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 holiday jingle

A holiday jingle

Brown University

Printed on colored paper. At head of text: (Author unknown)

A hillside thaw

A hillside thaw

Brown University

Robert Frost. On verso: The unbound anthology/ The Poets' Guild/ Christodora House, 147 Avenue B New York City. From "New Hampshire" By Robert Frost with permission... From The Unbound anthology, published by The Poets' Guild. Reprinted from New Hampshire.

A heart for children

A heart for children

Brown University

Publisher's advertisement for poetry book A heart for children, by M.F. Powers. Publisher's advertisement for poetry book A heart for children, by M.F. Powers. Printed in black and teal blue on glossy heavy paper against cream ground within teal-blue border. Type-signed at end of poem: Margaret Fishback Powers. Date and place of publication from book advertised.

A heap o' livin'

A heap o' livin'

Brown University

First line: It takes a heap o' livin' in a house t' make it home.

A happy New Year to Commodore Rodgers, or, Huzza for the President and Congress

A happy New Year to Commodore Rodgers, or, Huzza for the President and Congress

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by single rule. At head of title two wood-engravings of ships. At head of text: A song composed on the arrival of the frigates in Boston, yesterday, (December 31, 1812,) with a good supply of the Ready Rhino. Text of song in nine four-line stanzas with two-line chorus beginning: Columbia's bright name then with glory shall sound. At end of text: Printed by N. Coverly, Jun. Price 3 cents.

A happy New Year to Commodore Rodgers, or, Huzza for the President and Congress

A happy New Year to Commodore Rodgers, or, Huzza for the President and Congress

Brown University

Printed in two columns divided by single rule. At head of title two wood-engravings of ships. At head of text: A song composed on the arrival of the frigates in Boston, yesterday, (December 31, 1812,) with a good supply of the Ready Rhino. Text of song in nine four-line stanzas with two-line chorus beginning: Columbia's bright name then with glory shall sound. At end of text: Printed by N. Coverly, Jun. Price 3 cents.

A gypsy song

A gypsy song

Brown University

Printed on page [1] only. Hand colored by W. MacDonald for Miss A.E. Fraser.

A Greyport legend

A Greyport legend

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Printed in sepia on tan paper. Includes two poems. On page [3] concert program headed: The homestead concert. Groton, Massachusetts. December twenty-first, 1899. Mrs. Lawrence, Miss Lawrence and James Lawrence, Jr. are among the performers; one of them may be the J. L. who wrote the second poem.

A Greyport legend

A Greyport legend

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Printed in sepia on tan paper. Includes two poems. On page [3] concert program headed: The homestead concert. Groton, Massachusetts. December twenty-first, 1899. Mrs. Lawrence, Miss Lawrence and James Lawrence, Jr. are among the performers; one of them may be the J. L. who wrote the second poem.