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 his skeleton

To his skeleton

Brown University

Edition of 500 copies. Printed in black in facsimile of author's handwriting on cream paper with torn-off bottom edge stained gray-green. Poem in five four-line stanzas. Facsimile signature at end: Richard Wilbur.

To Helen

To Helen

Brown University

Printed on double leaves. Linweave Limited Editions. Carolyn Edmundson, illus.

To Helen

To Helen

Brown University

Printed on double leaves. Linweave Limited Editions. Carolyn Edmundson, illus.

To Helen

To Helen

Brown University

Printed on double leaves. Linweave Limited Editions. Carolyn Edmundson, illus.

To heal, not to injure

To heal, not to injure

Brown University

Broadsheet. Printed on cream paper. Poem on recto; on verso prayer with facsimile signature of Joseph F. Maguire, bishop of Springfield. At head of title on recto coat of arms of Roman Catholic bishop in red, blue and black surmounted by jeweled miter. Title from first line. Publication date suggested by publication date of book in which item was found and date of finding it. First line of prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd.

To Harry Oelrichs, January 22d, 1890

Page [4] blank. Page [1] within single line border. Page [1]: A few verses as recited by the author at a farewell dinner given to Harry Oelrichs at the Union Club on January 22, 1890.

To Harry Oelrichs, January 22d, 1890

Page [4] blank. Page [1] within single line border. Page [1]: A few verses as recited by the author at a farewell dinner given to Harry Oelrichs at the Union Club on January 22, 1890.

To Harry Oelrichs, January 22d, 1890

Page [4] blank. Page [1] within single line border. Page [1]: A few verses as recited by the author at a farewell dinner given to Harry Oelrichs at the Union Club on January 22, 1890.

To greet you on your birthday

Printed in colors on heavy white paper in postcard format within scalloped pale blue border; illuminated initial. Above and below text and at left illustrations of roses. Type-signed at end: Brette A. Garland. "Printed in Germany"--Verso. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

To greet you on your birthday

Printed in colors on heavy white paper in postcard format within scalloped pale blue border; illuminated initial. Above and below text and at left illustrations of roses. Type-signed at end: Brette A. Garland. "Printed in Germany"--Verso. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

To greet you on your birthday

Printed in colors on heavy white paper in postcard format within scalloped pale blue border; illuminated initial. Above and below text and at left illustrations of roses. Type-signed at end: Brette A. Garland. "Printed in Germany"--Verso. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

To Grandma

To Grandma

Brown University

Poem in three four-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: Katherine. Range of publication dates and place suggested because Brown University copy found in book from Providence published in 1898.

To George W. Hopping

To George W. Hopping

Brown University

Printed on brown paper. Poem in eight eight-line stanzas. Author's name from ms. signature, "Joseph C. Lincoln," on Brown University copy. At end of text: March 16, 1912. Suggested place of publication from "here ... in Hackensack" in fourth stanza.

To George M'Duffie, Governor of South Carolina

Printed in two columns divided by one wide and one narrow line. Poem in ten eight-line stanzas. At end of text below rule: A. Tyler, Printer. Suggested range of publication dates between beginning of McDuffie's two terms as South Carolina governor and his death; Tyler was thirteen in 1836.

To friends and the future: via a sonnet

Printed in green on pale blue paper; fold at bottom In left margin vignettes of pine twigs and cones Sonnet in two stanzas separated by vignette of pine cone At end of text: Holiday season, 1935-1936.

To friends and patrons

To friends and patrons

Brown University

Within single line border with two ornamental corners. At end of text: From the store of Miss Katie A. Sullivan, Bellows Falls, Vermont. Date from internal evidence.