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Stebbins's Charlotte Cushman: Her Letters and Memories of Her Life (1878)
Biography of Charlotte Cushman, written after her death by her spouse Emma Stebbins. The transcribed correspondence between Stebbins and Sidney Lanier (who had originally been chosen as the author of the biography) details the painstaking process of…
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.…
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 Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, June 19, 1878
Emma Stebbins responds to Anne Whitney's reaction to reading Charlotte Cushman: Letters and Memories of Her Life.
Credit
Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4): Correspondence. 2010.
The Graphic, Review of Stebbins's Cushman Biography, Sept. 28, 1878
The Graphic contributes a positive review of Stebbins's biography of Charlotte Cushman and values its insights into Cushman's domestic life.
Credit
19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, July 6, 1878
Emma Stebbins thanks Anne Whitney for her kind words about the Cushman-memoir and mentions the letters of praise she has received about the book. Stebbins also asks for information about Dr. Mitchell, famous for his rest cure, and the charges…
Jennie Lorenz about Stebbins's Biography
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Copied Correspondence by Harold Moulton sent to Jennie Lorenz, Sept 25, 1950
Harold Moulton sends photostatic copies of two autographed letters to Lorenz. Lorenz requested material relating to Charlotte Cushman.The first letter is from Charlotte Cushman to Mrs Sarah J. Hale, Editor of “Lady’s Book” (Philadelphia). Cushman…
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], Jan 3, 1875
![JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Jan 3, 1875.pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/8136dfa1df1794fd9a05e77854821835.jpg "JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Jan 3, 1875.pdf")
Charlotte Cushman is thankful for Lanier's affection. Death is hovering above her. Stebbins is devastated due to Cushman's state of health but Dr. Thornton is increasingly optimistic about Cushman's condition.Charlotte mentions press reports about…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], June 23, 1875
![JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], June 23, 1875.pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/53fb03bbd33041fdf75eb77cd36804f1.jpg "JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], June 23, 1875.pdf")
Charlotte Cushman wants to meet Lanier. Her illness is always present. She asked for another operation to improve her help but her doctor from Boston informed her that it was too late for such a treatment. Cushman reads the press reports about…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], Aug 3, 1875
![JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Aug 3, 1875.pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/8fb99566c015e7ba6ba38647de1043c7.jpg "JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Aug 3, 1875.pdf")
Charlotte Cushman writes to Sidney Lanier about a Mr. Calvert who admires his poems. She has been cut of all her “English associations for so long—& they were never of the Press, that it is not clear to me at once.” Charlotte is suffering from…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], Oct 21, 1875
![JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Oct 21, 1875.pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/4fe14160b2c294e72b5ebfc13024641f.jpg "JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Oct 21, 1875.pdf")
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 Charlotte Cushman to Sidney Lanier, Dec 18[?], 1875
![JLP 1, CC to Sidney Lanier, Dec 1[8], 1875.pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/be47d8c11f4d9322fb7c21420d7a4240.jpg "JLP 1, CC to Sidney Lanier, Dec 1[8], 1875.pdf")
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.
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Rosalie, July 21, 1874
Charlotte Cushman undergoes water treatment. She mentions her adopted son Ned and some financial affairs. Rosalie will marry Mr Roberts of whom Ned has a very favorable opinion. Charlotte tells Rosalie that Rosalie’s mother could not marry the man…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Rosalie, Oct 11, 1874
Charlotte Cushman mentions past quarrels between Rosalie/her husband and the Muspratts. Ned Cushman is conducting business in Charlotte's name.Cushman mentions her reading tour, which exhausts her. She is too ill to cross the ocean and visit…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Rosalie, Dec 22, 1874
Lately, Cushman has been very ill again. She made Stebbins write to Rosalie. Rosalie's sister Mabel is supposed to marry: "make her sensible of the obligation she has taken upon herself - & and its serious importance upon her whole life. A…
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, Jan 11, [1876]
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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…
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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…