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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Peace!

Peace!

Brown University

Annie Mabelle Burdick. Printed on card stock. At head of text: Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, good will toward men.--St. Luke 2:14. Poem. Publication date information from dealer.

Peace, the guest

Peace, the guest

Brown University

Printed in gold and colors on heavy white paper in postcard format. At left and above text embossed illustration of holly sprays. At end of poem: W.M.L. Jay. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Peace, the guest

Peace, the guest

Brown University

Printed in gold and colors on heavy white paper in postcard format. At left and above text embossed illustration of holly sprays. At end of poem: W.M.L. Jay. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Peace poem

Peace poem

Brown University

by Julia Ward Howe. Poetry and prose. Poem in seven stanzas entitled: The message of peace, with preliminary information at head of text. "And now at eighty years of age Mrs. Howe ... has spoken publicly in Boston ... and now addresses a still larger audience in this new poem written for The Sunday school times." Variant of BAL 9502. Date suggested because Julia Ward Howe was eighty in 1899. First line of poem: Bid the din of battle cease!

Peace on earth and goodwill to all men

Page [4] blank. French-fold; printed on double page on heavy white paper. Illustration of doves on page [1]; extending across center of pages [2-3] reproduction of photograph of Sarah E. Wright and Lucy Smith, captioned: Wright Smith. Cover title. One poem on page [2], the other on page [3] Author's full names from ms. signatures on Brown University copy, "Sarah E." beside printed "Wright" and "Lucy" beside printed "Smith." Reproduced ms. note referring to No middle ground by Lucy Smith (Philadelphia, 1952) and to a scheduled poetry book by both authors to be entitled No strangers here. Dealer suggests publication date ca. 1953-1954; book was published under title Give me a child (Philadelphia, 1955)

Peace on earth

Peace on earth

Brown University

French fold; printed on double page. Christmas card. On cover: from Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, Mills College, California December Mcmxxvii.

Peace for all

Peace for all

Brown University

Broadsheet. Text of one song on recto, other on verso.

Peace for all

Peace for all

Brown University

Broadsheet. Text of one song on recto, other on verso.

Peace for all

Peace for all

Brown University

Broadsheet. Text of one song on recto, other on verso.

Peace for all

Peace for all

Brown University

Printed in green on heavy yellow-green paper in postcard format. Type-signed at end: Ethel Parrish. Return address of Ethel Parrish in Los Angeles printed on verso. Suggested publication date from date of acquisition of Brown University copy.

Peace and liberty: and, The Irish robber

Poetry printed in two columns divided by advertising: Sold wholesale and retail, at 152, Ann Street, Boston. William Rutter was at above address in 1827 and 1828.

Peace and good will

Peace and good will

Brown University

Gertrude Palmer Vaughan. Printed on peach silk ribbon. Poem in four four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Peace

Peace

Brown University

Flyer from publisher for Viet Nam Poems by T. Nhat-Hanh.

Peace

Peace

Brown University

Flyer from publisher for Viet Nam Poems by T. Nhat-Hanh.

Peace

Peace

Brown University

Flyer from publisher for Viet Nam Poems by T. Nhat-Hanh.

Peace

Peace

Brown University

Printed on pink silk ribbon. At head of text cut of dove hovering over open book inscribed: Holy Bible. Text consists of questions beginning with: What is peace? followed by Biblical references. At end of text: Copyright applied for. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Peace

Peace

Brown University

Christmas card. pp. [2,4] blank. On cover: Christmas greetings.