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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Past, present and future of the bronzed American

Printed on green paper within single line border. At head of text: dedicated to my friend, Mrs. Jane B. Collins, No. 49 Bowdoin Street, Worcester. At end of text: I offer an apology in presenting these crude "Thoughts in Verse" ... A. Francis Moores, New Berne, N.C.

Passover: April 1969

Passover: April 1969

Brown University

Anthony Cama. Printed on yellow paper in two columns. Two poems with the same title.

Passing the puck

Passing the puck

Brown University

Issued in postcard format as "Alternative Press postcard." Poetry in six lines printed in blue on white cardstock; lower edge deckled. Typesigned at end: Gregory Maronick.

Passing the border lands

To be sung to the tune: Goodwin. Poem in two eight-line stanzas. At end of text: H. C. G. Place of publication from ms. notation on Brown University copy. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Parting ode

Parting ode

Brown University

Dated: Yale College, July 7th, 1847. Without the music.

Parting ode

Parting ode

Brown University

Ode to members of Yale class graduating in 1864. Ode to members of Yale class graduating in 1864. By Henry M. Whitney, Northampton, Mass. Poem in four eight-line stanzas.

Parting hymn

Parting hymn

Brown University

by one of the pupils. Poetry. Printed on blue-gray paper within border of type ornaments. Printed vertically in border at left: Bradford Academy; at right: July 16th, 1850.

Parting hymn

Parting hymn

Brown University

Within ornamental border, printed on blue. At head of text: By a member of the senior class.

Parody on woman suffrage

At head of title: No. 1103. At head of text: Written by W.B. Yost - An Iowa farmer - Libertyville, Iowa. Price five cents per copy .. At end of text: Note - The copyright and all rights of this piece are for sale ..

Parody on Smiles

Parody on Smiles

Brown University

Texts of workers' songs praise Bristol and the National Rubber Company there. Texts of workers' songs praise Bristol and the National Rubber Company there. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed on heavy brown paper. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and because there is a parody on a World War I song but none on World War II songs.

Parody

Parody

Brown University

By a Green Bay Yankee. Satirical poem, in 17 verses, about the Convention of Delegates of the State of Pennsylvania, held at Harrisburg in 1827; the chorus is a parody of the chorus to Yankee doodle. Printed in two columns separated by a wavy line, within border of type ornaments. Printed area: 24 x 17.1 cm. Poem mentions "Good Irish Matthew" Carey and Daniel Webster, who were delegates, and John Quincy [Adams] and Andrew Jackson, who were possible candidates for the presidency in 1828. First line: Wool 'vention did in Dauphin meet.

Parlor scene

Parlor scene

Brown University

Poem in 52 lines. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Parents, know your job!

Parents, know your job!

Brown University

by Berton Braley. Page [6] blank. Broadsheet printed in sepia on ivory paper folded to cfreate [6] pages. Silhouettes of children in border on page [1] and on page [2]; drawings of parents and children on page [5] Includes poem in three ten-line stanzas and information about Children, the magazine for parents and order blank for trial subscription.

Parallel to a cycle: (for Rosmarie)

Keith Waldrop. Printed on white paper in reproduction of handwriting (or possibly actually handwriting) At head of title notice of a work edited and produced by Peter Hoy in Oxford, England; the long Welsh title begins: Llanfairpwllgwyn .... Suggested publication date from acquisition date of Brown University copy.

Parallel texts: one

Parallel texts: one

Brown University

steve mccaffery [and] bp nichol. Cover title. White paper printed and illustrated in black; stapled.

Paradise

Paradise

Brown University

By Harriet Prescott Spofford. Poem in four twelve-line stanzas. At end of text: Newburyport, Mass. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Paradise

Paradise

Brown University

by James Scully. Printed on buff paper. Colophon in lower left corner: Available Ziesing Brothers ... From Scrap book by James Scully. First line: There are no men, no women, there is human.