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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Hark! the summons

Hark! the summons

Brown University

Text within double rules. At head of title wood-engraving of soldier on horseback blowing trumpet. Poem in five five-line stanzas. At end of text: B. Baltimore, Oct. 9th, 1861.

Hark! O'er the southern hills

By a Southern Lady. Poetry. Printed in two columns divided by double lines. At head of title: bust of Jefferson Davis, without caption. At end of text: Norfolk, Jan. 24th, 1862. H. Poem in 13 four-line stanzas, with chorus. Variant of Rudolph 120 with different illustration. First line: Hark! o'er the Southern hills, we hear.

Hari Shakta and other sounds from the mind: poetry

Three folded broadsheets issued laid into lettered illustrated orange paper wrapper (14 x 22 cm.) Title from wrapper. Suggested publication date from dealer. "Michaele Lundberg is a student at Willard Junior High School in Berkeley, California."--Inside wrapper.

Hari Shakta and other sounds from the mind: poetry

Three folded broadsheets issued laid into lettered illustrated orange paper wrapper (14 x 22 cm.) Title from wrapper. Suggested publication date from dealer. "Michaele Lundberg is a student at Willard Junior High School in Berkeley, California."--Inside wrapper.

Hari Shakta and other sounds from the mind: poetry

Three folded broadsheets issued laid into lettered illustrated orange paper wrapper (14 x 22 cm.) Title from wrapper. Suggested publication date from dealer. "Michaele Lundberg is a student at Willard Junior High School in Berkeley, California."--Inside wrapper.

Hard times

Hard times

Brown University

Poetry. Printed area measures 24.8 x 18.5 cm. Printed in two columns divided by single line within border of type ornaments. Poem in 26 four-line stanzas with refrain. Poem satirizes different occupations and professions; other different versions exist. Date from internal evidence.

Hard times

Hard times

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments; printed in two columns divided by single line. Date suggested because of internal evidence of typeface and border. Poem in 26 4-line stanzas with refrain gives one stanza for each occupation.

Hard times

Hard times

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line. Imprint information suggested by inscription.

Hard times

Hard times

Brown University

Poetry. Printed area measures 24.8 x 18.5 cm. Printed in two columns divided by single line within border of type ornaments. Poem in 26 four-line stanzas with refrain. Poem satirizes different occupations and professions; other different versions exist. Date from internal evidence.

Hard Scrabble, or, Miss Philises bobalition

Poem about an anti-Negro riot at Hard Scrabble or Hardscrabble, a suburb of Providence, R.I., in 1824. Poem about an anti-Negro riot at Hard Scrabble or Hardscrabble, a suburb of Providence, R.I., in 1824. In form, a parody of the nursery rhyme, "O! dear, what can the matter be". The two characters, Pomp[ey] and Phillis, are mentioned on p. 15-16 of Hard-Scrabble calendar (Providence, 1824), which refers to the "shuffling" dances performed in that neighborhood as "the zig zag movements of Pomp and Phillis, when engaged in treading the 'minuet de la court'" (Joseph L. Tillinghast, for the defense in the ensuing trial) Printed in two columns divided by line of advertising with type ornaments at each end: Sold wholesale and retail at No. 152, Ann-Street--Boston. The printer may have been William Rutter. Printed area measures: 18.9 x 16.7 cm. Not in Shoemaker.

Happy New Year to you!

Happy New Year to you!

Brown University

Poetry. Processed copy. Mimeographed on yellow-green paper. Type-signed at end: Lulu E. Finney. Suggested publication date from acquisition date of Brown University copy.

happy day

happy day

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments.

Hannah binding shoes

Hannah binding shoes

Brown University

by Lucy Larcom. Broadsheet. Date of publication taken from BAL. A lithographed trade card, issued as an advertisement. Colored illustration has text: Ask your grocer for "Deep Sea" mess mackerel. Fat, juicy, fine flavored.