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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Items in this collection

An Easter song

An Easter song

Brown University

Printed in purple. Type-signed at end of poem: M.C. Lockwood.

An Easter prayer

An Easter prayer

Brown University

Printed on pink silk ribbon fringed at top and bottom. Poem in three eight-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: Frances R. Havergal. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

An Easter prayer

An Easter prayer

Brown University

Printed on pink silk ribbon fringed at top and bottom. Poem in three eight-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: Frances R. Havergal. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

An Easter poem

An Easter poem

Brown University

Within ornamental border. At head of text: Introduction ..

An early day legend of Port Orford

An early day legend of Port Orford

Brown University

1 broadsheet. On right side of verso: Bells in red and green. Within ornamental red and green border. At head of text: Curry County, Oregon.

An artistic pursuit

An artistic pursuit

Brown University

Poetry and prose. Ornamental border at left and right. At head of text: Please read. The only joy in my silent life is Art. I am not begging. Deaf and dumb due to scarlet fever, author asks contributions for art study.

An appeal to the charitable

An appeal to the charitable

Brown University

Within double line border. Poem in four stanzas with eight lines each with printed attribution "by George W. Avery" Expanded version of one with same title attributed to W.H. Chase.

An appeal to the charitable

An appeal to the charitable

Brown University

Within ornamental border. Poem in five stanzas of four lines each with printed attribution "by W.H. Chase" Text at head of title recommending Chase is signed by "Geo. H. Thacher, Mayor, Albany, N.Y." and two other men. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. Partial version of a four stanza poem with eight lines each attributed to George W. Avery.

An appeal to the charitable

An appeal to the charitable

Brown University

Within ornamental border Poem in five stanzas of four lines each with printed attribution "by W.H. Chase" Text at head of title recommending Chase is signed by "Geo. H. Thacher, Mayor, Albany, N.Y." and two other men. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. Partial version of a four stanza poem with eight lines each attributed to George W. Avery

An appeal to the charitable

An appeal to the charitable

Brown University

Within ornamental border Poem in five stanzas of four lines each with printed attribution "by W.H. Chase" Text at head of title recommending Chase is signed by "Geo. H. Thacher, Mayor, Albany, N.Y." and two other men. Partial version of a four stanza poem with eight lines each attributed to George W. Avery

An appeal

An appeal

Brown University

1 broadsheet. At end of text: Enlist at 24 East 23rd Street, New York.

An anti-Klan epic

An anti-Klan epic

Brown University

Poem attacks Klan for religious bigotry but does not mention race. Poem attacks Klan for religious bigotry but does not mention race. Printed in red on off-white paper. At end of text: A Comanche Indian. Poem in eight four-line stanzas. Suggested place of publication because of reference to Arkansas in text; suggested date from acquisition date of Brown University copy; text refers to World War I and not World War II.

An all-round man

An all-round man

Brown University

Broadsheet printed on tan paper within single-line border. At head of title drawing of three people in library; at end of poem on verso drawing of two men with book. Poetry. At end of text on recto: From "Si Briggs talks" by Madeline Yale Wynne. At end of text on verso: Compliments of Houghton Mifflin Company. Date from publication date of book.