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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50th anniversary, 44th Reg. Mass. Vols

On cover: [Portraits of] Field and Staff officers of the 44th Regiment, M.V.M. 1862. On verso [Group photograph of] Line officers of the 44th regt., U.S. Vols., 1862.

47 Ann Street is the place to sell your rags, paper and old metals: in large or small quantities

Broadsheet. At center of title on recto wood-engraving of ragged woman bringing bundle to man ringing handbell and calling out: Rags, paper, rags, watched by well-dressed woman with parasol. On verso text of song entitled: Shoo fly, don't bodder me! beginning: I think I hear de angels sing. Colophon on verso: G.A. Whitehorne, Printer, 119 Fulton & 42 Ann Streets. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

4 poems

4 poems

Brown University

Andrew Crozier. Caption title. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

4 boats, 3 people

4 boats, 3 people

Brown University

White paper printed in two columns in black, blue-green, and violet-blue in postcard format.

33 aspects of the animal world

Text in 33 numbered lines superimposed on drawing of animals in orange and magenta. Colophon at end: A Cranium Free Poem. Cranium Press, 642 Shrader, San Francisco.

3 poems

3 poems

Brown University

by Bert Stern. Printed on blue paper. Cover title.

25 for Levy's defense

25 for Levy's defense

Brown University

Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in dark blue and black on white paper. On page [1] portrait of d.a. levy in blue; pasted onto page [3] card with illustration of cityscape in blue, captioned: 'A bridge to a new sun is rising and the grass at last is conquering the ashes of the necropolis'--d.a. levy--in Cleveland undercovers. "150 copies."

25 for Levy's defense

25 for Levy's defense

Brown University

Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in dark blue and black on white paper. On page [1] portrait of d.a. levy in blue; pasted onto page [3] card with illustration of cityscape in blue, captioned: 'A bridge to a new sun is rising and the grass at last is conquering the ashes of the necropolis'--d.a. levy--in Cleveland undercovers. "150 copies."

23rd Psalm modernized

23rd Psalm modernized

Brown University

Parody of Psalm 23, attacking President Hoover and the Republican Party. Parody of Psalm 23, attacking President Hoover and the Republican Party. Printed on heavy blue paper. At end of text: The above was handed to me by a friend when in Akron, Ohio. In lower margin facsimile signature: David Farquhar. Suggested range of publication dates because of attacks on "this administration" of President Hoover.

22 November 1963

22 November 1963

Brown University

by Paul Roche. Broadsheet printed in maroon on light gray paper folded to create [8] pages. On cover cut of Maltese cross. "Written in one draft on the night following the murder of the President"--p. 8.

1946

1946

Brown University

Robert Frost. At end of text: Decoration by Thoreau MacDonald.

1942

1942

Brown University

Printed in red and black on buff paper. Red headband at head and tailpiece at end.

1942

1942

Brown University

Printed in black and tan on white paper. Headband at head and tailpiece at end; quadruple lines at head and end of text.

1932

1932

Brown University

Poetry. Printed in red on blue paper. At head of title cut of ram's head on envelope captioned: Sheppard Envelope Co. In lower margin below double rule: Compliments of Sheppard Envelope Co., Worcester, Mass. At end of poem: Ed Gruen. First line: The world has gone loco, the devil's to pay.

1918

1918

Brown University

With cloth American flag attached.

1901

1901

Brown University

Comic song about future predicts freedom for Ireland. Comic song about future predicts freedom for Ireland. composed and sung with immense success by Marlow & Regan. Text of song in four eight-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

1901

1901

Brown University

Comic song about future predicts freedom for Ireland. Comic song about future predicts freedom for Ireland. composed and sung with immense success by Marlow & Regan. Text of song in four eight-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

1900: March 26, 1898

1900: March 26, 1898

Brown University

Printed in purple in two columns. Contains 7 Smith College songs pertaining to the Class of 1900, beginning with "The day's at hand, for which we've planned [First line]

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19--

Brown University

Page [2] blank. Printed on heavy white paper. On page [1] uncaptioned illustration of curtained windows. On page [3] poem in 18 lines. "George Schneeman & Ron Padgett, Xmas 1973"--p. [4]