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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My best self

My best self

Brown University

At head of title reproduction of photograph of author. Poem in two eight-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of poem: Florence Newell Barbour.

My 76th reunion

My 76th reunion

Brown University

At upper left seal in green of Bryant College. Poem in four stanzas of four lines each and one of six lines. At end of text: This poem was written and read by Mrs. Helen F. Goff of the class of 1891 at the 1967 Alumni Homecoming at Bryant College on May 15, 1967. Mrs. Goff is 94 years old ....

My 76th reunion

My 76th reunion

Brown University

At upper left seal in green of Bryant College. Poem in four stanzas of four lines each and one of six lines. At end of text: This poem was written and read by Mrs. Helen F. Goff of the class of 1891 at the 1967 Alumni Homecoming at Bryant College on May 15, 1967. Mrs. Goff is 94 years old ....

Mute woman

Mute woman

Brown University

Poem printed by Richard & Barbara Outram. Illustrated cover. "For Christmas 1960"--P. [4]

Mute woman

Mute woman

Brown University

Poem printed by Richard & Barbara Outram. Illustrated cover. "For Christmas 1960"--P. [4]

Music in my heart

Music in my heart

Brown University

Poetry. Type-signed at end: Alexander Mackenzie Watson, November 27, 1950.

Music everywhere

Music everywhere

Brown University

Christmas card. At end of text: These lines, written on Christmas Day, 1930, are sent out a year later with the greetings of the season from Harry and Helen Koopman.

Music

Music

Brown University

Poem in 24 lines. At end of text: Dedicated to Theodore Thomas, Leopold Damrosch, Patrick S. Gilmore, Sousa. By William Kimberley Palmer. Chicopee, Massachusetts. January 1935, A.D.

Murder of Joseph White: The following lines were written on the death of Mr. Joseph White, of Salem, who was found mu...

Murder of Joseph White: The following lines were written on the death of Mr. Joseph White, of Salem, who was found murdered in his bed on the morning of the 7th April, 1830, aged 82

Brown University

Poetry in ten stanzas. To be sung to the tune: Auld Lang Syne. Printed area measures 21.6 x 13.3 cm. Joseph White's murder, committed for profit motives at the instigation of Richard Crowninshield by Joseph and Frank Knapp, became a celebrated criminal case because of Daniel Webster's involvement and oratory. At head of text, below illustration of a coffin, four lines of song. Text printed in two columns divided by line of advertising with type ornaments at each end: Sold Wholesale and Retail, at No. 1, South side of Faneuil Hall --- Boston. Leonard Deming is listed at this address in Boston directories for 1829 to 1831. This edition not in Checklist Amer. imprints or Ford. First line: O what a horrid tale to sound.

Murder of Joseph White

Murder of Joseph White

Brown University

Poetry. To be sung to the tune: Auld lang syne. Printed in two columns divided by line of advertising with type ornaments at each end: Sold wholesale and retail, corner of Merchants' Row & Market Square, Boston. Cut of coffin at head of text, above four lines of poetry beginning: Shall auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind. At head of text above coffin: The following lines were written on the death of Mr. Joseph White, of Salem, who was found murdered in his bed, on the morning of the 7th of April, 1830, aged 82 years. Joseph White's murder, committed for profit motives at the instigation of Richard Crowninshield by Joseph and Frank Knapp, became a celebrated criminal case because of Daniel Webster's involvement and oratory. First line: O what a horrid tale to sound.