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 robin

The robin

Brown University

Within ornamental border, with motto.

The road to Taunton

The road to Taunton

Brown University

At end of text: Frank Walcott Hutt, Secretary Old Colony Historical Society.

The road to Taunton

The road to Taunton

Brown University

At end of text: Frank Walcott Hutt, Secretary Old Colony Historical Society.

The road to ruin

The road to ruin

Brown University

words by Edmund E. Field. Poetry. At head of text: Dedicated to Pilgrim Division No. 31, S. of T. Probably S. of T. stands for Sons of Temperance. Words of song in three eight-line stanzas, with four-line chorus. Date approximation from internal evidence.

The road to bliss

The road to bliss

Brown University

Text of hymn in ten numbered four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The rising monument

The rising monument

Brown University

Printed on silk in two columns divided by double line. At head of title drawing of Bunker Hill Monument. Poem in 14 four-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of text: Hannah F. Gould. Newburyport, September, 1840.

The risen Christ

The risen Christ

Brown University

Harry Todd. Printed in brown on cream colored paper. Poem on p. [2]: "A wonderful day" by Harry Todd. At end of p. [2]: "Tract Evangelistic Crusade" Suggested ranges of publication dates from internal evidence.

The risen Christ

The risen Christ

Brown University

Harry Todd. Printed in brown on cream colored paper. Poem on p. [2]: "A wonderful day" by Harry Todd. At end of p. [2]: "Tract Evangelistic Crusade" Suggested ranges of publication dates from internal evidence.

The ring my mother wore

The ring my mother wore

Brown University

Printed in purple on white paper. At top center illustration of heart with scroll inscribed: Purity; at upper left reproduction of photograph of uniformed man; at upper right drawing of kneeling child. Text of song in four four-line stanzas. Author's name not on item. At end of text: Stanley Carter. Lafayette, Indiana. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The riderless horse: (November 25th, 1963)

Poetry in 7 four-line stanzas. In upper margin outside border: Rodeph Sholom Chronicle. Printed in blue within single line border. At end of text: This poem was written for the Memorial services in tribute to our late President John F. Kennedy ..

The riderless horse: (November 25th, 1963)

Pages [2]-[3] blank. Printed on pale gray mottled paper. With gray commemorative stamp affixed on page [1] and postmark: Boston, Mass., May 29, 1964. First day of issue. Caption title. On page [1] quotation with facsimile signature of John F. Kennedy, beginning: And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you. Poem on page [4] in seven four-line stanzas type-signed: Louis I. Newman.

The Richmond switch railroad accident

composed by George D. Chester, Niantic, R.I. Without music. Text of song, with a decorative border, in fifteen four-line stanzas. Date based on textual evidence. (Richmond switch disaster of April 19, 1873) Source: "Notes on railroad accidents" by Charles Francis Adams, Jr., 1879.

The rich worldling

The rich worldling

Brown University

Printed in gold and colors within embossed gilt ornamental border; text in black. At head of title colored illustration of man in oriental dress reclining on couch pasted within frame. Poem in three four-line stanzas. At end of text: The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.--Lam. iii, 24. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The rhymer of Inyo

The rhymer of Inyo

Brown University

Poem in four eight-line stanzas. Author's name not printed on item. Author's name from ms. signature on Brown University copy; suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.