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 Kenneth Patchen

For Kenneth Patchen

Brown University

[A.D. Winans] Light gray paper printed and illustrated in black. At head of title reproduction of landscape photograph. Poem in six stanzas of varying length. In lower left corner: From new book: by A.D. Winans Straws of sanity ready in March 1975, $3.

For Guillaume Apollinaire

For Guillaume Apollinaire

Brown University

Pages [1] and [4] blank. Caption title. Author's name not on item. At end of text on page [3]: Riverrun, RD #4, Uncasville, Connecticut. December 1962. Author's name from dealer and from signature, "Bill," on Brown University copy.

For everyone: March 1

For everyone: March 1

Brown University

Wayne Clifford. Poetry. Page [2] blank. Printed on yellow paper; vertically folded. Cover title. "Printed at the Coach House Press." First line: By wind's.

For Christmas day

For Christmas day

Brown University

Thornwell Jacobs. French fold, printed on double page. Off-white paper printed and illustrated in black and burnt sienna; front cover photo; printed as a Christmas greeting.

For children's use we do advise

For children's use we do advise

Brown University

Poem advertising U.S.A. Grain Shoes. On verso: For children buy U.S.A. Grain goods. For sale by J.B. Banning, Deep River, Conn. With illustration in colors containing advertisement for McIntosh & Co., Springfield, Mass., designed by Aldine Co., Boston.

For best prospect of survival

For best prospect of survival

Brown University

N. van Hevelingen. Printed in red and green on heavy white paper within border of holly leaves and berries. Title from first line. Poem. Publication date from author.

For an hour on Christmas Eve

For an hour on Christmas Eve

Brown University

First verse of the poem, "Only an hour" Title from first line. Below woodcut on p. [1] in red and black: Christmas greetings, Gleeson Library Associates, 1967. Photograph of unicorn silver brooch at head of poem; At end of poem: Only an hour, Robinson Jeffers, 1940. On p. [2]: Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. On p. [4], at foot: The woodcut above the greeting is taken from the "Rime" of Bernardo Bellinzone, Milan, 1493. The drawing for the woodcut is attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.

Footprint: typical of P.W. San Francisco 2:III:77

Footprint: typical of P.W. San Francisco 2:III:77

Brown University

Pages [2] and [4] blank. At head of title drawing of tray with teapot and cups, books and fruit in bowl. Cover title. Announces poetry reading March 24 in Student Union. "Graphics by Tomato Mafia Productions."