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 Gaspee

The Gaspee

Brown University

Wood-engraving of royal arms of Great Britain inverted above title.. Poetry Printed in two columns divided by type ornaments enclosing statement: Printed [and sold at?] No. 25 High Street, Providence, with 200 other kinds of songs. In the Providence directories Trumbull is listed at this address from 1826 to 1836. Cf. Alden 492 and Winslow 65; not in Checklist Amer. imprints. Hay Broadsds Harris copy: Fold damage with loss of text at center; edges trimmed; mounted.

The garden in the woods

The garden in the woods

Brown University

David McCord. Printed in green and black on heavy ivory paper; title within green border of twigs bearing leaves and fruits. "Printed for the Garden in the Woods in Framingham, by The Stinehour Press." Publication date from author's ms. inscription dated "2 Nov. '74" on Brown University copy.

The gang

The gang

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by ornamental line decoration; title flanked by type ornament decoration.

The game

The game

Brown University

1 broadsheet. Contains advertising.

The gallant 171st. of the Old Keystone

The gallant 171st. of the Old Keystone

Brown University

Recounts formation of the 171st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment of men drafted for nine months' service. Recounts formation of the 171st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment of men drafted for nine months' service. Composed by S.H. Williams, private Co. C., 171st, P.M. Printed in two columns divided by single line within border of type ornament sections. Text of song in 16 four-line stanzas.

The fruits of the Spirit

The fruits of the Spirit

Brown University

by Mary V. Harris. Title on p. [1] of sheet within border of type ornaments. On p. [2] of sheet: "Promises to overcomers" or nine single line verses from Psalms, Romans and Revelation.

The frogs of Windham: an original comic opera in three acts

The frogs of Windham: an original comic opera in three acts

Brown University

Printed in three columns divided by single lines within double-line border. On page [2] wood-engraving of frogs captioned: Voices of the night. Program for performance of Burton E. Leavitt's comic opera at Brattle Hall, Cambridge, March 2-3 under auspices of the Young People's Society of the First Universalist Church; the year is not given. Includes accounts of the frog incident in prose and poetry and synopsis. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence; 1891 is last date mentioned in program.

The Friend's burial

The Friend's burial

Brown University

Broadsheet printed in dark blue and green. On recto border of flowers in green at upper corners. Poem in eight four-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: J.G. Whittier. "By permission of Houghton Mifflin & Co." Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.