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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Hanging by a thread

Hanging by a thread

Brown University

Printed in blue and black on white paper within blue border. Includes reproduction of photograph of book and of Joan Kahn. Prospectus for anthology of suspense stories edited by Joan Kahn. Date from publication date of book.

Handy rules for whist: Presented with the compliments of the Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Limited, of ...

Printed in blue on glossy white card stock within single-line border. At center of title cut of woman holding sword and shield inscribed: In omnia paratus. Advertising material printed outside border at top, bottom, and vertically at sides. Includes advertising material and poem in 14 stanzas of varying length. "B.F. Pabodie, General Agent of Rhode Island, Providence"--p. 4. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Handsome Harry, or, The deceitful young man

Printed in two columns. At head of title wood-engraving of grotesque man writing at table. At end of text: Providence--Printed and sold by J.S. Hayward, six rods east of the Market. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Handsome Harry, or, The deceitful young man

Printed in two columns. At head of title wood-engraving of grotesque man writing at table. At end of text: Providence--Printed and sold by J.S. Hayward, six rods east of the Market. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Handsome Harry

Handsome Harry

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments, printed in three columns divided by curvilinear lines. At head of text, cut of sailing ship at sea, with caption: This same Harry, as he was sailing .. At end of text: Sold wholesale and retail by J.G. Hunt, at Song Depot and Book Stand, South Side City Wharf.

Handsome Harry

Handsome Harry

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments, printed in three columns divided by curvilinear lines. At head of text, cut of sailing ship at sea, with caption: This same Harry, as he was sailing .. At end of text: Sold wholesale and retail by J.G. Hunt, at Song Depot and Book Stand, South Side City Wharf.

Hands together

Hands together

Brown University

Tamara Hand [and] Marie Hand. Printed in colors on ivory paper; text in reproduced typescript. At head of title colored illustration of snow-covered pine tree in landscape. Cover title. Includes four poems by Marie, beginning with The oldest shepherd, and one by Tamara. Suggested publication date taken from copyright date of the illustration.

Hallowe'en fortune rimes

issued by the Entertainment Department of the Ladies' home journal. Printed in three columns.

Hallowe'en fortune rimes

Poetry. Printed in three columns. "Issued by the Entertainment Department of The Ladies' Home Journal. Copyright, 1914, by The Curtis Publishing Company." At head of text: Nonsense rimes for the men. Thirty-two four-line stanzas. First line: In foreign lands you will reside.

Halcyon days

Halcyon days

Brown University

Within decorative border printed in purple and brown on beige paper. Type-signed at end of poem: Walt Whitman (1888) At end of text: A Christmas greeting from Alice and Rollo Silver 1977.

Hail Columbia, happy land!

Broadsheet containing text of songs without music. Printed area: 29.3 x 13.8 cm. The title song is printed above the text of two other songs separated by a curvilinear line, all within a border of type ornaments. On verso, within border of type ornaments, advertisements for boots and shoes for sale by Mauldin & Co.'s, No. 16 Town Street, Columbus, Ohio. First verse, 3rd line of the Marseilles hymn reads: Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary. Cf. Wolf, E. Amer. song sheets, 1850-1870, no. 1385.

Hail Columbia, happy land!

Broadsheet containing text of songs without music. Printed area: 29.3 x 13.8 cm. The title song is printed above the text of two other songs separated by a curvilinear line, all within a border of type ornaments. On verso, within border of type ornaments, advertisements for boots and shoes for sale by Mauldin & Co.'s, No. 16 Town Street, Columbus, Ohio. First verse, 3rd line of the Marseilles hymn reads: Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary. Cf. Wolf, E. Amer. song sheets, 1850-1870, no. 1385.