Broadsides Collection

The Broadsides Collection houses broadsides (single-sheet imprints), posters, bookplates, prints, valentines, greeting cards, postcards, and photographs. From a nucleus of 8,000 pieces in 1928, holdings have increased to over 40,000 items. Largely ephemeral by nature, broadsides are collected by only a few major libraries and historical societies in the United States. Originally issued primarily by governmental, religious, and political bodies, broadsides were later used for advertisements, programs, notices, ballad verses, elegies, and comments on contemporary events. More recently, they have become popular as exemplars of fine printing. Includes holdings of the Harris, Rider, Lincoln, Koopman, Military and general library collections. Notable areas within Harris include slip ballads and carriers' addresses.

Format(s): Broadsides
Library: John Hay

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Access to the collection:

Online Catalog (BruKnow):
Individual records for most printed materials available on BruKnow

Other Online Access:
Exhibit: Carriers Addresses in 19th Century America
Digital Collection: Carriers' Addresses Database
Collection Web Site: Harris Collection Broadsides

In-house Access to the Collection:
Database

Related Collections:
Bookplate Collection
Carriers Addresses Collection
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays Collection
Rider Collection
Lincoln (Abraham) Collection
Koopman (Harry Lyman) Collection
Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection