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William Wetmore Story
William Wetmore Story is critical of CC and her circle, Lisa Merrill describes him as Cushman's "adversary" (Merrill, When Romeo Was a Woman, p. 231). He is US consul in Rome before Cushman's nephew Ned Cushman takes over after Lincoln's re-election.…
William Charles Macready
Macready and Cushman meet in 1843. The relationship between Macready and Cushman is displayed in an exhibit.On July 10, 1848, he takes a farewell benefit at Drury Lane, and Charlotte Cushman performs as Queen Katharine to his Wolsey.
Wemyss's Twenty-Six Years of the Life of an Actor and Manager (1847)
Francis Courtney Wemyss is an actor and theater manager. The entry for Cushman envisions her as a business woman that cleverly paved her way to success by acquiring knowledge about the profession of an actress and the respective people involved in…
Wayman Crow
Wayman Crow was a St. Louis businessman, who also served as the financial advisor for Harriet Hosmer and Charlotte Cushman. Crow is the father of Emma Crow Cushman (who falls in love with Cushman, after seeing her perform as Romeo in St. Louis, and…
Waters' Charlotte Cushman (1882)
The biography is part of an American Actor Series. It focuses on Cushman's stage career and includes letters, lists of performances and casts, advertisements of Cushman's performances, as well as articles. The Fields are, for instance, not mentioned.…
Wallack's Memories of Fifty Years (1889)
Wallack presents himself grateful to Charlotte Cushman who was supportive of him as an actor.
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Hathi Trust
Vandenhoff's Leaves from an Actor's Note-Book; With Reminiscences and Chit-Chat of the Green-Room and the Stage, in England and America (1860)
Same text but different page no. published as Dramatic Reminiscences; or, Actors and Actresses in England and America (1860, London, T. W. Cooper).The autobiographical text was translated by A. v. Winterfeld and published in German as Blätter aus dem…
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…
Transcripts of Letters from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Sept 23 + Feb 14, [1876]
![JLP 2 Stebbins to Lanier, Sept 23, [1876].pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/511a35699af62b132b52272e95afb781.jpg "JLP 2 Stebbins to Lanier, Sept 23, [1876].pdf")
Emma Stebbins reimburses Lanier for his investements relating to the biography of Charlotte Cushman and attempts to get the money for the payment of Osgood (publisher of memoir) from the trusties of Cushman's estate. Ned and the Cushman family miss…
Transcripts of Letters from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Sept 21, [1875] & Oct 7, 1875
![JLP 2 Stebbins to Lanier, Sept 21, [1875].pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/8f2bd0b25a8c1019acad3649e870023a.jpg "JLP 2 Stebbins to Lanier, Sept 21, [1875].pdf")
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…
Transcripts of Letters from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, July 27 + Sept 4, 1876
Emma Stebbins asked the publisher Mr. Osgood for time to work on the biography since she is suffering from health issues. She mentions Emma Cushman's "voluminous correspondence" with Charlotte Cushman and how personal letters require "careful…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Sept 10, [1875]
![JLP 2 Stebbins to Lanier, Sept 10, [1875].pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/394d0ca35f5c5e29d408cf12277700d3.jpg "JLP 2 Stebbins to Lanier, Sept 10, [1875].pdf")
Stebbins admits that Cushman's "illness absorbs" her. She often uses the first person plural to give opinions and news. Lanier is working on a book.Cushman let Stebbins send a note to a friend in England to receive some magazines that they usually…
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
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Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, May 27, 1876
Stebbins is waiting for a response from the publisher Osgood. When she receives an answer, she wants to consult Emma and Ned Cushman first before forwarding the letter to Lanier.Transcripts by Jennie Lorenz
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Library of Congress, Charlotte…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, May 2, 1875
Both Charlotte Cushman and Emma Stebbins are friends with Lanier. A college of music is about to be established in NYC. Stebbins offers Lanier to introduce him to a relative who is involved in the college project. Stebbins mentions a farewell…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, May 11, 1876
Emma Stebbins desires to get in touch with publishers, she wants to contact Osgood & Co. first. She consults with Ned and Emma Cushman. They are still in the processing of collecting material for the memoir to which they refer as "the book."…
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, June 6, 1876
Emma Crow Cushman handed over some documents to Emma Stebbins, among which was Charlotte Cushman's diary from the time when she had gone to England (1845). Stebbins admits that it is difficult to read. Stebbins laments that the process of writing the…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, June 29, 1876
Emma Stebbins explicitly expains to Lanier that she has to talk to Ned and Emma Cushman before deciding anything in terms of the memoir because they are involved in the matter as well. She laments that they have still not heard back from England,…
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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…