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 flower queen: a cantata, in two parts /

The flower queen: a cantata, in two parts /

Brown University

Poetry by Miss Fanny Jane Crosby, a graduate of the New York Institution for the Blind, music composed by George F. Root Title continues: Will be presented at the Boston Music Hall, on Thursday evening, March 8, on which occasion, the choruses will be rendered by a juvenile choir of 200 singers. Cover title. Printed in two columns divided by single line. Text of cantata without music. Colophon on page [1] below rule: J.B. Chisholm, Printer, 5 Water Street, Boston. Suggested publication date from internal evidence; cantata was composed in 1851 and March 8 fell on a Thursday in 1855.

The flow'ry Shannon side

The flow'ry Shannon side

Brown University

Within border of type ornament sections. To be sung to the tune: Burning of the Henry Clay. Text of song in 12 four-line stanzas. At end of text within lower border: Sold by H. Marsan, Publisher, 38 Chatham Street, N.Y. De Marsan used this address from 1859 to 1861.

The flow of morning air

The flow of morning air

Brown University

Poetry. Printed in blue and sepia on tan paper with deckled lower edge. Type-signed at end of poem: Robin Barber. Goshen, Massachusetts, August 1998. Colophon at end: One hundred numbered and fifteen lettered copies have been printed from Centaur & Arrighi types on handmade paper by M & K Russem, Kat Ran Press, Florence, Massachusetts, March 2000.

The flight of little Joe

The flight of little Joe

Brown University

Child dies of illness. Child dies of illness. Within ornamental border. Poem in seven five-line stanzas. Place of publication suggested because of mention of localities in California.

The flight of little Joe

The flight of little Joe

Brown University

Child dies of illness. Child dies of illness. Within ornamental border. Poem in seven five-line stanzas. Place of publication suggested because of mention of localities in California.

The flight of little Joe

The flight of little Joe

Brown University

Child dies of illness. Child dies of illness. Within ornamental border. Poem in seven five-line stanzas. Place of publication suggested because of mention of localities in California.

The flagship goes down

The flagship goes down

Brown University

At head of title illustration of ships and rocky shore; at bottom row of five scallop shells. At end of text: M.E.M. Davis. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence.

The flag on Bunker Hill

The flag on Bunker Hill

Brown University

Within undulating border with corner ornaments. At head of text: By a descendant of a Revolutionary Officer. At end of text: H.S. First line: Unfurl it in the breeze.

The flag on Bunker Hill

The flag on Bunker Hill

Brown University

Within undulating border with corner ornaments. At head of text: By a descendant of a Revolutionary Officer. At end of text: H.S. First line: Unfurl it in the breeze.

The flag of our country

The flag of our country

Brown University

Broadsheet printed in red and blue on heavy paper within ornamental borders; one song text on recto and other on verso. At head of title on recto colored illustration of American flag; in lower corners on recto cuts in blue of medals, one inscribed "Woman's Relief Corps 1883"; on verso cuts in blue of landscape at head of text and of hat hanging from eagle-shaped hook at end of text. Below lower border on verso: Israel S. Smith, Battery D, 1st R.I.

The flag of our country

The flag of our country

Brown University

Broadsheet printed in red and blue on heavy paper within ornamental borders; one song text on recto and other on verso. At head of title on recto colored illustration of American flag; in lower corners on recto cuts in blue of medals, one inscribed "Woman's Relief Corps 1883"; on verso cuts in blue of landscape at head of text and of hat hanging from eagle-shaped hook at end of text. Below lower border on verso: Israel S. Smith, Battery D, 1st R.I.

The flag of our country

The flag of our country

Brown University

1 broadsheet. Within border of type ornaments. Printed in red and blue on recto; in blue on verso. At head of text: Israel S. Smith, Battery D, 1st. R.I.

The flag of our country

The flag of our country

Brown University

Broadsheet printed in red and blue on heavy paper within ornamental borders; one song text on recto and other on verso. At head of title on recto colored illustration of American flag; in lower corners on recto cuts in blue of medals, one inscribed "Woman's Relief Corps 1883"; on verso cuts in blue of landscape at head of text and of hat hanging from eagle-shaped hook at end of text. Below lower border on verso: Israel S. Smith, Battery D, 1st R.I.

The flag of our country

The flag of our country

Brown University

Broadsheet. Within border of type ornaments. Printed in red and blue on recto; in blue on verso. At head of text on recto: illustration of American flag; on verso cut of a landscape. At end of text: Isral S. Smith, Battery D, 1st R.I.

The flag goes by

The flag goes by

Brown University

At head of text cut of American flag on staff. Poem in six stanzas of varying length; first and last stanza differ in fourth line only. At end of text in parentheses: Distributed by Conn. C.A.R. Author's name not on item.