Performance and Entertainment

Digital collections that fall within the John Hay Library’s Performance and Entertainment STRATEGIC COLLECTING DIRECTION. Here you will find digitized materials that document the history and creative process of performing arts and provides a window into public life and popular entertainment in the Americas through plays, dance, film, music, photography, and pornography.
This collection is part of Brown University Library, hosted by Brown University.

Items in this collection

A New Year resolution

A New Year resolution

Brown University

by T. W. Bellingham. Title printed between two lines of type ornaments. Printed in red and green. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

A new song: To the tune of the British grenadier

Poetry in 12 four-line stanzas. Headband of 18th century type ornaments at top and bottom. This edition not in Bristol or Wegelin. This song appears, with title "War and Washington; A song composed at the beginning of the American Revolution," in Sewall's Miscellaneous poems ... (Portsmouth, N.H., 1801), p. 52-53.

A new song written by a soldier

At left of title cut of American Eagle At end of text below line of type ornaments: Printed by Nathaniel Coverly, Jun.--Milk-Street

A new song on the death of George Shiffler

by a native American. Poetry in 8 four-line stanzas. Tune: Old lang syne. Within border of type ornaments. At end of text: For sale wholesale and retail by H.B. Pierson, at the cheap Book Store No. 389 South Second St. above Catherine. - And at H. Probasco's No. 119 North Fourth St.

A new song on the causes: beginning, events-- end & consequences of the late war with Great Britain

Composed by Silas Ballou, Richmond, New-Hampshire. Tune: The girl I left behind. Printed in three columns divided by curvelinear lines. Woodcut of United States emblem at left of title. Title also given as: History of the American War, and Old England forty years ago. At end of text in lower margins: Printed by Nathaniel Coverly, jun. Milk Street, Boston. Coverly is known to have been at above address from 1810 to 1824.

A New song

A New song

Brown University

Poetry. Printed in two columns, one poem to each. At head of second column wood-engraving of three pigeons. Printed area: 19.2 x 14 cm. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker, Shipton & Mooney, or Ford, W. C. Broadsides. First line: I am a young squire. First line of second poem: A bachelor leads an easy life.

A new poem from Robert Burns

Printed on mauve laid watermarked paper within single-line border with corner ornaments. Poem in four eight-line stanzas imitating Burns' A man's a man for a' that. Type-signed at end of poem: T. L. Harris. At end of text below lower border: John Thomson, 39 John Street, Glasgow. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

A new darky ditty in Louisiana: from a Sunday paper

Broadsheet. At head of title on recto wood-engraving of man (identified in poem as "Bob Ing'soll") dancing on hot griddle in presence of devil. Twelve-line poem. Advertisement for J.F. McKenney, sewing machine seller in Baltimore and Washington on verso, entitled: The difference and beginning: There may be a difference about "Bob" Ingersoll's religion. Publication date from notation on Brown University copy.

A national hymn: Composed to be sung on the 14th of May 1841; the day recommended by the President, to be set apart a...

By L. Griffing. Printed in two columns divided by double line within border of type ornament sections. At head of title wood-engraving of dying man and three male and four female attendants captioned: Death-bed scene of Gen. Wm. H. Harrison. To be sung to the tune: China. Text of hymn in six numbered four-line stanzas.

A mournful song, on the death of the wife and child of Mr. Nathaniel Knights, of Windham: who fell off the bridge, at...

Poetry. Printed area measures: 40.8 x 51.3 cm. Sheet contains three poems, each within mourning border and printed in two columns divided by heavy rules, with coffins at head. Printed area of first poem measures: 39.5 x 14.6 cm. First poem is in 40 stanzas. Author's name not on item but printed on separate broadside editions of first poem and of last poem. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. With: Shaw, Thomas. A mournful song. Part II -- Shaw, Thomas. Melancholy shipwreck. Intended to be separated. First line: All ye kind husbands, pray draw near.

A mother's prayer for her boy out there

words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Arthur Lange. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of woman kneeling / Starmer.

A mother's prayer

A mother's prayer

Brown University

At head of text: Dedicated to Mrs. *** St. Louis. Printed on white paper with black ink, text within double line border. Poem in seven eight-line stanzas.

A mother's prayer

A mother's prayer

Brown University

At head of text: Dedicated to Mrs. *** St. Louis. Printed on white paper with black ink, text within double line border. Poem in seven eight-line stanzas.

A mother's prayer

A mother's prayer

Brown University

by Mrs. Margaret Piggot. At head of text: The Lady who wrote the following, was thrown into a state of great agitation... Dated: April 27th, 1861.

A mother's dream

A mother's dream

Brown University

by Irving Austein. At end of text: The Krieger Press, G Ave, C. New York City, December 18, 1917.

A mother's dream

A mother's dream

Brown University

by Irving Austein. At end of text: The Krieger Press, G Ave, C. New York City, December 18, 1917.