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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To arms! To arms!: poem

To arms! To arms!: poem

Brown University

by J.C. Pelton. Printed in blue. Below title colored illustration of soldier with tent and cannon. Cover title. At end of poem extracts from reviews. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

To an abandoned Christmas tree

To an abandoned Christmas tree

Brown University

by Thornwell Jacobs. French fold, printed on double page. On cover : Christmas 1953. White paper; printed and illustrated in red and black; fore edge untrimmed; printed as a Christmas greeting.

To an abandoned Christmas tree

To an abandoned Christmas tree

Brown University

by Thornwell Jacobs. French fold, printed on double page. On cover : Christmas 1953. White paper; printed and illustrated in red and black; fore edge untrimmed; printed as a Christmas greeting.

To an abandoned Christmas tree

To an abandoned Christmas tree

Brown University

by Thornwell Jacobs. French fold, printed on double page. On cover : Christmas 1953. White paper; printed and illustrated in red and black; fore edge untrimmed; printed as a Christmas greeting.

To Ambrose Bierce

To Ambrose Bierce

Brown University

Page [2] blank. Within red single line border. Page [4] This edition which is limited to two hundred copies is not for sale.

To Ambrose Bierce

To Ambrose Bierce

Brown University

Page [2] blank. Within red single line border. Page [4] This edition which is limited to two hundred copies is not for sale.

To Almon Keefer

To Almon Keefer

Brown University

Facsimile author autograph. At end of text: X-mas, 1895.

To a young wretch

To a young wretch

Brown University

Printed on green paper. Facsimile of manuscript copy of poem on p. [1] superimposed on drawings of spruce trees. On verso: Fair manuscript copy by Robert Frost of his poem "To a young wretch". The Clifton Waller Barrett Library. University of Virginia.

To a slave

To a slave

Brown University

At head of text: Dedicated to Phillis Wheatley.

To a slave

To a slave

Brown University

At head of text: Dedicated to Phillis Wheatley.

To a silk worm

To a silk worm

Brown University

Poetry. Printed on gold silk ribbon. At head of text: Written by Emily A. Warden for the benefit of the Women's Silk Culture Association. At end of text: Chestnut Hill, Jan. 24, 1882.

To a president

To a president

Brown University

Page [4] blank. French fold; printed on double leaves. Printed in red and green on golden-brown paper. Cover text within ornamental border; line of type ornaments at top and bottom of p. [2] Includes poem and prose passage.

To a nature lover

To a nature lover

Brown University

Within ornamental border. At head of title: Bookmark. At head of text: Published in the "Reality Magazine" and in "The Northwest Poetry Society Year Book."