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 public is respectfully informed that Mr. Holman, of the Theatres Royal, Covent Garden and Dublin is engaged for a...

Printed in one and two columns divided by single line. Printed area measures: 18.0 x 12.8 cm. Title from first lines. Title continues: And will make his first appearance in America on Monday next, in the character of Hamlet. Playbill for Sept. 18, 1812 performance of Hamlet and farce My grandmother; theater not named. Name of theater, also called Park Theatre, from dealer.

The Prospect Brewing Co

The Prospect Brewing Co

Brown University

1 broadsheet. Broadsheet printed on card stock. On recto colored picture of girl holding telephone earpiece to child's face; on verso poem entitled: Beer--the national drink. Publication date suggested from form of telephone and children's dress.

The proposal

The proposal

Brown University

William J. Rice. Broadsheet printed on white paper. Poetry. Suggested publication date from acquisition date of Brown University copy.

The prophecy of an American Indian

On cover: In the house that your fathers builded .. At end of text: Read at Alumni Luncheon Classes '76 to 86 Dickinson College. On verso: Let us build a genuine internationalism, that is, a genuine and generous regard for the rights of others ... Theodore Roosevelt.

The Prohibition Mother Goose

Printed in three columns. At head of text: Note.-Prohibition has changed nearly everything .. Contains 23 adapted nursery rhymes.

The Prodigal daughter; & c

Two ballads, a Christian poem, and a historical note. "James Bird" attributed to Charles Miner. Cf. Dict. Amer. biog. Printed in four columns, with single thick dark rule at top and bottom; printed area: 27.4 x 21.2 cm. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker, Shoemaker, or Checklist Amer. imprints.

The prodigal

The prodigal

Brown University

Within shaded line border, printed in two columns. Portrait of a young man at head of title.

The prize is ours

The prize is ours

Brown University

by William Henry Taylor, author of "Canadian Seasons," etc. Within double-line border. Poem in six eight-line stanzas. At end of poem: Toronto World, February 7, 1917.

The prison bell

The prison bell

Brown University

At head of title cut of men in room, captioned: Michael Dunn's Home of Industry, 37 Bleecker Street, New York. At end of text: Dear brothers:- This was written by one who was a thief forty-four years ..

The prison bell

The prison bell

Brown University

At head of title cut of men in room, captioned: Michael Dunn's Home of Industry, 37 Bleecker Street, New York. At end of text: Dear brothers:- This was written by one who was a thief forty-four years ..

The prince's welcome

The prince's welcome

Brown University

Poem welcomes visit of the Prince of Wales to the United States. Poem welcomes visit of the Prince of Wales to the United States. Pages [1] and [4] blank. Within decorative borders. Poem in nine four-line stanzas. Author's real name not on item. At end of text: One of the Barclays. Boston Common, 17th October, 1860.

The prince of peace: Psalm LXXII

Poetry in 8 eight-line stanzas printed in black on salmon silk. Sung to the tune: Diademata. Typesigned at end of poem: Dr. Abraham Coles, Tr. 1889. Colophon at foot: M.E. Munson, Publisher, 77 Bible House, New York.

The pretty bud

The pretty bud

Brown University

Printed in gold and colors on heavy white paper within gold embossed border. At head of title colored illustration of girl picking flowers. Poem in four four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The President's hymn": Give thanks, all ye people

Metrical version of Lincoln's Proclamation for Thanksgiving on October 3, 1863. First line: Give thanks, all ye people, give thanks to the Lord. For bibliographical information see Stewart McClelland's article: "Lincoln's Thanksgiving hymn"

The president of the U.S.A

Poetry. Printed on heavy paper within embossed margins. At end of text: By Billy Moffett. Place and date of publication from ms. notation on Brown University copy.