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.
Caption title. Printed in brown and blue on buff paper. At end of text between two single lines, blue printer's mark and author autograph. Colophon below line: This is number ... of one hundred copies printed by the Grilled Flowers Press in Tucson, Arizona. "Sure" first appeared in Capstan Anthology ...
Pages 2-3 blank. Printed in dark red, pale green, gray and black on heavy glossy white paper Illustration of human figure on page 1 and plant on page 4 Poem in calligraphy on page 4
Within border of type ornaments. Above title illustration of Justice standing before ship. Poem in three eight-line stanzas and final four-line stanza.
Sarcastic praise of deceased philanthropist. Sarcastic praise of deceased philanthropist. Poem in eight four-line stanzas. Suggested place and date of publication from home and death date of W. Bartlet.
Text of four hymns. Suggested place of publication from ms. notation on Brown University copy. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidencew.
Printed in two columns divided by single line. Title at bottom below double rule. Text of six hymns, beginning with Love divine, all love excelling. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Poetry. Printed on card stock. Illustration in color on gold ground of well-dressed Afro-American family; dialect poem at upper right. Date from internal evidence.
Poetry. Printed in red and black on tan paper. Title from first lines. At end of text: for Larry Eigner a Cranium free poem. Date supplied by dealer when acquired in December 1969.
Poetry Printed in red and black on tan paper Title from first lines At end of text: for Larry Eigner a Cranium free poem Date supplied by dealer when acquired in December 1969