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 husband

The husband

Brown University

Broadsheet. At end of text: C. Advertising card with on verso colored illustration of two children with rhymed caption beginning: The first of all, the grandest thought in life. Advertisement for a soap called Pyle's Pearline. Date from internal evidence.

The hurrah for the red, white, and blue: an old friend in a new dress

lines by Robert Burns, altered and adapted to suit the present times by James E. Murdoch. Caption title. Song in 6 stanzas with chorus beginning: Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue! First two stanzas printed within bars of music; other four stanzas printed below in two columns. Adaptation of Burns's song praises Lincoln, Meade, Grant and other Union personages.

The hunters of Kentucky

The hunters of Kentucky

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line. Text of song in eight eight-line stanzas with two-line chorus beginning: Oh, Kentucky! the hunters of Kentucky. Author's name not on item. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The Humdinger: a loss that was not a loss

Broadsheet French-folded to create [8] pages. Printed in red, yellow and black on heavy paper. Cartoon-style illustrations throughout. Poem in nine four-line stanzas followed by prose information about automobile insurance. Type-signed at end of poem: S.E. Kiser. Date from Library of Congress date stamp on Brown University copy.

The Humdinger: a loss that was not a loss

Broadsheet French-folded to create [8] pages. Printed in red, yellow and black on heavy paper. Cartoon-style illustrations throughout. Poem in nine four-line stanzas followed by prose information about automobile insurance. Type-signed at end of poem: S.E. Kiser. Date from Library of Congress date stamp on Brown University copy.

The human touch

The human touch

Brown University

Richard Burton. Printed in red and black on white card stock; rubricated initial. Poem. On verso within ornamental border: The Cornhill Dodgers. Alfred Bartlett. 69 Cornhill, Boston, Mass. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The human condition: a cycle of poems

by David Hudson, poet laureate for the State of Delaware. Broadsheet folded to create [8] pages. Issued laid into lettered yellow paper folder. Cover title. Text on title continues: Dedicated to Terry Campus, Delaware Technical and Community College for presentation on September 20, 1976, Delaware Constitution Day. Includes eight numbered poems beginning with Symbolic.

The Howly elder: a parody

by Ah Sin-ner. 1 broadsheet. Parody of Bret Harte's Plain language from Truthful James, or The heathen Chinee, published in 1870. Place of publication from mention of Tremont Temple; date from internal evidence.

The Howly elder: a parody

by Ah Sin-ner. 1 broadsheet. Parody of Bret Harte's Plain language from Truthful James, or The heathen Chinee, published in 1870. Place of publication from mention of Tremont Temple; date from internal evidence.

The Howly elder: a parody

by Ah Sin-ner. 1 broadsheet. Parody of Bret Harte's Plain language from Truthful James, or The heathen Chinee, published in 1870. Place of publication from mention of Tremont Temple; date from internal evidence.

The household clock

The household clock

Brown University

At head of text: Lines addressed to John F. Kilton, Esq., of Boston, by Rev. S.A. Bumstead, of Norris, Ills. [sic]

The house of mercy

The house of mercy

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Within double line border. Page [1] dedicated to the patrons of the New Haven Orphan Asylum.

The house in winter

The house in winter

Brown University

May Sarton. Issued in an edition of 800 copies. Folded into thirds to fit into an envelope; additional crease at left margin around first fold. Poem on yellow-pink paper printed in red typeface. At end of poem: "Christmas, 1963" On verso of broadside: "Dear friends, twenty-five years ago I sent a Christmas poem to seventy-five of you; now your number has grown to eight hundred ... [printed signature] May Sarton.

The house in winter

The house in winter

Brown University

May Sarton. Issued in an edition of 800 copies. Folded into thirds to fit into an envelope; additional crease at left margin around first fold. Poem on yellow-pink paper printed in red typeface. At end of poem: "Christmas, 1963" On verso of broadside: "Dear friends, twenty-five years ago I sent a Christmas poem to seventy-five of you; now your number has grown to eight hundred ... [printed signature] May Sarton.

The House in rhyme

The House in rhyme

Brown University

A rhyming list of names of the members of the United States House of Representatives, 45th Congress, 1877.

The house by the side of the road

by Sam Walter Foss. Poem. "Created by the Buzza Co., Minneapolis, U.S.A., by arrangement with Lothrop, Lee & Shepard from 'Dreams in homespun.' ... [copyright] 1897 ..."--Colophon. Printed on beige card stock. First line: There are hermit souls that live withdrawn in the peace of their self-content.

The house by the side of the road

by Sam Walter Foss. Poem. "Created by the Buzza Co., Minneapolis, U.S.A., by arrangement with Lothrop, Lee & Shepard from 'Dreams in homespun.' ... [copyright] 1897 ..."--Colophon. Printed on beige card stock. First line: There are hermit souls that live withdrawn in the peace of their self-content.

The house by the side of the road

by Sam Walter Foss. Poem. "Created by the Buzza Co., Minneapolis, U.S.A., by arrangement with Lothrop, Lee & Shepard from 'Dreams in homespun.' ... [copyright] 1897 ..."--Colophon. Printed on beige card stock. First line: There are hermit souls that live withdrawn in the peace of their self-content.

The house by the side of the road

by Sam Walter Foss. Poem. "Created by the Buzza Co., Minneapolis, U.S.A., by arrangement with Lothrop, Lee & Shepard from 'Dreams in homespun.' ... [copyright] 1897 ..."--Colophon. Printed on beige card stock. First line: There are hermit souls that live withdrawn in the peace of their self-content.

The house by the side of the road

Pages [1, 4] blank. Tipped in cover. On cover: ... Presented by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. at the twenty-ninth annual convention of the American Booksellers Association.