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.
Printed in blue on heavy white paper within blue single-line border with crossed corners. Poem in five eight-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of poem: E.R. Collins. In lower left corner: G.D. Meeker. Suggested place of publication from mentions of "Springfield, our town" and Staten Island Sound; Springfield, N.J. is not far from Staten Island Sound. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Poetry. Printed area measures 19.7 x 16.8 cm. Text printed in two columns divided by line of advertising with type ornaments at both ends: Sold wholesale and retail by Leonard Deming, corner of Merchants Row and Market Square, Boston. Leonard Deming is listed at this address in Boston directories for 1829 to 1831; also cited as No. 1, Faneuil Hall, South side. The bonnets of blue" is a shortened and re-arranged version, with added refrain, of an unfinished patriotic song by Robert Burns. See R. H. Cromek's "Reliques of Robert Burns..." (1809), p. 279. This edition not in Ford or Checklist Amer. imprints.
Tom Wayman. Poetry. Printed on golden-brown paper. Place of publication and date suggested because piece was offered in a dealer's 1985 list of Canadian broadsides, mostly published in 1970's and 1980's. First line: After a while the body doesn't want to work.
Printed in two columns divided by single line within mourning border. Main text is poem in 15 numbered eight-line stanzas entitled: Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep. Name of poem's author not on item. At end of text below rule: Major Halsted, to Congregational Church Sunday School, Rev. Chas. B. Sheldon, Pastor, Excelsior, Minn.
Emmett Williams. Cover title. White paper printed in black; folded into four panels with two sections each; to be read by panel. Contains six numbered versions of a ten-line poem in German dialect.
Fourteen-line poem. At end of text: Dedicated to Julia, his daughter, wife of George Inness Junior, by William Kimberley Palmer. Chicopee, Massachusetts U.S.A.. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Printed in two columns, with the Latin hymn in the first and the English translation in the second. At end of text below rule: William Marden, Printer, No. 32, Congress Street, Boston.
Arthur Henry Goodenough. Printed on birch bark; irregular edges; initial block. First line same as title. Poem in two stanzas of eight lines each and two of seven. At end of text: June 3, 1924. Place of publication and publisher from dealer when Brown University copy was acquired with other birch bark broadsides.
by Arthur Wallack. At head of title: Boston Grand Opera House Co., A.H. Dexter, manager. Contains advertisements. Includes list of performers; number and title of acts. Directed by J.R. Pitman.
Printed in three columns. Uneven edges. This version in 188 lines or 47 verses, printed in the United States, does not include verses 8, 16 and 19 of the 50 verse versions (all United States imprints) in our collection. Slight textual variations. This edition not in Ford or Shaw/Shoemaker. Internal evidence supplied date approximation.
Within ruled ornamental border printed in three columns divided by single lines. At head of middle column: Cut of plumed lady with caption: Rosanna was this lady's name .. At end of text beneath border: Sold wholesale and retail by Hunts & Shaw, No. 2 Mercantile Wharf, and head of City Wharf. The firm was listed at above address from 1837-1841. Poem in 50 verses; text varies slightly from other editions in our collection. This edition not in Checklist Amer. Imprints.
Pages [1] and [4] blank. After two lines of Latin quotation, English poem in 22 lines. Caption title. "From The signature of all things, New Directions, 1948."
Pages [1] and [4] blank. After two lines of Latin quotation, English poem in 22 lines. Caption title. "From The signature of all things, New Directions, 1948."
Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in red and black on heavy cream paper. At center of page [1] cut of Santa Claus on rooftop. At left and right of illustration two stanzas of "Santa Claus is coming to town."
Within border of type ornament sections. At end of text below rule: Thomas G. Doyle, Bookseller, Stationer, and Song Publisher, No. 297 N. Gay Street, Baltimore.
Minstrel song refers to well dressed Afro-Americans on Chestnut Street. Minstrel song refers to well dressed Afro-Americans on Chestnut Street. Within border of type ornament sections. Caption title; two exclamation points after "die." Text of song in four four-line stanzas with three-line chorus beginning: Chief cook and bottle washer, captain of the waiters. At end of text below rule: Published and for sale ... at J.H. Johnson's Central Card and Job Printing Office, No. 5 North Tenth Street, three doors above Market Street, Philadelphia. "Root, Hog or Die, generally attributed to Richard J. McGowan"--A history of popular music in America / Sigmund Spaeth, p. 131. Entered under title rather than author. Johnson used this address between 1855 and 1857. This edition not in Wolf, Amer. song sheets.
Minstrel song tells how singer left Alabama for New York. Minstrel song tells how singer left Alabama for New York. Within border of type ornament sections. Text of song in five four-line stanzas with two-line chorus beginning: New York gals--dey are so mighty tender. At end of text below rule within lower border: Thomas G. Doyle, Bookseller, Stationer, and Song Publisher. No. 297 N. Gay Street, Baltimore. This ed. not in Wolf, Amer. song sheets. Has been ascribed to C. Morrell; entered under title rather than author. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Poem in ten four-line stanzas. At end of text below curvilinear line: The only place where the above named beer can be had, of my own manufacture, is at my Botanic Store, 35 Westminster Street. Suggested range of publication dates from reference to expected end of Civil War.
