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Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, n.d.
Charlotte Cushman discusses accommodation arrangements and laments the physical distance between her and Emma, she "cannot bear to have you down there & I up here."
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division,…
Ladies Home Journal
Ladies Home Journal is a monthly American women's magazine first published by the Curtis Publishing Company of Philadelphia in 1883. Besides short and serial fictional stories, the magazine is devoted to any issues related to home life. It contains…
"Charlotte Cushman: The Story of Her Love as Told by Celia Logan," Lowell Daily Citizen, Aug 14, 1877
Celia Logan cleverly positions herself as an actress who performed with Charlotte Cushman on stage. This joint engagement allows her to present herself as having had access to intimate knowledge about the actress and her relationships to two men,…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to Mr. Welles, Dec 30, 1859
Greenwood informs the addressee about the whereabouts of people she knows such as Sarah J. Hale and Mrs. Browning.
Credit
New York Public Library
Tags: social capital, travel/touring
Letter from Henry F. Chorley to Charlotte Cushman, n.d.
Chorley seems to inform Charlotte Cushman on performance opportunities and lets her in on his trouble with an unnamed gentleman Chorley is doing business with.Credit
Library of Congress,Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of…
Letter from Henry F. Chorley to Charlotte Cushman, n.d. [1840s/50s]
Chorley discusses future engangements for Cushman with Mr. Wallack[?] for which he would give her his "Duchess Eleanor" as Cushman is asked to bring a play to be engaged. not dated but must be from the 1840s/50s because Chorley mentions his play…
Tags: social capital, travel/touring
Charlotte Cushman's Diary, 1844/1845 (reused)
Charlotte Cushman writes a diary in 1844 and 1845. In October 1844, she gets on a steamer to go to Liverpool. In England, she hopes to be successful enough to enable her love, Rosalie Sully, to always be with her. The journey is rough and Charlotte…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt Jackson, n.d.
Apparently, Charlotte Cushman and Helen Hunt are seeing each other regularly.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
Tags: travel/touring
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt Jackson, n.d.
Charlotte Cushman and Helen Hunt will meet for a stroll on the beach.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
Tags: travel/touring
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt Jackson, n.d.
Charlotte Cushman writes about a snow storm and travel plans.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
Tags: travel/touring
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Helen Hunt Jackson, Oct 5, [1869?]
Emma Stebbins calls Charlotte Cushman her "patient" and is very anxious about Charlotte. Very slowly, Charlotte is recovering from her operation. They plan to visit Emma Crow Cushman with her children soon before returning to Rome.Transcripts…
Tags: illness/death, Rome, travel/touring
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt Jackson, n.d.
Charlotte Cushman discusses her current state of health and living situation.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
Tags: travel/touring
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Unknown [Rosalie Sully], Glasgow, Nov 30, [1845]
Charlotte Cushman laments the "restrained expression" of the addressee in letters addressed to Charlotte. She met the addressee when the latter was 18 years old. The addressee has blue eyes and Cushman repeatedly assures the addressee of her love.…
Letter from Edwin "Ned" Cushman to Susan Cushman Muspratt, n.d. [before 1858]
Edwin notifies Susan Cushman of his arrival in Bombay, tells her about his experiences there, and what he is planning to do. He almost died during the trip and met a young woman. He brought letters of introduction and wants to join the Indian…
Tags: travel/touring
Letter from Charles Cushman [?] to Emma Stebbins
First mentioned in the letter are Charlotte's first successes in Great Britain, of which Sally should be able to tell Stebbins more about. The sender, who could be Charles Cushman because he was in England with Charlotte in the 1840s and talks about…
Excerpts from Brander Matthews's Edwin Booth and His Contemporaries (1900)
Biographical sketch by Clara Erskine Clement with excerpts from articles and biographiesCredit
Hathi Trust
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Aug 5,1875
Charlotte Cushman replies to Hunt's letter from July 29, 1875. She talks about meeting Mr. Jackson and is sure that she should like him "very much". Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, March 24, 1874
Emma Stebbins writes to Anne Whitney and addresses Charlotte Cushman's precarious state of health.
Credit
Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4)
Tags: illness/death, travel/touring, women's jobs
Byrne's Gossip of the Century: Personal and Traditional Memories (1892)
A retrospective account of Cushman as actress and of her private life: The Memories serve as a good example for how the public image changes after Cushman's death and her success as an actress is being forgotten step by step.Gossip of the Century…
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Charlotte Cushman
Charlotte Cushman becomes widely known on both sides of the Atlantic as the first successful US-American actress. Earlier, she was a singer under the tutelage of James G. Maeder, married to actress Clara Fisher, in Boston. Charlotte has been the sole financial support of her mother since her father…