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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Memorial day ode

Memorial day ode

Brown University

Music: Keller's American Hymn. At head of text: Written by request, for the memorial services of Timothy Ingraham Post ..

Memorial Day

Memorial Day

Brown University

Within double line border. At end of text: In honor and remembrance of our many brave soldiers and sailors ..

Memorial Day

Memorial Day

Brown University

William Kimberley Palmer. Poetry. Printed on pink paper. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Memorial acrostics

Memorial acrostics

Brown University

Printed in two columns in black and silver on heavy brown paper within border of outer black and inner silver line At head of text: First Baptist Church, Hyannis. D.C., Pastor, 18321839. Aet. 51. J.W.M. Pastor, 1891-1898. et. 4. "Died in service." Acrostic poem with initials spelling: Daniel Chessman, J. Wells McGregor. Type signed at end: Joel Chessman Clark. Hyannisport, Mass., July, 1898

Memo rial hymn: To be used at the laying of the base-stone over the French graves in the North Burying-Ground, in Pro...

Poetry; without music. To be sung to the tune: Dennis. Printed area: 25 x 17 cm. Printed in one and two columns within single-line border in gilded and bronze letters on white. At head of title cut of tombstone inscribed "1782 La gratitude de Rhode Island"; captioned: The French Memorial: Of Westerly Granite: base-stone 8 by 4 feet ... In parallel columns, English text of Memorial hymn, dated Oct. 25, 1881, type-signed at end Rev. F. Denison, and French translation, dated Oct. 26, 1881, type-signed at end Prof. J.E. Guilbert. Colophon in lower margin below border: J.A & R.A. Reid, Printers, Providence, R.I., U.S.A.

Memento

Memento

Brown University

Pages [2]-[4] blank. Page [1] within ornamental border. At head of title hand-colored[?] wood-engraving of boy and girl with dog. Poem in four lines. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Melancholy shipwreck: The following lines were occasioned by the loss of the schooner Charles, Captain Adams, of Port...

Composed by Thomas Shaw, of Standish. Poetry. Printed area measures: 39.4 x 15.2 cm. Printed in two columns separated and surrounded by mourning border; wood-engravings of sixteen coffins at head. Poem in 29 stanzas. Dated: Portland, July 14, 1807. Prose passage with further details of disaster below poem. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker, Wegelin a Bristol. First line: Come all kind husbands now behold.

Meet me in Dreamland

Meet me in Dreamland

Brown University

composed and written by Theresea Viola Wilding Wallace. Broadsheet. Within single-line border. Text of one song on recto, other on verso.

Meet me in Dreamland

Meet me in Dreamland

Brown University

composed and written by Theresea Viola Wilding Wallace. Broadsheet. Within single-line border. Text of one song on recto, other on verso.

Meet me in Dreamland

Meet me in Dreamland

Brown University

composed and written by Theresea Viola Wilding Wallace. Broadsheet. Within single-line border. Text of one song on recto, other on verso.