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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Cover them over

Cover them over

Brown University

By Will Carleton. Printed in two columns divided by single line. At end of text: Will Carleton will recite this, the Soldiers' Favorite, at the reading at the Opera House, Watertown, Thursday evening, Sept. 20 ... Go and hear the greatest poet in America recite his own works .... Publication date from dealer; Sept. 20 fell on a Thursday in 1866.

Covenant

Covenant

Brown University

Richard & Barbara Outram. Poem. "Saint Valentine's Day 1976"

Covenant

Covenant

Brown University

Richard & Barbara Outram. Poem. "Saint Valentine's Day 1976"

Courting song

Courting song

Brown University

Within border of type ornament, printed in two columns divided by ruled line of advertising, with type ornaments at each end. Sold wholesale and retail by L. Deming, No. 62, Hanover Street, 2d door from Friend Street, Boston.

Courting in the rain: as sung by Miss Jennie Worrell, at the Alhambra Theater.

Within border of type ornaments. Text of song in four eight-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: Courting in the rain, courting in the rain; prose spoken passages between each stanza and chorus. At end of text within lower border: Published and sold wholesale and retail by I.S. Cohen, No. 912 Kearny Street, San Francisco. S.F. Printing Co., 412 Commerial [i.e. Commercial] St. Hay Broadsds Harris copy: Mounted on sheet (31 x 24 cm.)

Courting in the rain

Courting in the rain

Brown University

Printed on yellow paper within border of type ornament sections. In upper margin outside border: 585. At end of text below curvilinear line and within border: H.J. Wehman, Song Publisher, 50 Chatham St., New York. Text of song in four four-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: Courting in the rain, courting in the rain; prose spoken passages between each stanza and chorus. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Courage: remembering Christopher Columbus

by Edwin Markham. Poetry. Printed on green paper in two columns divided by single line; line of type ornaments at end of second column. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Cough! cough! cough!

Cough! cough! cough!

Brown University

1 broadsheet. Contains advertisement for Kendall's Pectoral Balsam. Illustration of clock faces on verso within border of type ornaments. Date from internal evidence.

Cotton is king!

Cotton is king!

Brown University

At end of text: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861 ..

Cottolene: white, pure, wholesome

Broadsheet printed in colors on heavy white paper. On recto colored illustration of young woman walking past title on billboard; on verso cuts of cotton plant and Cottolene container in green. Advertising card for Cottolene, a mixture of cottonseed oil and beef suet used in cooking. On recto four-line poem about Cottolene; on verso, headed: Greeting, information about product. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence, especially the woman's clothing.

Cosmos: Psalm CIV. Second version

Poetry in 34 numbered four-line stanzas printed on ivory silk; with fringed upper and lower edges. At end of text: Abraham Coles, M.D., LL.D., Tr. Below beneath rule: Bishop Lowth in his lectures refers again and again to this Psalm .. In lower margin: M.E. Munson, Publisher, 77 Bible House, New York.

Cosmos: Psalm CIV. First version

Poetry in 36 numbered four-line stanzas printed on ivory silk; with fringed upper and lower edges. At end of text: Abraham Coles, M.D., LL.D., Tr. Below beneath rule: Cosmos--a Greek word, meaning primarily "order", .. In lower margin: M.E. Munson, Publisher, 77 Bible House, New York.

Cosmo De Medici

Cosmo De Medici

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Cover title ... Dedicated to H.R.H., Humbert, King of Italy.

Cosmo De Medici

Cosmo De Medici

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Cover title ... Dedicated to H.R.H., Humbert, King of Italy.

Cosmo De Medici

Cosmo De Medici

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Cover title ... Dedicated to H.R.H., Humbert, King of Italy.

Cosmic Christ

Cosmic Christ

Brown University

Headbands of holly at head and end of text. At end of text: Christmas 1953. Jean Comstock White.

Corrida de toros

Corrida de toros

Brown University

Robert Hayden. Broadsheet printed in black on heavy cream paper folded to create [6] pages. Poem in three numbered sections entitled: El toro, El matador, and Sol y sombra. "... 100 copies printed Christmas 1959, for the author"--Colophon.

Corbett!

Corbett!

Brown University

Printed in red, blue and black on heavy white paper. Below poem cut of building in blue. Poem in nine lines. Imprint information and suggested range of publication dates from dealer.

Copy of verses

Copy of verses

Brown University

by a party of poor workingmen. Within border of type ornaments. At end of text: A blessing (in prose) and an appeal from the unemployed authors. Also issued under titles Copy of verses by a poor operative (Brown Univ. HB18507) and Copy of verses by a cotton spinner out of work (Brown Univ. HB1047)

Copy of verses

Copy of verses

Brown University

by a poor operative. At end of text: A blessing (in prose) and an appeal from the unemployed worker. Also issued under titles Copy of verses by a party of poor workingmen (Brown Univ. HB22375) and Copy of verses by a cotton spinner out of work (Brown Univ. HB1047)

Copy of verses

Copy of verses

Brown University

by a cotton spinner out of work. Ornamental border at top and bottom. At end of poem: A blessing (in prose) and an appeal from the unemployed author. Also issued under titles Copy of verses by a poor operative (Brown Univ. HB18507) and Copy of verses by a party of poor workingmen (Brown Univ. HB22375)

Copy of verses

Copy of verses

Brown University

by a party of poor workingmen. Within border of type ornaments. At end of text: A blessing (in prose) and an appeal from the unemployed authors. Also issued under titles Copy of verses by a poor operative (Brown Univ. HB18507) and Copy of verses by a cotton spinner out of work (Brown Univ. HB1047)