− | Series I. Collection of broadsides and ephemera printed in America. Fully searchable images of rare documents that include contemporary accounts of the [[Civil War]], theater playbills, advertisements, popular songs and poems, and much more. | + | Series I. Collection of broadsides and ephemera printed in [[America]]. Fully searchable images of rare documents that include contemporary accounts of the [[Civil War]], theater playbills, advertisements, popular songs and poems, and much more. |
− | Broadsides include contemporary accounts of the Civil War, unusual occurrences and natural disasters, official government proclamations, tax bills and town meeting reports. Also includes autobiographies and dying confessions of convicted criminals, theater playbills, sheet almanacs, publishers, prospectuses, advertisements, newspaper carriers, addresses, patriotic and popular songs and poems and items illustrating [[political]] party organizations and controversies. | + | Broadsides include contemporary accounts of the [[Civil War]], unusual occurrences and natural disasters, official government proclamations, tax bills and town meeting reports. Also includes autobiographies and dying confessions of convicted criminals, theater playbills, sheet almanacs, publishers, prospectuses, advertisements, newspaper carriers, addresses, patriotic and popular songs and poems and items illustrating [[political]] party organizations and controversies. |