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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Miss Vine makes a speech

Miss Vine makes a speech

Brown University

by Edward Carswell. Poems. Caption title. At head of p. [1]: No. 53. Illustration of a vine personified as a woman; in lower right corner: R.S. Bros. First line: I am the fruitful vine.

Mirage

Mirage

Brown University

Poem in four four-line stanzas. Place and range of publication dates suggested because of other poems by author published in Zanesville in 1955.

Minting time

Minting time

Brown University

May Sarton. Off-white paper printed in red; printed as a Christmas greeting. At end of text: May Sarton/ Christmas, 1957. Place of publication suggested by May Sarton's residency in Cambridge and type comparison of broadsides.

Minnie Dupree in the delightful comedy The road to yesterday

Minnie Dupree in the delightful comedy The road to yesterday

Brown University

Printed in white on recto and red on verso on heavy paper in postcard format. Title superimposed on upper part of reproduction of photograph of two actresses and actor in 17th-century costume on stage set; older actress standing and holding actor's hand, younger actress sitting on floor in front of table. No other text on recto. Suggested publication date from postmark on Brown University copy.

Minnesota's consecration hymn

Minnesota's consecration hymn

Brown University

Tune: - "Sunshine in my soul" Written for Minnesota Endeavorers ... 16th International C.E. Convention, San Francisco, July 7-13, 1897.

Millenium [i.e. Millennium] hymn

Millenium [i.e. Millennium] hymn

Brown University

Poetry. Within border of type ornaments. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence; William Miller's followers expected the end of the world in 1843 or 1844.

Mildred Lee

Mildred Lee

Brown University

Within border of type ornament At end of text: A sonnet to Mildred Lee Ms. presentation inscription and autograph (Mildred Lee)

Mildred Lee

Mildred Lee

Brown University

Within border of type ornament At end of text: A sonnet to Mildred Lee Ms. presentation inscription and autograph (Mildred Lee)

Milarepa taste

Milarepa taste

Brown University

Allen Ginsberg. Within red border of type ornaments, printed in brown on gold paper.

Midway

Midway

Brown University

Printed in two columns with type ornament decoration at top and between columns.

Midnight hour

Midnight hour

Brown University

Without music. Song in two stanzas. By "an amateur"; sheet music edition, published under the title 'Tis midnight hour, copyright 1840. See the Lester S. Levy collection of sheet music, online. Thomas M. Scroggy is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories for 1853 through 1857. Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 13.6 x 10.3 cm.

Middletown children

Middletown children

Brown University

At head of title: Penny poems, with vignette of man beating drum. Type-signed at end of poem: Willis Barnstone, Middletown. Colophon at end: No. 17 .... Send manuscripts to Penny Poems, 2826 Yale Station, New Haven, Connecticut.