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 craftsman's creed

A craftsman's creed

Brown University

Poetry. Printed on tan paper. Rubricated initial block. Facsimile or actual signature at end of text: James P. Haney. Place and date of publication suggested because item found in poetry book New Year greetings by J. P. Haney, New York, School Art League, 1923. First line: I hold with none who think not work a boon.

A craftsman's creed

A craftsman's creed

Brown University

Poetry. Printed on tan paper. Rubricated initial block. Facsimile or actual signature at end of text: James P. Haney. Place and date of publication suggested because item found in poetry book New Year greetings by J. P. Haney, New York, School Art League, 1923. First line: I hold with none who think not work a boon.

A country love song: together with Tom Bolin

Printed in two columns, with line of type ornaments at head of second poem. Two woodcuts, on left bird, on right man with dog, flank title. At end of text: Printed by Nathaniel Coverly, Jun'r. Internal evidence suggest date approximation.

A Corinthian box

A Corinthian box

Brown University

D.r. Wagner. Text in typescript superimposed on multicolored design decorated paper. At head of text: th uinta gargoyl #6/june 75. At end of text: publisht bi.../Moon Graphics...

A collection of mi[s]celany poems is in preparation for the press: and will be shortly published if sufficient incou[...

Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments (Reilly 572, 777, and 619) at end of each column; initial block. At head of text: The following lines are a specimen of the performance. Prospectus similar to above appeared in Boston News-Letter April 6, 1727. Not in Evans, Bristol, Wegelin, or Ford.

A Coast to Virginia

A Coast to Virginia

Brown University

Within ornamental border with ornamented corners. Song sheet; words only. Tune:--Red, White and Blue.

A Christmas thought

A Christmas thought

Brown University

Mary J. Frame. Printed in colors on white paper; text in black. On page [1] colored illustration of open Bible with candle and holly; on page [2] illustration of lantern captioned: Holiday greetings; on page [4] seal of the United Amateur Press Association. Caption title. Poem in three four-line stanzas. "Copyright The Hermitage Art Company, Chicago. Litho. in U.S.A. No. 3551." Suggested range of publication dates because several poems by Frame were published in the 1950s.

A Christmas thought

A Christmas thought

Brown University

Mary J. Frame. Printed in colors on white paper; text in black. On page [1] colored illustration of open Bible with candles and poinsettia flowers; on page [2] vignette of lantern and holly, captioned: Holiday greetings; on page [4] seal of the United Amateur Press Association. Caption title. Poem in three four-line stanzas. "Copyright The Hermitage Art Company, Chicago. Litho. in U.S.A. No. 3131." Suggested range of publication dates because several poems by Frame were published in the 1950s.

A Christmas poem: 1975

A Christmas poem: 1975

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Printed in blue. Cover title. On pages [2]-[3] poem in four stanzas entitled: A parable. Type signature at end of poem: Barbara Howes.

A Christmas poem

A Christmas poem

Brown University

by Barbara Howes. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in red and black. Cover title. "Christmas 1964"--p. [1] On page [3] poem in three four-line stanzas entitled: Gulls.

A Christmas jingle

A Christmas jingle

Brown University

Christmas card printed in green with ornamental borders at head and end.