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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One glass more

One glass more

Brown University

Poetry printed within double border of type ornaments. Printed area measures: 15.4 x 9.2 cm. At end of text within border: No. 50. American Tract Society. The American Tract Society, headquartered in New York, began printing in 1826. Appearance and type face of this piece suggest publication not later than 1848. First line: Stay, mortal, stay! nor heedless thus.

One for Rexroth

One for Rexroth

Brown University

French folded; printed on double pages On page 1: "reproduction of a portrait of Kenneth Rexroth (December 1965) drawn by Richard Diebenkorn ..." Poem on page 3 type signed: John Ciardi from "In fact," Rutgers University Press, 1962 On page 4: Presented on the occasion of the symposiium: "San Francisco's Cultural Future," held in Kendrick Hall, University of San Francisco, and to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of Kenneth Rexroth by William J. Monihan, S.J., Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, January 28, 1966.

One evening to tea a young man was invited

Broadsheet printed in colors on heavy white paper. On recto colored illustration of two couples, young and old, at tea table. Title from first line. Advertising card for Cottolene, a mixture of cottonseed oil and beef suet used in cooking. On recto four-line poem about Cottolene; on verso, headed: How to fry with Cottolene, information about product. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence, especially the clothing.

One day at a time

One day at a time

Brown University

Printed in red on white card stock. Poem in seven four-line stanzas, one of them repeated. Type-signed at end of poem: Helen Hunt Jackson. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

One day at a time

One day at a time

Brown University

Printed in calligraphy in colors on heavy white paper in postcard format; text in purple. Text superimposed on illustration of lilies-of-the-valley. Poem in four lines. Type-signed at end: G.R.P. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Once with his young wife

Printed on heavy ivory paper. Title from first line. At end of text: From Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shih-chih. Chas. Guenther. Removed from portfolio Semina, no. 4.

Once more the Christmas candle is aglow

Title from first line. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in red and green. Illustration of candlestick with burning candle at left of text. At end of text: Sallie, William and Dorothy Brewer Christmas 1926.

Once in a while

Once in a while

Brown University

Printed in colors on heavy white paper in postcard format; text on recto in red and green, on verso in black. At head of text illustration of caricatured couple kissing. Words and music of song chorus. Author's name not on item. "By permission of Copyright 1906 by Helf & Hager Co. Inc. 48 W. 28th St. N.Y."--Colophon. "No. 4600 Music Series"--Verso.

Once in a while

Once in a while

Brown University

Printed in colors on heavy white paper in postcard format; text on recto in red and green, on verso in black. At head of text illustration of caricatured couple kissing. Words and music of song chorus. Author's name not on item. "By permission of Copyright 1906 by Helf & Hager Co. Inc. 48 W. 28th St. N.Y."--Colophon. "No. 4600 Music Series"--Verso.

Once in a while

Once in a while

Brown University

Printed in colors on heavy white paper in postcard format; text on recto in red and green, on verso in black. At head of text illustration of caricatured couple kissing. Words and music of song chorus. Author's name not on item. "By permission of Copyright 1906 by Helf & Hager Co. Inc. 48 W. 28th St. N.Y."--Colophon. "No. 4600 Music Series"--Verso.

On your horizon fair

On your horizon fair

Brown University

Printed on heavy paper in postcard format. At head of title colored illustration of landscape, signed "M.M.S." Four-line poem typesigned: M.E.S.

On your horizon fair

On your horizon fair

Brown University

Printed on heavy paper in postcard format. At head of title colored illustration of landscape, signed "M.M.S." Four-line poem typesigned: M.E.S.

On winter blast's

On winter blast's

Brown University

Pge [2] blank. Vertically folded. On page [1] against magenta ground facsimile of manuscript paragraph; page [2] red ground. On page [3]: Merry Christmas. Cornelia and Waller Barrett 1966. On page [4]: From an eighteenth-century, manuscript commonplace book of American and English prose and verse, kept by an anonymous Yankee with a penchant for limericks.

On Westminster Street, the New York Crockery Store

Printed on card stock. Poem printed on rectangular white label surrounded by leaves and white flowers on black ground. Title from first lines. Advertises store at 69 Westminster Street. Date from internal evidence.

On Westminster Street, the New York Crockery Store

Printed on card stock. Poem printed on white label with curling edges surrounded by purple flowers on black ground. Title from first lines. Advertises store at 69 Westminster Street. Date from internal evidence.

On Westminster Street, the New York Crockery Store

Printed on card stock. Poem printed on white fan surrounded by lily-of-the-valley, roses, handkerchief, and butterfly. Title from first lines. Advertises store at 69 Westminster Street. Date from internal evidence.

On to Richmond

On to Richmond

Brown University

At head of title hand-colored wood-engraving of young soldier marching. Four-line poem. A similar poem at Brown University entitled Soldier (HB37951) was published by the N.Y. Union Valentine Co.