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 Christmas trail to Auld Lang Syne

Pages [1] and [4] blank. Issued in lettered illustrated tan paper wrapper. Printed in red and green on tan paper; colored initial block. Vignette of quill pens and lighted candle on page [2]. Poem in eight lines. Imprint information from publisher. Publication date from ms. notation on Brown University copy along with signature (first name only) of publisher and press owner.

The Christmas spirit and the gift

Printed in colors and gold within ornamental border on heavy paper in postcard format; illuminated initial block. Facsimile autograph at end: Mary C. Low. "No. 1851. Printed in Bavaria."--Verso. Suggested publication date from postmark on Brown University copy.

The Christmas shepherd

The Christmas shepherd

Brown University

Margaret Dole McCall. Printed on heavy white paper in postcard format. Two poems. At end of text: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all.

The Christmas festivals. Grace Chapel

In English and German. Printed in two columns divided by single line. At each side of title: 1913. Contains thirteen Christmas carols in English and five in German.

The Christians spiritual, or Shaker cake

Poetry. Printed in two columns; border of type ornaments at top and bottom; original dimensions not known. At head of text: The following lines were composed by Hannah Brownson, of Canterbury, N.H., a sister of the connection of believers usually called Shakers, by reason of a report that was in circulation, that they put a kind of seed into their bread or cake that so bewitched people joining them, that they could not easily get away. Poem in eight numbered eight-line stanzas. Imprint statement at end of text: Caleb B. Page, Lowell, Mass. S.J. Varney, Printer--Lowell, Mass. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence.

The Christians looking glass

Poetry in 10 eight-line stanzas printed in two columns. Type face and design suggest Boston as place of publication and John & Thomas Fleet, Nathaniel Coverly, or Joseph White as possible printers. According to letter from Dr. Richard Hulan, poem has been attributed to Caleb J. Taylor, one of the "Western bards" of the camp-meeting movement. Not in Evans, Bristol, or Shaw/Shoemaker.

The Christian's death

The Christian's death

Brown University

By Harvey Carpenter. Poem, in 8 verses. Version for men; also issued in a version for women, with appropriate changes in text. At head of text, couplet with first line: "O death, where is thy sting? Printed area: 17.5 x 9.8 cm. Printed within double line border. First line: Though dead, he lives! that higher life.

The Christian's death

The Christian's death

Brown University

By Harvey Carpenter. Poem, in 8 verses. Version for women; also issued in a version for men, with appropriate changes in text. At head of text, couplet with first line: "O death, where is thy sting? Printed area: 17.4 x 9.8 cm. Printed within double line border. First line: Though dead, she lives! that higher life.

The Christian's death

The Christian's death

Brown University

By Harvey Carpenter. Poem, in 8 verses. Version for men; also issued in a version for women, with appropriate changes in text. At head of text, couplet with first line: "O death, where is thy sting? Printed area: 17.5 x 9.8 cm. Printed within double line border. First line: Though dead, he lives! that higher life.

The Christian's death

The Christian's death

Brown University

By Harvey Carpenter. Poem, in 8 verses. Version for women; also issued in a version for men, with appropriate changes in text. At head of text, couplet with first line: "O death, where is thy sting? Printed area: 17.4 x 9.8 cm. Printed within double line border. First line: Though dead, she lives! that higher life.

The Christian soldier

The Christian soldier

Brown University

At head of poem: printed border of type ornaments. Sheet backed by marbled colored paper. Imprint and date from internal evidence.

The Christian soldier

The Christian soldier

Brown University

At head of poem: printed border of type ornaments. Sheet backed by marbled colored paper. Imprint and date from internal evidence.

The Christian soldier

The Christian soldier

Brown University

At head of poem: printed border of type ornaments. Sheet backed by marbled colored paper. Imprint and date from internal evidence.

The Christian pilgrim

The Christian pilgrim

Brown University

Printed in two columns, divided by line of type ornaments. At left of title cut of man and dog under tree. At end of text: Printed by Nathaniel Coverly Jun. According to AAS: Presumably printed after Coverly settled in Boston in 1810. First line: Come on ye honest pilgrims who are bound to Canaan's land.