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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The skating rink

The skating rink

Brown University

Poem advertising the New York Store in Hartford, selling men's and women's shoes. At end of text: Yours truly, Goodrich & Smythe, 267 Main Street, Hartford, Conn. Suggested publication date from dealer.

The sixth color of the afternoon

Poetry. Printed in brown and green on cream paper. Below title: César Vallejo. Typesigned at end: Barbara Howes. Date from publication date of Mason Hill Press edition.

The Sioux Falls Drum Corps in Boston

Page [4] blank. Printed on khaki paper. "Introduced August 16, 1917, on train going to Boston, Mass." Page [1] within ornamental border. Place of publication and publisher suggested because similar item by Fox, The Milwaukee westbound scenic route (Brown University copy HB1196), was printed by the Argus-Leader Job Dept. in Sioux Falls. Hay Broadsds Harris copy: Received through the Library of Congress Duplicate Exchange; stamped: JAN 11 1918 with the number: ClA480834.

The Sioux Falls Drum Corps in Boston

Page [4] blank. Printed on khaki paper. "Introduced August 16, 1917, on train going to Boston, Mass." Page [1] within ornamental border. Place of publication and publisher suggested because similar item by Fox, The Milwaukee westbound scenic route (Brown University copy HB1196), was printed by the Argus-Leader Job Dept. in Sioux Falls. Hay Broadsds Harris copy: Received through the Library of Congress Duplicate Exchange; stamped: JAN 11 1918 with the number: ClA480834.

The sinner's release

The sinner's release

Brown University

To be sung to the tune: All is well. Within ornamental border. Text of hymn in six eight-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The sinner's invitation

The sinner's invitation

Brown University

Within ornamental border. Poem in five numbered eight-line stanzas. At end of text: Sold by T. Myers, No. 2134 Summer Street. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The sinking of the Maine

Within border of type ornaments. Portrait of the author. Below title "Composed and written during the indecision of the U.S. Government."

The sink

The sink

Brown University

Michael Basinski. Cover title. Poetry.

The single head of wheat

Printed on gray paper. Poem in 27 four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The single head of wheat

Printed on yellow paper. At head of text: "She hath done what she could."--Mark xiv.8. Poem in 27 four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and acquisition date of Brown University copy.

The silver wedding

The silver wedding

Brown University

Printed in red on silver. Within red line border. "Lines in Commemoration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Marriage of Hubbard E. Hall and Susan A. Slater." At end of text: J.J.A.

The silver moon

The silver moon

Brown University

Within ornamental border. At left of text, for full height of text, wood-engraving of young man holding cane, signed: Emmons sc. At end of text within border: I.H. Welton, Publisher, No. 4 Walnut Street, Lowell, Mass. Text of song in five four-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: Roll on, silver moon, guide the traveler his way. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The silver key, or a fancy to truth and a warning to youth

Printed in three columns. Woodcut of lion at head of text. At head of text: Shewing the benefit of money, and the contempt of the poor, under the term of a silver key. At end of text: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Coverly, Jun. corner of Theatre-Alley, Milk-Street, Boston, Sept. 2d, 1811. First line: The silver key, doth bear the sway.

The silent voice

The silent voice

Brown University

Poem in four four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates between date of establishment of press and acquisition date of Brown University copy.

The silent toast

The silent toast

Brown University

Broadsheet printed on heavy paper. Poem in seven four-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of poem: Frederick George Scott, 1st Canadian Division. Vimy Ridge, April 1917. Colophon at end on verso below rule: Printed in Gt. Britain by T. & A. Constable, King's Printers, Edinburgh, 1917.

The silence motif

The silence motif

Brown University

David McKain. Page [2] blank. Printed on heavy mustard-colored paper; title within ornamental border. Cover title. Poem.

The silence motif

The silence motif

Brown University

David McKain. Page [2] blank. Printed on heavy mustard-colored paper; title within ornamental border. Cover title. Poem.

The signs of the times!

The signs of the times!

Brown University

Poem describing portents in sky of imminent end of world. Poem describing portents in sky of imminent end of world. by Mary Cochran. Printed in two columns divided by double lines within border of type ornaments. Below title illustration of eagle holding scroll inscribed "Liberty" and standing on cannon above crossed flags, drum and portrait of Washington. At end of text below rule within lower border: Hackstaff, Printer, Rochester, N.Y. Suggested publication date from date of vision at beginning of poem.