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.
Text on p. [1] within ornate ornamental border with cut of long-legged bird within border in lower left. Text on pp. [2]-[3] within double border with corner ornamentation; cut of bell tower on page [4] Imprint data supplied by dealer.
At head of text caricature of messenger in motion. Initial block. Poem in eleven two-line stanzas. At end of text: A happy New Year. Mitchell & Bickford, Prs., Portland. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Printed on green paper within double line border with line of type ornament decorations at head and bottom. Cut of messenger boy in text. At end of text: The Electric Age, 76 Cortlandt St., N.Y. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Printed in green in three columns divided by single lines. Contains text of 36 numbered songs, beginning with: The first Noel. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and acquisition date of Brown University copy.
by Robert Bly. Poem on the Vietnamese Conflict. "Not to be sold. Printed as a gift to the Resistance by Robert Bly and Lawrence Ferlinghetti"--p. 12. Printed on light green paper to form pages numbered [1]-12. Lepper, G.M. Modern Amer. poets, p. 65.
Broadsheet printed on heavy white paper. Poem on verso. On recto, headed: Taxi, telephone number and information about taxicab service. At end of poem on verso: Airport taxi. Suggested publication date from acquisition date of Brown University copy.
Poem. At end of text: Philadelphia, March, 1864. E.H.M.; ms. signature on Brown University copy (HB31586) indicates Munday as the author. Pages [2]-[4] blank.
Printed in pink, tan and brown on heavy white paper with scalloped edges. On page [1] embossed profile woman's head surrounded by pink flowers. Cover title. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Broadsheet. Poetry and prose. Within double line border. Printed in three columns on recto and one and two columns on verso. On verso advertisement entitled: Tally-ho Coach Trips with cut of coach-and-six at top. "From the Saratoga Sentinel." Date from internal evidence.
words by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis ; music by Bert Grant. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "Bring me a rose": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a soldier sleeping in the rubble of a church / Barbelle.
words by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis ; music by Bert Grant. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "Bring me a rose": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a soldier sleeping in the rubble of a church / Barbelle.
Printed on glossy card stock in black and red. At head of title reproduction of page of Greek manuscript with poem between figures of Theocritus and Pan. At head of text: The "pattern poem," in shape of the "pipes o' Pan," offered by Theocritus to Pan. Poem in shape of Panpipes, with each line shorter than the one before. At end of text: From "The Greek Idylls" (Theocritus, Bion, Moschus). By Marion Mills Miller.
Poet courts and marries girl who sings about love. Poet courts and marries girl who sings about love. At head of text: Being the godess [sic] of love and beauty her passions are herein wonderfully displayed. Poem or song text in six four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Printed in sepia on heavy cream paper within double-line border. Small metal sword pin with handle inscribed "G.A.R." and red tassel attached to broadside. Text of song in four eight-line stanzas with last two lines of each marked "Repeat." Author's name not on item. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Within border of type ornament sections. Poem in four numbered ten-line stanzas, with the last two lines of each stanza repeated. Author's name not on item. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Printed on silk. At head of text: Lines written by request of friends of Professor Henry J. Whittemore and wife, and read at their silver wedding anniversary.
Printed on silk. At head of text: Lines written by request of friends of Professor Henry J. Whittemore and wife, and read at their silver wedding anniversary.
Broadsheet. Poetry and prose. Text of poetry on recto within double line border on three sides. Cut of farmer feeding pigs at head of title on left; on right, cut of cotton field. On verso advertisement for Cottolene, a vegetable shortening. Date from internal evidence.