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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To Willie's mother

To Willie's mother

Brown University

"Composed by Mrs. M.H. Whiting of West Ossipee, N.H., on the death of William O. Knox."

To Willie's mother

To Willie's mother

Brown University

"Composed by Mrs. M.H. Whiting of West Ossipee, N.H., on the death of William O. Knox."

To Willie in heaven

To Willie in heaven

Brown University

Within black mourning border; scalloped edges. At head of title: In memoriam. Written at four o'clock on the morning of December 16th, 1864. The anniversary hour of Adjutant Bacon's Death. At end of text: W.J.B. Poem seems to have been written by a father in memory of his soldier son killed near the Potomac.

To William Wann, Esq., Markethill

To William Wann, Esq., Markethill

Brown University

Lines by a generous friend to Mr. Wann, when collecting for some men who saved others from a watery grave at Warrenpoint, on Sunday, 19th September, 1869. At end of text: Wm. F- Within border of type ornaments.

To Will Gavette

To Will Gavette

Brown University

Printed in two columns. At head of title: United States Internal Revenue. Office of S.A. Whitfield, agent in charge District of Kentucky. At end of text: Louisville, January 30th, 1879.

To Will Gavette

To Will Gavette

Brown University

Printed in two columns. At head of title: United States Internal Revenue. Office of S.A. Whitfield, agent in charge District of Kentucky. At end of text: Louisville, January 30th, 1879.

To Will Gavette

To Will Gavette

Brown University

Printed in two columns. At head of title: United States Internal Revenue. Office of S.A. Whitfield, agent in charge District of Kentucky. At end of text: Louisville, January 30th, 1879.

To whom it may concern

To whom it may concern

Brown University

Text expresses sentiments censorious of Lincoln and his policies. Text expresses sentiments censorious of Lincoln and his policies. Poetry and prose printed within border of type ornament sections. At head of text: By Thomas Gale. Poetry is type-signed at end: Wm. E. Fox. Not in J. Monaghan's Lincoln Bibliography. Possible date of publication suggested by internal evidence.

To thy pastures fair and large

To thy pastures fair and large

Brown University

Broadsheet printed in one and two columns. Text of eleven numbered hymns, beginning with To thy pastures fair and large; stanzas in each hymn numbered. Title from first line of first hymn. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

To Theodore Roosevelt

To Theodore Roosevelt

Brown University

Poem in seven lines. Type-signed at end: A Traveler at Home. In lower left corner: Lewis McKenzie Turner, 1 Abingdon Square, New York. Suggested publication date from date of Roosevelt's death.

To the Whigs of Rhode-Island

To the Whigs of Rhode-Island

Brown University

Printed area: 22 x 19 cm. Printed in two columns divided by single line. Contains letter by Jackson dated March 20, 1845, calling for unconditional liberation of T.W. Dorr, followed by four resolutions of the Liberation Convention. First lines: Having been nominated for the office of Governor by the Liberation Convention ..

To the voters of Oxford

To the voters of Oxford

Brown University

At end of text: William Faulkner, private citizen. "This facsimile reprint of William Faulkner's 'Beer broadside' is limited to 126 copies. One hundred numbered copies are for public sale. Twenty-six lettered copies are for the use of the publisher"--On verso. "Printed at the Shadowy Waters Press by R.J. Murdoch"--Also on verso. RPB record represents an archival collection of 2 states (final state, and proof) of the broadside. Previously published: [Oxford, Miss. : s.n., 1950. Cf. First printings of Amer. authors, I, p. 123.

To the voters of Oxford

To the voters of Oxford

Brown University

At end of text: William Faulkner, private citizen. "This facsimile reprint of William Faulkner's 'Beer broadside' is limited to 126 copies. One hundred numbered copies are for public sale. Twenty-six lettered copies are for the use of the publisher"--On verso. "Printed at the Shadowy Waters Press by R.J. Murdoch"--Also on verso. RPB record represents an archival collection of 2 states (final state, and proof) of the broadside. Previously published: [Oxford, Miss. : s.n., 1950. Cf. First printings of Amer. authors, I, p. 123.

To the Union men

To the Union men

Brown University

Attacks Messrs. Merriam and Dresser, of Southbridge, who failed to give promised funds to soldiers.

To the sweet singer of Israel: a poem

To the sweet singer of Israel: a poem

Brown University

Poetry Printed in brown on tan paper Cover title On page [4]: The next talk in the Lindsay lecture course at the Y.M.C.A. will be on Wennesday evening, November 18... in the series on the "Composite Citizenship of Springfield." "Founded on the Sixty-eighth psalm, Twenty-third verse."

To the summer breezes

To the summer breezes

Brown University

Printed in red and black on heavy paper in postcard format; rubricated initial. Poem in four lines. Suggested publication date from postmark on Brown University copy.

To the sparrows

To the sparrows

Brown University

Within double line border. At head of title: Ms note tipped on: Boston Transcript. At end of text: Boston, January 1, 1875.

To the sparrows

To the sparrows

Brown University

Within double line border. At head of title: Ms note tipped on: Boston Transcript. At end of text: Boston, January 1, 1875.

To the sparrows

To the sparrows

Brown University

Pages [1,4] blank. Within decorative border. Ms. note p. [1]