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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18 fingers of the moon

18 fingers of the moon

Brown University

Poetry. Printed on brown paper. At end of poem: Charles Watts. Imprint and date suggested because acquired in group of Canadian broadsides printed in the 1960's through the 1980's. First line: Have touched a cold reeling room.

1786 1886

1786 1886

Brown University

Issued pasted into lettered illustrated pale green paper folder. Cover title. On page [1] reduced facsimile of front page of Syracuse herald for Sept. 1, 1886; on pages [2]-[3] cartoon illustrations of historical events in Syracuse and text of beginning of Act incorporating the city of Syracuse; on page [4] poem describing illustrations, beginning: They're ab-o-rig-i-nals of 1586. On back cover: Centennial souvenir, compliments of Syracuse herald. Inner sides of cover contain advertising matter.

1776 Powder

1776 Powder

Brown University

1 broadsheet. On recto colored lithograph of bust of B.T. Babbitt with facsimile signature and date 1878 below; above head in red: 1776, Powder. On verso printed in red information about soap and poem of which initial letters form acrostic: B.T. Babbitt's soap.

1776 - Centennial Ode - 1876

Text embossed on white paper. In margin on left: Printed at Machinery Hall, U.S. Centennial Exposition. In margin on right: N.B. Kneass, Jr., Publisher of the Blind, Phila., Pa. At end of text: Copyright 1875, by Samuel C. Upham, author of the words. Music by Adam Geibel.

1773. Greeting

1773. Greeting

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by Eliza W. Lippitt. 1873. Caption title. Poetry in five numbered stanzas in eight- and twelve-line stanzas printed within double line border.

1650 to 1700 A.D.

1650 to 1700 A.D.

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Edward Alden. Pages [1] and [4] blank. Printed in two and one columns. At end of text: Aug. 1904. At head of title: Following verses composed by Mr. Edward Alden of Swampscott were read before the Old Bridgewater Historical Society ..

1609-1924

1609-1924

Brown University

Poetry; printed on orange paper. Page [4] blank.

1609-1924

1609-1924

Brown University

Poetry; printed on orange paper. Page [4] blank.

1609-1924

1609-1924

Brown University

Poetry; printed on orange paper. Page [4] blank.

16:IV:73

16:IV:73

Brown University

A poem in broadside By David Kherdian ; illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian.

150th anniversary dinner 1789-1939

Printed on heavy paper. Below title vignette of society seal, a fire bucket inscribed: 1789, a monogram and a scroll inscribed: Esto perpetua. "Federal Fire Society. Rockingham Hotel, November 2, 1939." Includes poem, menu and list of members.

12 wishes for any season

Broadsheet folded to create 6 panels, of which two are blank On last panel drawing of male and female figures Includes two poems Printed for New Year, 1975 for Diane di Prima, Grand Fisher and Josie Grant at Spring Creek Typesetting Dealer says illustration by Josie Grant

1 July 1972: Gyps fulvus

by Walter Hamady. Printed in black and reddish-brown on cream laid paper. At left of text drawing of human face and vultures. Poem. "Drawing by Mary Laird, entry by Walter Hamady."

*Asquamchumauk-e

*Asquamchumauk-e

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John Foster, the Manchester poet. At end of text: (From The Mirror and American, [Manchester, N.H.] July 18, 1913)

[Time]s as they are

[Time]s as they are

Brown University

Poem in twenty-four stanzas. Printed area measures 21.2 x 15.5 cm. Text printed in two columns divided by line of advertising: Sold wholesale and retail by Leonard Deming, No. 1 Market-Square, corner of Merchants Row, Boston. Leonard Deming is listed at this address in Boston directories for 1829 to 1831; also cited as No. 1, Faneuil Hall, South side. This edition not in Ford or Checklist Amer. imprints. First line is missing the first few words; ends in "has become all a cheat."