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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The wondering shepherds told their breathless tale

Postcard printed in multicolor and gold on recto, in green on verso; some letters and ornaments embossed. At head of title uncaptioned portrait of O.W. Holmes in old age. Title from first lines of four-line passage of poetry. Type-signed at end of poem: Holmes. Suggested publication date from postmark on Brown University copy.

The women who went to the field

Printed in three columns divided by single rules, double line headband at head of text. At head of title: Historic poem, a fine tribute to the women of the war, by one of them. The following historic poem was given by Clara Barton ... at the farewell reception of Potomac Relief Corps, at Willard's Hotel, Washington .. At end of text: The insignia and arm-band of the Red Cross worn on the field. Publication date suggested because poem published in K.M. Scott, In honor of the National Association of Civil War Army Nurses, Atlantic City, 1910, with note dating the farewell reception Nov. 18, 1892.

The Wizard of Menlo Park

by Alfred Antoine Furman. Memorial poem for Thomas Alva Edison. At end of text: From The Passaic daily news, October 24, 1931. First line: The Lamp, the Phonograph, the Cinema.

The witness remains

The witness remains

Brown University

Poetry. Printed and illustrated in black on gold paper; bottom edge untrimmed. Drawing by Vo-Dinh on page [3]. Caption title Cover title : The cry of Vietnam Prospectus for 1971 reprint of author's The cry of Vietnam First line: Flarebombs bloom on the dark sky

The witness remains

The witness remains

Brown University

Poetry. Printed and illustrated in black on gold paper; bottom edge untrimmed. Drawing by Vo-Dinh on page [3]. Caption title Cover title : The cry of Vietnam Prospectus for 1971 reprint of author's The cry of Vietnam First line: Flarebombs bloom on the dark sky

The witness remains

The witness remains

Brown University

Poetry. Printed and illustrated in black on gold paper; bottom edge untrimmed. Drawing by Vo-Dinh on page [3]. Caption title Cover title : The cry of Vietnam Prospectus for 1971 reprint of author's The cry of Vietnam First line: Flarebombs bloom on the dark sky

The wise men

The wise men

Brown University

Pages [3] and [4] blank. Christmas card. At end of text: Christmas greetings from Caroline Hazard.

The wise man

The wise man

Brown University

Prose and a poem. Pages numbered 77-80; at lower left corner of p. 77: Vol. II. This may indicate that the item was also issued as part of v. 2 of Tracts of the American Sunday School Union; cf. NUC pre-1956 NA 0273013. Below title, illustration of children praying; at end of text, illustration of a caterpillar on a leaf. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The William Tell overture

Printed in yellow on heavy cream paper in postcard format. Poem in two three-line stanzas. On verso: A Burning Deck postcard. Poem by Tom Disch. Suggested publication date from date of postmark on Brown University copy.

The will of God

The will of God

Brown University

Poetry on pages [2] and [3] within single line border with corner ornaments. Engravings seascapes with sailboats on pages [1] and [4] engraved and copyrighted by John A. Lowell & Co. Boston, 1879 No. 100.

The Wilkesbarre & Western Railway

By Agnes J. Beard. Poem in six eight-line stanzas. At end of text: McEwensville, Pa. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The widowed bride

The widowed bride

Brown University

Poetry. At end of text: D. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.