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 kings of England

The kings of England

Brown University

French fold; printed on double leaves. On page [1]: Ye kings of England with cover design by W. Appleton Aiken.

The king's daughter

The king's daughter

Brown University

Religious poem in five six-line stanzas. At end of text: South End Industrial School Press, 45 Bartlett St. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The kid

The kid

Brown University

Title from first line.

The keys of love: and, Calomel song

The keys of love: and, Calomel song

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments. At end of text in second column: Sold Wholesale and Retail, corner of Merchant's-Row and Market-Square, (up stairs.)--Boston. L. Deming was listed at above address from 1829 to 1831. The Calomel song is attributed to Samuel Thomson.

The Kenneth Patchen Fund: Julien Cornell, Treasurer, Central Valley, New York : we should like to call to your attent...

The Kenneth Patchen Fund: Julien Cornell, Treasurer, Central Valley, New York : we should like to call to your attention the tragic plight of the young American poet, Kenneth Patchen, and urge that you join with us in bringing him the medical treatment which he desperately needs

Brown University

[signed] W.H. Auden, Archibald MacLeish, T.S. Eliot, Thornton Wilder. Printed in red and blue on white paper; signatures [facsimile?] in red ink. Date from entries in New York Times index relating to fund drives to meet Patchen's medical expenses.

The Kaiser's mill

The Kaiser's mill

Brown University

At head of text: (Apropos of the statement in the papers that the Germans are disposing of their own dead by incineration in limekilns)

The Judgment Day: and Farewell hymn

The Judgment Day: and Farewell hymn

Brown University

Text of two hymns. Text of two hymns. Printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line within border of type ornament sections. Printed area measures: 21.5 x 18.3 cm. First hymn in seven numbered two-line or four-line stanzas with four-line refrain printed at head; second hymn in six numbered four-line stanzas with two-line refrain beginning: Farewell, farewell, farewell. Text in first column begins with refrain for the first five stanzas; other two stanzas have different refrains written out in full. Possible range of publication dates suggested from internal evidence, especially type face and border. Not in Checklist Amer. imprints 1820-1839.

The Jubilee: 1871. 1879

The Jubilee: 1871. 1879

Brown University

Printed in three columns divided by single lines within double-line border on all pages. Includes accounts of the Jubilee Singers and their reception in Europe and America, with excerpts from reviews. Includes poetry. Suggested publication date from advertisement for concert in Amherst, Mass. Jan. 13, 1880.

The Jubilee: 1871. 1879

The Jubilee: 1871. 1879

Brown University

Printed in three columns divided by single lines within double-line border on all pages. Includes accounts of the Jubilee Singers and their reception in Europe and America, with excerpts from reviews. Includes poetry. Suggested publication date from advertisement for concert in Amherst, Mass. Jan. 13, 1880.

The Jubilee: 1871. 1879

The Jubilee: 1871. 1879

Brown University

Printed in three columns divided by single lines within double-line border on all pages. Includes accounts of the Jubilee Singers and their reception in Europe and America, with excerpts from reviews. Includes poetry. Suggested publication date from advertisement for concert in Amherst, Mass. Jan. 13, 1880.