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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I was down the field finding foxgloves

I was down the field finding foxgloves

Brown University

Title from first line. Poetry printed in two columns of differing width; each poem type-signed at end. Mimeographed typescript on white paper. In lower part of first column: Free poems among friends. "Free poems among friends" had its beginnings in San Francisco in the Spring of 1965. By September of that year publication was continued until 1967 by the Detroit Artist's Workshop, later Detroit Artists' Workshop Press (see "Free poems among friends, Vol. 1, p.[3]"). This issue probably published in San Francisco.

I was born in St. Louis, Mo., September 3d, 1850

I was born in St. Louis, Mo., September 3d, 1850

Brown University

Autobiographical sketch, also published under title: An auto-analysis. Title from first line. "Reissued, 1896, with an introductory note by Francis Wilson under the title 'Eugene Field an auto-analysis'"--BAL.

I was born in St. Louis, Mo., September 3d, 1850

I was born in St. Louis, Mo., September 3d, 1850

Brown University

Autobiographical sketch, also published under title: An auto-analysis. Title from first line. "Reissued, 1896, with an introductory note by Francis Wilson under the title 'Eugene Field an auto-analysis'"--BAL.

I was born in St. Louis, Mo., September 3d, 1850

I was born in St. Louis, Mo., September 3d, 1850

Brown University

Autobiographical sketch, also published under title: An auto-analysis. Title from first line. "Reissued, 1896, with an introductory note by Francis Wilson under the title 'Eugene Field an auto-analysis'"--BAL.

I was born in St. Louis, Mo., September 3d, 1850

I was born in St. Louis, Mo., September 3d, 1850

Brown University

Autobiographical sketch, also published under title: An auto-analysis. Title from first line. "Reissued, 1896, with an introductory note by Francis Wilson under the title 'Eugene Field an auto-analysis'"--BAL.

I was a number for the I.B.M

I was a number for the I.B.M

Brown University

Broadsheet. At head of title: Penny poems, with vignette of man beating drum. At head of text, in parentheses: "I hate old poetmen"--Gregory Corso. Type-signed at end of poem: Natalie Barker, Yale. Colophon at end: No. 21 ... Send manuscripts to Penny Poems, 2826 Yale Station, New Haven, Connecticut.

I was a K.K.K.

I was a K.K.K.

Brown University

At head of text: 1 John 4-20 - If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother ..

I thought I'd write a letter

I thought I'd write a letter

Brown University

Poetry. Printed in green and red on heavy cream paper in postcard format within ornamental border. Rubricated initial. At head of title pasted-on photograph of house captioned: The old Barker place, Pembroke, Mass. Title from first line. At end of text: Copyrighted 1912 by F.A. Hubald.

I think the greatest

I think the greatest

Brown University

Title from first line. Printed in green on blue paper. Within ornamental border. At end of text: An enamelprint by the Mercantile Press ..

I think I hear camels coming

I think I hear camels coming

Brown University

John Sinclair. Title from first line. Printed in brown on lime paper. At end of text: Camels Coming Press/P.O. Box 703/San Francisco... Caption title. Poem.

I thank you for the razor blades

I thank you for the razor blades

Brown University

Poem in three four-line stanzas. At head of title: The following "jingle" was received from one of our stockholders. Title from first line. Below single line, above poem: Frank N. Phillips ... April 27, 1946 Dear Mr. Phillips.

I thank Thee for the bull, O God

I thank Thee for the bull, O God

Brown University

Title from first line. Pages [1-4] blank. At end of text: "I wrote this little poem for the instruction of children ... (Extract from Mark Twain letter to the Mammoth Cod Club)

I tell thee that the "pansy freaked with jet"

I tell thee that the "pansy freaked with jet"

Brown University

Printed in colors on cream-colored silk; text in tan. At head of title large colored illustration of pansies. Title from first line of four-line poem. Type-signed at end: Sarah Dowdney. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

I tell thee that the "pansy freaked with jet"

I tell thee that the "pansy freaked with jet"

Brown University

Printed in colors on cream-colored silk; text in tan. At head of title large colored illustration of pansies. Title from first line of four-line poem. Type-signed at end: Sarah Dowdney. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

I shall not cease

I shall not cease

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments. At end of text: "Felix Penne" (John Francis Bursill) First line: 'Tis infamy to die and not be missed.