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 song eternal

The song eternal

Brown University

Christmas card. Within border of type ornaments. At end of text: With all good wishes from Harry and Helen Koopman.

The soliloquy of an immigrant: I am the immigrant

Poem lists contributions of immigrants to the American economy and hopes for their fusion into the body politic. Poem lists contributions of immigrants to the American economy and hopes for their fusion into the body politic. Poetry. Printed in sepia on heavy tan paper. At end of text: Compliments of Rev. F.L. Bardens. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The soldier's reverie: song

by Michael Sweeney. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Page [1] within ornamental border. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with eight-line chorus beginning: I am on my way to the heart that charms.

The soldier's reverie: song

by Michael Sweeney. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Page [1] within ornamental border. Text of song in three eight-line stanzas with eight-line chorus beginning: I am on my way to the heart that charms.

The snowfall: A poem

The snowfall: A poem

Brown University

Illustrated card with photo reproduction of landscape in snow, poem and Christmas and New Year's wishes. Illustrated card with photo reproduction of landscape in snow, poem and Christmas and New Year's wishes. by Archibald MacLeish. Poetry and prose. Title from poem on page [2] In lower right on page [2]: (c) 1952 by Archibald MacLeish. From "Collected poems 1917-1957," published by Houghton Mifflin Company. "Hallmark. 2657. cHallmark Cards, Inc. Not later than 1965 when acquired.

The snowfall

The snowfall

Brown University

Illustrated card with poem and Christmas and New Year's wishes. Illustrated card with poem and Christmas and New Year's wishes. Archibald MacLeish. Poetry and prose printed in brown on ivory french folded paper. Title from poem on page [2] Reproduction of Sisley's "Snow at Louveciennes" on page [1] with "Merry Christmas" below; caption for reproduction in lower margin of page [2]: Alfred Sisley (1839-1899). Snow at Louveciennes, 1874. The Phillips Collection, Washington. Colophon on page [4]: Print from the SKIRA Collection. Copyright 1948 Archibald MacLeish. Hallmark. 1862. Hallmark Cards Inc. Made in USA. "Christmas 1963" noted on Brown University copy.

The snow-flake

The snow-flake

Brown University

By Edward Carswell. At head of title wood-engraving of two children in snowy landscape. Caption title. At upper right corner of page [1]: No. 109. Prose and poetry. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The snow hole

The snow hole

Brown University

by Barbara Howes. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in red and black on cream paper with deckled right edge on page [1] Cover title. Poem in three stanzas. "Christmas 1960"--page [1]

The snow bird

The snow bird

Brown University

Pages [2]-[4] blank. Printed on gray paper in one and two columns divided by single line. Information about snow bird followed by poem in seven stanzas of varying length.

The snow bird

The snow bird

Brown University

Pages [2]-[4] blank. Printed on gray paper in one and two columns divided by single line. Information about snow bird followed by poem in seven stanzas of varying length.

The snow bird

The snow bird

Brown University

Pages [2]-[4] blank. Printed on gray paper in one and two columns divided by single line. Information about snow bird followed by poem in seven stanzas of varying length.

The slums of superabundance

Poetry in 37 lines with type-signed general introduction: "It is intended that the last line of the poem run off the page into space ..." At left of poem in two lines: Free poems among friends. "Free poems among friends" hat its beginnings in San Francisco in the Spring of 1965. By September of that year publication was continued until 1967 by the Detroit Artist's Workshop, later Detroit Artists' Workshop Press. (See "Free Poems aamong Friends, Vol. 1, p. [3]") This issue probably published in San Francisco.

The sluggard

The sluggard

Brown University

Printed on heavy paper within pink embossed ornamental border. At head of title colored illustration of yawning man. Author's name not on item. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The slave's lament

The slave's lament

Brown University

Printed in two columns, one song in each, divided by single line within border of type ornament sections. At head of title wood-engraving of head and shoulders of young white woman. To be sung to the tune: Long, long ago. At end of first column below rule: Price two cents. Sold at No, 9 Commercial Square, over Patch's Auction Room. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.