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.
Broadsheet. Title from first line. Advertising card with colored illustration of man in Japanese costume labelled Koko at head of text. On verso, printed in blue, cut of spool of thread and advertising text. Parody of song from The Mikado advertising J. & P. Coats thread. Date from internal evidence; The Mikado first produced in 1885.
Printed in colors on heavy glossy white paper in postcard format; text in red. At head of title reproduction of color photograph of river, captioned: Minnehaha glenn. Title from first line. Four lines of verse. Author's name not on item. "No. 2." Suggested publication date from postmark on Brown University copy.
Printed in sepia on tan paper in two columns; on left poem, on right announcement of The peter poems and other disgraces by Joseph Semenovich, beginning "Do you recognize peter?" Title from first two lines in first column. Suggested date from publication date of book.
Title from first line. Colored illustration of policeman chasing dog. Advertisement for Libby, McNeill & Libby's Cooked Corned Beef. Date from internal evidence.
In grey paper wrappers with tissue endpapers; in lettered envelope. Title page within single line border. First line same as title. Illustration by C.M. James
In grey paper wrappers with tissue endpapers; in lettered envelope. Title page within single line border. First line same as title. Illustration by C.M. James
Poem about courtship. Poetry. Remains of curvilinear border on right. At head of title wood-engraving of woman and three men seated at table. Title from first line. Possible range of dates suggested from internal evidence.
Printed in black and blue on white paper; poem and illustration on pages [2]-[3] to be read unfolded. Silk-screen illustration of vertical blue flower on page [3] at right of text, horizontal blue flower on pages [2]-[3] below text. Title from first line. Poem in two four-line stanzas. "Pat Coslo is a high school senior. Her interests range from painting to poetry...."--p. [4] Suggested publication date from acquisition date of Brown University copy. NUC cataloging in OCLC lists another copy in the Axial Press silk screen collection, 1966-1989, at Pennsylvania State University.
Printed in blue within pink border of type ornament sections. At head of title cut of boy kneeling at grave. Title from first line. Includes Bible passage and poem in two four-line stanzas. At end of text: No. 30. Possible range of dates suggested from internal evidence, especially boy's costume.
Printed in blue within pink border of type ornament sections. At head of title cut of boy kneeling at grave. Title from first line. Includes Bible passage and poem in two four-line stanzas. At end of text: No. 30. Possible range of dates suggested from internal evidence, especially boy's costume.
Poem in three stanzas printed in red and black on cream paper. At left of title drawing in gray of man's face and hand holding pen. Type signed at end of poem: Robert Brandts. Originally issued in an edition of 150 copies as part of a poetry portfolio "Portfolio 1976 (Copper Canyon Press)" from the press by printer and publisher Sam Hamill; illustrated by author. Imprint information from dealer.
Program. At end of text: Power Job Press of Knowles & Vose. Printed area: 23.2 x 16.7 cm. Printed within decorative border of type ornaments; verses of hymn divided by curvilinear line. Contains text of "Original hymn," first line: The clouds are flying on the breeze.
Program. At end of text: Power Job Press of Knowles & Vose. Printed area: 23.2 x 16.7 cm. Printed within decorative border of type ornaments; verses of hymn divided by curvilinear line. Contains text of "Original hymn," first line: The clouds are flying on the breeze.
Printed in two columns. At head of title two woodcuts; seated, chained prisoner; man kneeling in prayer. Internal evidence suggests Henry Trumbull from Providence as printer.
Text of hymn in five four-line stanzas. To be sung to the tune: Old Hundred. Author's name not on item. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Tune: Old Hundred. At head of text: As sung by the 2d Regiment N.H.V.M., June 20th, 1861. At end of text: Balch, printer, 24 School St., Boston. Contains music.
Poem in two stanzas of 13 and 12 lines. At end of text: Dedicated to Doctor Daniel Pearsons Pease of Manhattan and Elias L. Janetis, an American citizen of Greek descent by William Kimberley Palmer Chicopee, Massachusetts, U.S.A. November 11th 1930, A.D.
Type signature at end: William Kimberley Palmer. Sonnet. Suggested place and date of publication from author's inscriptions on Brown University copies.
by William Kimberley Palmer, Chicopee, Massachusetts, U.S.A. In lettered paper wrapper. Cover title. Contains eleven poems, beginning with Armenia (First line: The eye that never sleeps) Suggested publication date from date on author's presentation inscription on Brown University copy.