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.
Poem in one stanza of five lines and five of six lines, including a two-line refrain beginning: Vergess nicht mein, vergess ja meiner nicht.. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. Hay Broadsds Harris copy: Irregularly trimmed; shelved with dealer's summary of contents of song
Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments within border of varied type ornaments. Poem in ten six-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Printed in two columns within border of type ornament sections. To be sung to the tune: Wann mein Stündlein vorhanden ist. Text of hymn in 14 numbered seven-line stanzas to be sung by a father, mother, or child. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Printed in two columns within mourning border. To be sung to the tune: Wann mein Stündlein vorhanden ist. Printed area measures 22.7 x 15.6 cm. Text of hymn in eleven numbered seven-line stanzas divided among a father, mother and dead child. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Printed in two columns divided by line of various type ornaments. text of hymn in seven numbered 13-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Printed in two columns divided by single line within border of type ornaments. To be sung to the tune: Befiel du deine Wege. Text of song in twelve eight-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of text: Wm. Gross. Fountainville, Pa. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and because another poem by Gross is dated in title 1897.
Within handcolored ornamental border; printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line. Susanna Cox was executed in 1809. Poem occasionally attributed to Johann Gombert.
Printed in two columns divided by single line within border of type ornament sections. Poem in 32 four-line stanzas. Suggested place and date of publication from dealer. Sometimes attributed to Johann Gombert.
Tune: Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit. Within border of type ornaments printed in three columns divided by single lines. Publication information from dealer.
Tune: Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit. Within ornamental border. At end of text; Obiges Lied wurde gesungen bei der Leiche der erwaehnten lieben Schwester, und auf Begehren ihrer Eltern und Freunde zum Druck befoerdert von L.H.T. First line: In Freude hier an diesem Ort.
Printed in two columns divided by double line within double mourning border. At head of text: Nach der Melodie: Brüder thut euch wohl besinnen. Suggested place of publication from statement that the murderer lived in "Libanon" and suggested date from date of the crime. Not in Checklist Amer. imprints.
Printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line with border of type ornaments; top border different from other three. At head of title vignette of head surrounded by floral ornament. Printed area measures: 23.4 x 16.1 cm. Suggested place and date of publication from dealer.
von Pfarrer Helmuth verfasset, während dem schreckvollen Sterben in Philadelphia. Garland headpiece. Caption title. Poem in 27 four-line stanzas preceded by prose introduction beginning: Weil die Zeiten ausserordentlich sind. Suggested publication date because Philadelphia suffered an epidemic of yellow fever in 1793.
Within border of type ornament sections. Prose introduction telling origin of charm against fires, followed by verse charm beginning: Sei willkommen, du feuriger Gast! In lower margin: H.D. Laubach, Pr., Hellertown, Pa. Suggested publication date from dealer.
Within border of type ornaments. Printed area measures: 13.9 x 9.9 cm. Text of hymn in four four-line stanzas. At end of text within border: Gedruckt von J.S. Steck, Grünsburg, Pa. Suggested publication date from internal evidence.
Within border of type ornaments. Printed area measures: 13.9 x 9.9 cm. Text of hymn in four four-line stanzas. At end of text within border: Gedruckt von J.S. Steck, Grünsburg, Pa. Suggested publication date from internal evidence.
Within border of type ornaments. Printed area measures: 13.9 x 9.9 cm. Text of hymn in four four-line stanzas. At end of text within border: Gedruckt von J.S. Steck, Grünsburg, Pa. Suggested publication date from internal evidence.
Tune: Gott! Du frommer Gott. Printed in two columns divided by double line. At head of text: Welcher sein Eheweib todt geschlagen hat, und nunjetzt zum Tod verurtheilt ist, .. At end of text: Durch die Gnade Gottes herausgegeben von Christian Bruestle, von Deutschland, den 4ten Februar, 1827.
Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments within border of type ornaments; side borders alike, top and bottom borders different. Printed area measures: 13.7 x 15.1 cm. Text of hymn printed as prose in 12 numbered stanzas. Suggested place and date of publication from dealer.