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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Jane O'Malley

Jane O'Malley

Brown University

Girl falls from cliff. Girl falls from cliff. Within border of type ornament sections. At left of title within border cut of head and shoulders of young woman. Text of song in four four-line stanzas with two-line chorus beginning: She now sleeps. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. This edition not in Wolf.

Jane O'Malley

Jane O'Malley

Brown University

Girl falls from cliff. Girl falls from cliff. Within border of type ornament sections. At left of title within border cut of head and shoulders of young woman. Text of song in four four-line stanzas with two-line chorus beginning: She now sleeps. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. This edition not in Wolf.

James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell

Brown University

Printed in two columns, one hymn to each. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

James Gordon Bennett

James Gordon Bennett

Brown University

Poem attacks Bennett as coward, pimp, extortioner, etc. Poem attacks Bennett as coward, pimp, extortioner, etc. Pages [2-4] blank. Poem in three stanzas of varying length. Publication date suggested because poem states that Bennett has "full seventy years".

James Gordon Bennett

James Gordon Bennett

Brown University

Poem attacks Bennett as coward, pimp, extortioner, etc. Poem attacks Bennett as coward, pimp, extortioner, etc. Pages [2-4] blank. Poem in three stanzas of varying length. Publication date suggested because poem states that Bennett has "full seventy years".

James Dickey reads his poems

Printed in blue and black on green paper. At head of title: A presentation of the Cultural Affairs Office of the American Embassy, London in association with Rapp and Whiting Limited.

James Dickey reads his poems

Printed in blue and black on green paper. At head of title: A presentation of the Cultural Affairs Office of the American Embassy, London in association with Rapp and Whiting Limited.

James Bird

James Bird

Brown University

A ballad; version in 20 stanzas; without music. Printed area measures 24.2 x 16.2 cm. Printed in two columns within wide border of type ornaments (floral design) Above title, woodcut of a coffin. First line: Sons of pleasure listen to me. Ballad also published with first line: Sons of Freedom, listen to me. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker, Shoemaker, or Checklist Amer. imprints.

Jacque Plante's masque

Jacque Plante's masque

Brown University

Richard Blevins. Printed in red on pinkish-gray paper; double-line border on left. Poem.

Jacob's dream

Jacob's dream

Brown University

Printed in colors and gold on white card stock within embossed gold border. At head of title colored illustration of boy sleeping under palm tree below angels on ladder. Poem in three four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Jackson's victory

Jackson's victory

Brown University

Broadside fragment including right-hand column and line of advertising between type ornaments printed vertically at left, originally at center of broadside. Advertising matter reads: Sold, wholesale and retail, by L. Deming, No. 62, Hanover Street, 2d door from Friend Street, Boston. Poem in six four-line stanzas with two-line chorus beginning: So cheer up my lively lads, and never have it said. Deming used this address between 1832 and 1837.

Jackson Wagon

Jackson Wagon

Brown University

Printed on heavy white paper. On recto colored illustration of the Jackson Wagon, made by the Austin Tomlinson & Webster Mfg. Co. in Jackson, Mich. On verso text of advertising song in five four-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: To one and all I give you timely warning. To be sung to the tune: Never take the horseshoe from the door. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Jackson forever: Et hoh song

Poetry printed in two columns of different width, divided by line of type ornaments. At head of first column wood-engraving of American eagle with shield, olive branch and arrows. First song is about Andrew Jackson, second about Tammany. At end of text below rule: Printed and sold wholesale and retail by C. Brown, 211 Water-street. Brown was listed at this New York address from 1825 to 1834.

Jackson and the nullifiers

Printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line. At head of text wood-engraving of Andrew Jackson flanked by small cut of white man captioned I'm for nullification, and black man captioned: I for Bobalition. Text of song attacking southerners in ten four-line stanzas with varied chorus beginning: Sing Yankee doodle doodle doo. At end of text: Published & sold at 177 Greenwich St. N.Y.

Jack Johnson was about the very best

Title from first line. To be sung to the tune: Eat drink and be merry. Words of song in three numbered stanzas with chorus beginning: Well oh my, just think of that fight that was out in a Nevada town. At end of text: Copyright 1910 by Mrs. A.C. Lewis. Composed by Mrs A.C. Lewis, McDonald, Pa.

Jack Johnson was about the very best

Title from first line. To be sung to the tune: Eat drink and be merry. Words of song in three numbered stanzas with chorus beginning: Well oh my, just think of that fight that was out in a Nevada town. At end of text: Copyright 1910 by Mrs. A.C. Lewis. Composed by Mrs A.C. Lewis, McDonald, Pa.

Jack Johnson was about the very best

Title from first line. To be sung to the tune: Eat drink and be merry. Words of song in three numbered stanzas with chorus beginning: Well oh my, just think of that fight that was out in a Nevada town. At end of text: Copyright 1910 by Mrs. A.C. Lewis. Composed by Mrs A.C. Lewis, McDonald, Pa.

Jack Gorman

Jack Gorman

Brown University

Song praises brave newsboy killed in streetcar accident. Song praises brave newsboy killed in streetcar accident. Words and music by B.H. Janssen. Text of song in two eight-line stanzas and four-line chorus beginning: Every pain was forgotten in that one sweet thought of home. At end of text: A. W. Auner's Card & Job Printing Rooms, Tenth and Race Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Not in Wolfe, Amer. song sheets. Entered under title rather than author. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Jack Dempsey's grave

Jack Dempsey's grave

Brown University

Poem describes unmarked grave in Oregon woods of Jack Dempsey, once a famous winner in New York. Poem describes unmarked grave in Oregon woods of Jack Dempsey, once a famous winner in New York. Printed in purple within triple-line border. At upper left corner illustration of landscape inscribed: Proh pudor. Poem in five eight-line stanzas. At end of text: Mac Mahon. Portland, Or., 1899.