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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Leavitt's poems of the White and Franconia Mountains, N.H

Nine poems of varying length dealing with sites and events in the mountain region, including railroads and hotels; first poem concerns disastrous landslide. Nine poems of varying length dealing with sites and events in the mountain region, including railroads and hotels; first poem concerns disastrous landslide. Not the same as another work issued in the same year with identical title information, with first line of first poem reading: Eighteen hundred and fifty-one. Printed in two columns divided by single line within border of type ornament sections on recto; blue lines on verso. At head of text: Published by Franklin Leavitt, Lancaster, N.H. Entered according to Act of Congress ....

Leavitt's poems of the White and Franconia Mountains, N.H

Text differs from that of earlier editions issued with the same title in 1885; however the subject matter and some of the poems remain much the same. Within border of type ornaments. At head of text: Published by Franklin Leavitt, Lancaster, N.H.

Leavitt's poems of the White and Franconia Mountains, N.H

Ten untitled poems dealing with sites and events in the mountain region, including a railroad and two landslides (the Willey and Lafayette mountain slides) Ten untitled poems dealing with sites and events in the mountain region, including a railroad and two landslides (the Willey and Lafayette mountain slides) Not the same as another work issued in the same year with identical title information, with first line of first poem reading: Eighteen hundred and eighty-five. Recto printed in two columns divided by single line, all within border of type ornaments; verso blank. At head of text: Published by Franklin Leavitt, Lancaster, N.H. Entered according to act of Congress in the year of our Lord 1885, by Franklin Leavitt ...

Learn to smile

Learn to smile

Brown University

1 broadsheet Within border of type ornaments Contains advertising

Leap year!

Leap year!

Brown University

by L. D. Robertson. Poetry. On blue paper. Poem in 12 three-line stanzas. At head of title: Written for the Scottish Gaelic Society of New York. Publication date suggested by internal evidence and mention of Brooklyn Bridge in poem. First line: This is Leap Year! Here I leap to the conclusion.

Leaning into light

Leaning into light

Brown University

by Barbara Howes. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in green. Cover title. "Christmas 1965"--p. [1] On page [3] poem in three seven-line stanzas.

Lean hard

Lean hard

Brown University

Broadsheet. Biblical quotations at top, bottom, and printed vertically in left and right margins of recto and verso. On verso My prayer (First line: Let me not die before I've done for Thee) Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Lean hard

Lean hard

Brown University

Broadsheet. Biblical quotations at top, bottom, and printed vertically in left and right margins of recto and verso. On verso My prayer (First line: Let me not die before I've done for Thee) Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Le retour de l'enfant prodigue

At end of text: Edition limited to 200 copies. White paper printed in brick red and black. Title printed in red.

Le petit bouton bleu

Le petit bouton bleu

Brown University

Includes poem and two prose pieces. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Le petit bouton bleu

Le petit bouton bleu

Brown University

Includes poem and two prose pieces. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Le petit bouton bleu

Le petit bouton bleu

Brown University

Includes poem and two prose pieces. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Le chant du sud

Le chant du sud

Brown University

Tune: Reine du monde, O France, O ma Patrie! At end of text: Dédié à J. Pemberton. Par son ami, Remo. Poem. First line: Réveillons-nous! Nôtre chère patrie.

Le bouffon des montagnes vertes

Folded into thirds for mailing; poem printed over length of recto. Printed in blue on yellow. Advertising brochure.

Le baron Pomme de Terre

Le baron Pomme de Terre

Brown University

by William Henry Taylor, author of "Canadian Seasons," etc. Within double-line border. English poem with French title. Poem in four eight-line stanzas. At end of text: The Toronto World, March 2, 1917.

Le baiser baiser le

Le baiser baiser le

Brown University

D.r. Wagner. Two side-byside black quadrants; each containing shapes in white of South America and Africa in varying locations, lettered with either "Le" or "Baiser." At head of text: th uinta gargoyl # 10 / juli 75 / publisht bi rainbow resin... At end of text: D. r. Wagner. White paper printed in black.

Laying the corner stone of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: Providence, Rhode Island, June 24, 1870

Instructions on route of march, listing of program of the ceremony, purpose of monument, and description of design, with poem by B. DeWolfe composed for the occasion. Instructions on route of march, listing of program of the ceremony, purpose of monument, and description of design, with poem by B. DeWolfe composed for the occasion. Poetry and prose. Text printed in three columns. Cut of base of monument with Freemasons' symbols at head of first column.