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.
This collection is part of Brown University Library, hosted by Brown University.

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My griefs

My griefs

Brown University

Within ornamental border. At end of text: Sold for the benefit of the author, the widow and the fatherless.

My greeting to you

My greeting to you

Brown University

Printed in gold and colors within ornamental border on heavy paper in postcard format; illuminated initial block. Facsimile author autograph at end: Mary Cromwell Low. "No. 1946. Printed in Bavaria."--Verso. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

My greeting

My greeting

Brown University

1 broadsheet. On verso: Colored illustration of woman pointing gun at man captioned: Bartley Campbell's white slave. At end of text: Bartley Campbell. Date from internal evidence and because poem refers to reconciliation after Civil War.

My green streetcar

My green streetcar

Brown University

Pages [2]-[3] blank. Printed in green and black on heavy cream paper with deckled lower edge. Title from last page. Poem in twelve lines. "125 copies of My green streetcar by Ron Loewinsohn printed...."

My girl

My girl

Brown University

No. 177 of untitled series.

My garden

My garden

Brown University

by Thomas Edward Brown. Pages 2, 4 blank. Within border of type ornaments.

My garden

My garden

Brown University

by Thomas Edward Brown. Pages 2, 4 blank. Within border of type ornaments.

My garden

My garden

Brown University

by Thomas Edward Brown. Pages 2, 4 blank. Within border of type ornaments.

My flag

My flag

Brown University

Broadsheet printed in red and blue on recto, black on verso. At left of text on recto illustration of United States flag; red border of type ornament on other three sides. Poem on recto, prose text on verso explaining author's economic plan. At end of poem: Claudius R. Dodge, Salt Lake City. Suggested publication date from date stamp on Brown University copy.

My first gray hair

My first gray hair

Brown University

At end of text: Rev. Charles H. Plummer. No. 108 John Street, Providence, R.I.

My Father

My Father

Brown University

Printed in gold on heavy cream paper. Title repeated at head of text. Poem in five four-line stanzas, each headed by "My Father" or variant of that phrase. At end of text: Copyright applied for by Raymond B. Dunlap. Date from Library of Congress date stamp on Brown University copy.

My enemy

My enemy

Brown University

Pages [1,4] within single line border. At end of text: Unity/Universality..

My enemy

My enemy

Brown University

Pages [1,4] within single line border. At end of text: Unity/Universality..

My enemy

My enemy

Brown University

Pages [1,4] within single line border. At end of text: Unity/Universality..

My domain: sonnet

My domain: sonnet

Brown University

At end of text: B.A.J. Printed on grey; verso is pink blotter. With illustrated initial block.