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Transcripts of Letters from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Sept 21, [1875] & Oct 7, 1875
Emma Stebbins calls Charlotte Cushman "our Regina," like Helen Hunt, and writes about the obstacles that Cushman is facing, also in terms of health issues. Cushman's health has been improving.Lanier seems to be lonely and has suffered from health…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], Oct 21, 1875
Charlotte Cushman begs Lanier to pay her a visit. She is in great pain.
Transcripts by Jennie Lorenz
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Nov 27, no year [1875?]
Emma Stebbins assures Lanier that the four of them (Stebbins, Cushman, "Dr.," & person x) are "getting on spendidly." Cushman's health is improving.Transcripts by Jennie Lorenz
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Sidney Lanier, Dec 18[?], 1875
Charlotte Cushman describes James Fields as a "very useful man." Transcripts by Jennie Lorenz
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Letter from Annie Adams Fields, Boston, to Anne Whitney, Dec 25, 1875
Annie Fields writes to Anne Whitney, a friend of Emma Stebbins and fellow sculptor, about a visit to an exhibit with Emma Stebbins and about Charlotte Cushman's illness
Credit
Wellesley College Archives, Personal Papers
Mrs. Walker's Reminiscences of the Life of the World-Renowned Charlotte Cushman (1876)
The biography traces Cushman's successful career and mentions many business partners and friends. However, it excludes every references to Cushman's same-sex relationships. It is published after Charlotte Cushman's death.The Cushman-Macready-…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Jan 11, [1876]
Emma Stebbins confesses to Lanier that she felt helpless due to Cushman's illness progression but her state of health seems to be improving.This impression soon proved to be deceptive as Charlotte Cushman dies in February 1876.Stebbins describes her…
Two Partial Transcripts of Letters from Charlotte Cushman to Sidney Lanier, Jan 11 & Feb 6 1876
Charlotte Cushman writes these letters shortly before she dies. She is very ill and the doctors say that treatment has culminated. Under the impression of constant pain, her lines indicate that she has come to terms with death that is about to…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], Feb 3-4, 1876
Charlotte Cushman feels very ill and is very thankful for the friends that keep visiting her. Some of her wounds are not covering up yet but her doctor is satisfied with the healing process. She is unable to walk around. The letter is sent shortly…
Letter from Anne Whitney [to Edward], Feb 27, 1876
Anne Whitney writes that she has learnt of Charlotte Cushman's death via telegram
Credit
Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4): Correspondence. 48.
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, March 1, 1876
Stebbins writes to Lanier upon Charlotte Cushman's death to discuss the matter of Cushman's memoirs.
Transcripts by Jennie LorenzCredit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Letter from Adeline Manning to Anne Whitney, Mar 2, 1876
Adeline Manning expresses to Anne Whitney her satisfaction about the posthumous praise of Charlotte Cushman. Credit
Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4): Correspondence. 56.
"Charlotte Cushman," Harper's Weekly, March 4, 1876
Almost the same wording as in the Harper's Bazar article from Nov 14, 1874. The excerpt also includes the foreign gossip column.
Credit
American Antiquarian Society
"Charlotte Cushman at Rome," Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, March 9, 1876
The article is a reprint from the Boston Sunday Courier. The author J.S.H. recounts the time he spent in Rome in 1852-1853. Harriet Hosmer, Grace Greenwood, and Charlotte Cushman were part of a group of five that were known as "the five wise…
Letter from Adeline Manning to Anne Whitney, Mar 12, 1876
Adeline manning, painter, writes to her partner Anne Whitney about Rev. Dr. Bartol's sermon on Charlotte Cushman (see also Emma Stebbins' memoir, p. 292-293)
Credit
Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4): Correspondence. 57.
"Charlotte Cushman's First Appearance in England," Harper's Bazaar, March 18, 1876
James H. Siddons gives a very intimate account of Charlotte Cushman's rise to success in England and describes her struggles and strategies, including a press network and behind-the-scenes accounts.
Maddox is characterized as a capitalist,…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, March 27, 1876
In this letter to Sidney Lanier, Emma Stebbins laments that they "have nothing but letters and our memories to trust to" as the basis for their biography of Cushman, a perceived lack that was later turned into the book's title: Charlotte Cushman:…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, April 11, no year [1876?]
Stebbins discusses how her brother could be of service to Lanier in terms of relations to the press. Stebbins intends to consult Emma and Ned Cushman about the memoir but asks Lanier to refrain from sending Ned a letter. She prefers to talk to them…
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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…