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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Presentation of the Wooden Spoon

Page [4] blank. Below title a shield quartered with crossed spoons, scales, drinking horn and Phi Beta Kappa key, with legends Super sinistram lugemus, Mene tekel upharsin, Honi soit qui mal y pense, and In hoc signo vinces; caption Insigne Cochleaureatorum. 1854. Cover title. On page [2]: Wooden Spoon exhibition, June 12th, 1854. Order of exercises. The Wooden Spoon Society staged presentation ceremonies at Yale conducted by the junior class between 1847 and 1871.

Presentation of the Wooden Spoon

Page [4] blank. Below title a shield quartered with crossed spoons, scales, drinking horn and Phi Beta Kappa key, with legends Super sinistram lugemus, Mene tekel upharsin, Honi soit qui mal y pense, and In hoc signo vinces; caption Insigne Cochleaureatorum. Cover title. Word of songs in English or Latin. On page [2]: Presentation of the Wooden Spoon, by the junior class in Yale College, at Brewster Hall, Tuesday ev'g, June 12, 1860. The Wooden Spoon Society staged presentation ceremonies at Yale conducted by the junior class between 1847 and 1871.

Prelude from Christmas carols

Frenchfold, printed on double pages, on green paper. Cover illustration, bearing legend: Noel, by P. Cox. At end of poem: M. E. W. Page 4 colophon: One hundred copies printed for the friends of Lee and Gabriel Engel, Christmas 1950.

Predominant rental per family quarter

Mayor's Committee on City Planning, the City of New York. Inset: South Richmond. "This map, an integral part of the 1934 Real property inventory report, is a graphic representation of data presented therein. New York City Housing Authority, Langdon W. Post, chairman". "Project no. 261-G in cooperation with Project no. 33". "Reproduced from Board of Estimate and Apportionment, base map copyright 1933".

Precious things

Precious things

Brown University

Printed in green, red and black. Rubricated initial.

Preacher's farewell

Preacher's farewell

Brown University

Poetry in 15 numbered four-line stanzas. The hymn, according to Dr. Richard Hulan, is attributed to Lorenzo Dow. Printed within border of type ornaments in two columns divided by double rule.

Preacher's farewell

Preacher's farewell

Brown University

Poetry in 15 numbered four-line stanzas. Within border of variety of type ornaments printed in two columns divided by double rule. Possible range of dates suggested by internal evidence. The hymn is attributed to Lorenzo Dow.

Prayer, sweet prayer

Prayer, sweet prayer

Brown University

To be sung to the tune: Home, sweet home. Text of song in four four-line stanzas with two-line chorus beginning: Prayer, prayer, Oh sweet prayer. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Prayer to the mothers

Prayer to the mothers

Brown University

Diane Di Prima. Within red line border. At end of text: Diane di Prima / New Years Day, 1971. Signed by the author. Place and publisher from Lepper, p. 152.

Prayer to the mothers

Prayer to the mothers

Brown University

Diane Di Prima. Within red line border. At end of text: Diane di Prima / New Years Day, 1971. Signed by the author. Place and publisher from Lepper, p. 152.

Prayer of the universe

Prayer of the universe

Brown University

Printed in blue. At end of text: Written automatically thru Cora Romaine, January 17th, 1918.