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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L' envoi

L' envoi

Brown University

Printed on gold paper.

L' autre lumiere

L' autre lumiere

Brown University

Cover: Season's Greetings. Within single line border, beneath cut of soldier with child. Translation of poem by Agnes Lee on p. [3]: The other light.

L' Appel du drapeau

L' Appel du drapeau

Brown University

Within single-line border. Text of song in two eight-line stanzas, with four-line chorus. Suggested place of publication from notation on Brown University copy referring to "Mrs. Westfeldt of N.O." as author of English original and French translation. Suggested range of publication dates because poem refers to war, probably World War I or the Spanish-American War.

Kunou haahaa aku me ke aloha ia 1886

Printed in red and blue in three columns divided by single lines within ornamental border. Printed vertically inside top border: Na himeni iubile o ke alii ka moi kalakaua; inside left border: Aloha kalikimaka; inside right border: Aloha makahiki hou. At end of first column: Novemaba 16, 1836; at end of third column: Novemaba 16, 1886. Includes text of five songs, beginning with: Pela kapu o Kakae.

Komos

Komos

Brown University

Pages [2] and [4] blank. French fold; printed on double page. Poetry. Cover title. Type-signed at end of poem: Michael McClure. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and from date of acquisition of Brown University copy.

Koelem l le Pape

Koelem l le Pape

Brown University

Kalispel version by Rev. Jos. Post, S.J., De Smet, Idaho. Broadsheet printed in one and two columns on recto, one column on verso within ornamental border on verso. On recto four numbered stanzas in language of Kalispel tribe of Indians with explanation of their previous and contemporary locations. On recto advertisement for musical arrangements for Long live the Pope with words by Rev. H.T. Henry and music by H.G. Ganss, published in many languages.

Kochani rodzice

Kochani rodzice

Brown University

Pages [2-4] blank; pages [2,3] ruled. Gilt decorative border frames upper half of text.

Kochana żono

Kochana żono

Brown University

Pages [2]-[4] blank. Pages [2]-[3] ruled. Printed in purple on white paper. Gilt decorative border frames upper half of text. At end of text on page [1]: Copyright, 1911, by H. Jaworowicz, Milwaukee, Wis.

Kochana żono

Kochana żono

Brown University

Pages [2]-[4] blank. Pages [2]-[3] ruled. Printed in purple on white paper. Gilt decorative border frames upper half of text. At end of text on page [1]: Copyright, 1911, by H. Jaworowicz, Milwaukee, Wis.

Kochana Zono

Kochana Zono

Brown University

Pages [2-4] blank; pages [2] and [3] ruled. Gilt decorative border frames upper part of text on left and top. At end of text on page [1]: Copyright, 1911, by H. Jaworowicz, Milwaukee, Wis.

Know thyself

Know thyself

Brown University

written by J.W. Morse. At head of text: Is there not a cause?" "Try all things and hold fast that which is good." "To err is human, to forgive Divine ["]

Know thyself

Know thyself

Brown University

written by J.W. Morse. At head of text: Is there not a cause?" "Try all things and hold fast that which is good." "To err is human, to forgive Divine ["]

Knights of Pythias odes

Knights of Pythias odes

Brown University

1 broadsheet. Within double line border; printed in two columns divided by single line.

Kitty Clyde

Kitty Clyde

Brown University

Written and composed by L.V.H. Crosby. Within border of type ornament sections. At end of text within lower border: Songs of all kinds for sale wholesale and retail by J. Peckham, 187 Essex Street, Salem. Also constantly on hand, watches, clocks, jewelry, &c. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with three-line chorus beginning: Sweet Kitty, dear Kitty, my own sweet Kitty Clyde. This edition not in Wolf. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and because Peckham died in 1858. Entered under title rather than author.

Kitty Clyde

Kitty Clyde

Brown University

Written and composed by L.V.H. Crosby. Within border of type ornament sections. At end of text within lower border: Songs of all kinds for sale wholesale and retail by J. Peckham, 187 Essex Street, Salem. Also constantly on hand, watches, clocks, jewelry, &c. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with three-line chorus beginning: Sweet Kitty, dear Kitty, my own sweet Kitty Clyde. This edition not in Wolf. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and because Peckham died in 1858. Entered under title rather than author.

Kitty Clyde

Kitty Clyde

Brown University

Within curvilinear border with ornamental corners. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with three-line chorus beginning: Sweet Kitty, dear Kitty, my own sweet Kitty Clyde. At end of text within border: Printed and sold wholesale at Card & Job Printing Office, Phila. Johnson used this address from 1855 to 1857. Attributed to L.V.H. Crosby; entered under title rather than author. This edition not in Wolf.

Kitty Clyde

Kitty Clyde

Brown University

Written and composed by L.V.H. Crosby. Within border of type ornament sections. At end of text within lower border: Songs of all kinds for sale wholesale and retail by J. Peckham, 187 Essex Street, Salem. Also constantly on hand, watches, clocks, jewelry, &c. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with three-line chorus beginning: Sweet Kitty, dear Kitty, my own sweet Kitty Clyde. This edition not in Wolf. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and because Peckham died in 1858. Entered under title rather than author.

Kitty Clyde

Kitty Clyde

Brown University

Written and composed by L.V.H. Crosby. Within border of type ornament sections. At end of text within lower border: Songs of all kinds for sale wholesale and retail by J. Peckham, 187 Essex Street, Salem. Also constantly on hand, watches, clocks, jewelry, &c. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with three-line chorus beginning: Sweet Kitty, dear Kitty, my own sweet Kitty Clyde. This edition not in Wolf. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and because Peckham died in 1858. Entered under title rather than author.

Kitty Cat

Kitty Cat

Brown University

Broadsheet printed on heavy paper in two columns. At head of first column on recto colored illustration of head and forepart of kitten; at head of second column illustration of kitten's hind end; on verso illustrations of end of a Clark thread spool and a J. & P. Coats spool. Poem on recto with instructions for making toy by cutting out pictures and pasting on ends of spool; further instructions on verso with advertisement for thread.