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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A salute

A salute

Brown University

Within ornamental border.

A run of luck: the new sporting drama

written by Henry Pettitt and A. Harris ; mechanism, W.P. Prescott ; appointments, Jos. F. Sullivan ; light effects, George Sevey; musical director, N. Lothian. Includes list of performers; number and title of play acts. Contains advertisements. At head of title: Boston Theatre; Eugene Thompkins, proprietor and manager. Performance: "Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1887" "Boston Theatre programme vol. XVII, no. 82"

A rumpus in Tophet

A rumpus in Tophet

Brown University

Text also printed under title. "John Brown's Entrance into Hell." John Brown enters hell and finds the place of honor reserved for Lincoln, who is expected with Sumner and Stevens.

A rumpus in Tophet

A rumpus in Tophet

Brown University

Text also printed under title. "John Brown's Entrance into Hell." John Brown enters hell and finds the place of honor reserved for Lincoln, who is expected with Sumner and Stevens.

A rumpus in Tophet

A rumpus in Tophet

Brown University

Text also printed under title. "John Brown's Entrance into Hell." John Brown enters hell and finds the place of honor reserved for Lincoln, who is expected with Sumner and Stevens.

A robin pie

A robin pie

Brown University

Page 4 blank. On page 1 at head of title: Schaller Audubon Society for the protection of birds. Founded June, 1897. Poetry and prose; poem on page [3]

A returning spirit's answer

Pages [2]-[4] blank. Printed on heavy paper. Poem in four numbered four-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: Not as oft as I might, Dear Lord, have done. At end of text: Copyright, 1907, by N.B. Chrisman.

A resolution

A resolution

Brown University

Euna Russell Mignault. Printed on heavy textured white paper. At head of title vignette of rose. Poem in ten lines. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

A requiem

A requiem

Brown University

Silas W. Hazeltine. Printed on birch bark; irregular edges; initial block; same poem printed on verso. At left of author's name, in brackets: [35] Poem in seven four-line stanzas, each beginning: Rest, brother, rest! At end of text below type ornament section: "The Traveller's Dream & Other Poems" 1860. Place of publication, publisher and suggested range of publication dates from dealer when Brown University copy was acquired with other birch bark broadsides.

A reply to Kipling's poem

Reply to Rudyard Kipling's poem The sons of Martha. Reply to Rudyard Kipling's poem The sons of Martha. by James Sinnott, Chatham, Illinois. Within border of type ornaments. Poem in eight four-line stanzas.

A remarkable story

A remarkable story

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments; line of cherubs below title. Poem in 29 stanzas of varying length. At end of text: Printed in Dedham:--1807. Price 4 cents single. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.

A remarkable dream

A remarkable dream

Brown University

Printed in three columns. At head of text: The following were the meditations of a Minister of Vermont .. Intended to be separated. With: The factor's garland--Dialogue between death and a lady.

A recognition: For Perley Cole

Printed in green on ivory paper. At end of text: Christmas, 1962 / May Sarton / Nelson, New Hampshire and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

A railroader's appeal

A railroader's appeal

Brown University

At head of title cut of nineteenth-century railroad train. Poem in four stanzas. At end of text: The bearer is offering these cards to raise money to start a small business to support himself and family. Please give what you can. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

A railroader's appeal

A railroader's appeal

Brown University

At head of title cut of nineteenth-century railroad train. Poem in four stanzas. At end of text: The bearer is offering these cards to raise money to start a small business to support himself and family. Please give what you can. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

A railroad boy's appeal

A railroad boy's appeal

Brown University

At head of title cut of railroad train on level ground. Poem in four eight-line stanzas. At end of text: C. E. H. Price.--Whatever you wish to give. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

A railroad boy's appeal

A railroad boy's appeal

Brown University

At head of title cut of railroad train on level ground. Poem in four eight-line stanzas. At end of text: C. E. H. Price.--Whatever you wish to give. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.