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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Saint Paul Lodge, F.A.M., Ayer, Mass

Printed on heavy paper in two columns divided by double lines within double-line border with ornamental corners. At head of text: Peterborough. To be sung after Master is installed. To be sung to the tune: Peterborough. Text of Masonic hymn in three sections; the second, to be sung after the Sen. Warden is installed, begins: O Warden, with thy Level Poised; the third, to be sung after the Jun. Warden is installed, begins: O Warden, with the Plumb upraised. At end of text outside lower border: John H. Turner, Printer, Ayr [i.e. Ayer], Mass. Suggested publication date from pencil notation on Brown Unoversity copy.

Saint Christopher

Saint Christopher

Brown University

Thomas S. Jones, Jr. Sonnet. Caption title. Printed in green and black on the outside of folded leaf. "Christmas 1927."

Saint Christopher

Saint Christopher

Brown University

Thomas S. Jones, Jr. Sonnet. Caption title. Printed in green and black on the outside of folded leaf. "Christmas 1927."

Sailor's song

Sailor's song

Brown University

To be sung to the tune: Indian chief. Text of hymn in nine four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Sail, sail thy best, ship of Democracy

Page [2] blank. French folded; printed on double leaves. Printed in black and green on heavy paper. At head of title cut of sailing ship in green. Title from first line. On page [3]: A Christmas greeting from Alice and Rollo Silver / 1953. Colophon on p. [4]: Printed by the Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, Vermont. Type-signed at end of poem: Walt Whitman.

Said a little red rooster to a little brown hen

Poetry. Printed in in brown on tan leather in postcard format, within brown border with wavy inner edge. At left of text illustration of hen, at right rooster, both with red combs and wattles and green wings and tails. Title from first lines. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence, especially the absence of zip code on ms. address of Brown University copy.

Saga of Israel

Saga of Israel

Brown University

1 broadsheet. Pages [1,4] within single line border.

Safely home this Christmas time

Printed on light gray paper within single-line border with corner ornaments. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Safely home

Safely home

Brown University

Printed on glossy peach paper on reddish-brown ground within border of type ornaments. Poem in seven four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and date of acquisition of Brown University copy.

Ryder

Ryder

Brown University

Printed in blue and black on blue-gray paper. On page [4] blue cut of unicorn superimposed on advertising matter. Prospectus for Twenty poems by J.M. Haines and Journeyman by A. Brilliant, each containing a poem entitled Ryder.

Running people

Running people

Brown University

Broadsheet; folded to create 2 narrow and 2 wide pages, unnumbered; page [2] blank. Printed in brown and black on white ground and in white on black ground; cuts of human figures, animals, buildings and train interspersed with captionlike text. Author's name not on item. Authorship, date and place of imprint from dealer; press from poems by Lowry illustrated by Flora printed in 1930's by Little Man; dealer also names Flora. Dealer calls item section 3 part 4 of first series.

Rumination

Rumination

Brown University

Printed by The Wayzgoose Press, April 29, 1947.

Ruins

Ruins

Brown University

Walter J. Coates. Printed on back of advertisement for the Miami Paper Company; poem on pages [2]-[3]; initial block; possibly proof sheet. At head of title prose paragraph headed: Calais, summer of 1917. At end of poem: April 27, 1926. East Calais, Summer, 1917. Poem in one stanza of two lines and seven of four lines.

Royalton's morning

Royalton's morning

Brown University

by Mary E. Whitney. 1 broadsheet. Broadside folded into thirds to create six pages. Title page within border of type ornaments. At end of text: Commemorating the burning of Royalton by Indians and the brave act of Mrs. Handy in rescuring [sic] nine small boys from captivity October 16, 1780.

Royal proclamation

Royal proclamation

Brown University

Printed on white silk within architectural border of type ornaments. Below title vignette of musical instruments and open music book. Text of hymn in six four-line stanzas with three-line chorus beginning: Lo! He reigns; He reigns victorious. At end of text inside lower border: Thomas F. Parkinson, Printer, Carlisle. Suggested publication date from internal evidence.