietor and manager. Contains advertisements. Includes list of performers; number and title of acts. "Vol. XXI, no. 48 of the Boston Theatre progamme"

The old heaven and hell and the new

Poem ridicules idea of infant damnation and explains heaven is for all. Poem ridicules idea of infant damnation and explains heaven is for all. by Dr. Dean Clarke. At head of text four-line stanza type-signed: Watts, beginning: Have faith the same with endless shame. Poem in two parts, of 34 four-line stanzas in all.

The old heaven and hell and the new

Poem ridicules idea of infant damnation and explains heaven is for all. Poem ridicules idea of infant damnation and explains heaven is for all. by Dr. Dean Clarke. At head of text four-line stanza type-signed: Watts, beginning: Have faith the same with endless shame. Poem in two parts, of 34 four-line stanzas in all.

The old heaven and hell and the new

Poem ridicules idea of infant damnation and explains heaven is for all. Poem ridicules idea of infant damnation and explains heaven is for all. by Dr. Dean Clarke. At head of text four-line stanza type-signed: Watts, beginning: Have faith the same with endless shame. Poem in two parts, of 34 four-line stanzas in all.

The old covered bridge: (to Annie)

French fold; printed on double leaves. Printed in reddish-brown on cream-colored paper. Photograph of author pasted on cover; at head of title on page [2] photograph of covered bridge tipped on. On cover: With compliments of the author to his friends and fellow members of the Quarter Century Club April 29, 1935. Facsimile signature of Hawkins on cover. Poem in twenty-two couplets.

The old canteen

The old canteen

Brown University

Poem in six eight-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: G.M. White. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The old canteen

The old canteen

Brown University

Poet remembers drinking from the same canteen as his wounded friend. Poet remembers drinking from the same canteen as his wounded friend. By Chas. G. Halpin [i.e. Halpine] Poem in four six-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The old canoe

The old canoe

Brown University

by George T. Marsh. Printed on translucent paper. Poem in five eight-line stanzas. At end of text: Scribner's Magazine, October 1908.

The old camp kettle

The old camp kettle

Brown University

Humorous reminiscences of camp life in the Civil War. Humorous reminiscences of camp life in the Civil War. Poem in five four-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: The old black cook with his little dipper. Patent medicine advertisement at end of text: The poor man's friend, a wonderful preserver of health ... I.W. Boatman, formerly of the 83 O.V.I. Seven Mile, Ohio. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and because the poem refers to the Civil War as in the past.

The old Bastile

The old Bastile

Brown University

Printed in two columns within ornamental border. Tune: The old churchyard.

The old Bastile

The old Bastile

Brown University

Printed in two columns within ornamental border. Tune: The old churchyard.

The old Bastile

The old Bastile

Brown University

Printed in two columns within ornamental border. Tune: The old churchyard.