Broadside Ballads

English Broadside Ballad Archive

The English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) is a project of the Early Modern Department of the University of California Santa Barbara's English department. The project was started in 2003 when EBBA Director Patricia Fumerton noted the lack of access to broadside ballad resources as she researched street literature. The archive contains 9359 early modern broadside ballads and is free to access.

Features

Search

The archive has an advanced search feature that allows users to search for ballads by many features.

by Feature

Title
Text
Date
Author
Imprint
Publishing Information
ETSC Number

by Keyword

The advanced search section has a list of keywords describing a variety of topics, styles, and themes. Users can select one or more of these search criteria when conducting a search, limiting their search to ballads that focus contain these elements.

by Tune

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