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.
This collection is part of Brown University Library, hosted by Brown University.

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For reflection

For reflection

Brown University

Text within architectural frame, printed in brown on cream paper. Poem in two eight-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: Carl Culver Wiggin.

For Mrs. Jane Cady

For Mrs. Jane Cady

Brown University

Poem in eight four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

For Mrs. Jane Cady

For Mrs. Jane Cady

Brown University

Poem in eight four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

For Mrs. Jane Cady

For Mrs. Jane Cady

Brown University

Poem in eight four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

For love is life

For love is life

Brown University

Title from first line. Within single line border, with multi-colored floral decoration. At end of text: Taken by permission from The toiling of Felix and other poems ..

For longer life

For longer life

Brown University

Poetry. Broadsheet used as matchbook cover; poem printed in black on off-white ground on inside (verso); text on outside (recto) printed in silver on black ground. On recto advertisement beginning: The cheer was supplied by Rye Liquor Store. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and because Brown University item acquired in 1949.