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Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping is an American women's magazine first published in Massachusetts in 1885. The magazine aims "to produce and perpetuate perfection [...] as may be attained in the household" and provides its readers with recipes, health advice, and…
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Emma Crow Cushman, Nov 23, 1874
Stebbins writes that the newspapers have been writing "exaggerated reports" about Cushman, which have been causing her great anxiety. An unfavorable paragraph about Cushman will appear in the Cincinnati Enquirer the following morning, which they have…
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Emma Crow Cushman, [Oct] 26, [1869]
Stebbins writes about their strenuous journey to Malvern and the mishaps along the way. They had to stop over in Carlisle but have arrived safely in Stockport. She asks Emma Cushman to arrange for lodging in Malvern, preferably at Knotsford…
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Emma Crow Cushman, Sep 11, [1869]
Stebbins writes about Cushman's deteriorating health. The opiates are causing her to feel discouraged and she has also been in a lot of pain due to an abscess in her chest.Stebbins feels disheartened at witnessing Cushman's suffering and states that…
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Emma Crow Cushman, July 24, [1870]
Stebbins writes in Cushman's place as she is not able to write herself. Her health condition has worsened again and the Doctor had to perform a procedure on her heart.
Credit
Library of Congress,Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division,…
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Annie Fields, Feb 8, 1872
Stebbins regrets not having been able to stay longer with Charlotte Cushman who has been making "triumphant" progress and is now resting at St. Louis.Furthermore, Stebbins asks Fields for a favor. She has acquired eight stories translated from French…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Sept 10, [1875]
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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, June 22, [1875]
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Emma Stebbins, Charlotte Cushman, and Lanier suffer from health issues. Cushman's health has deteriotated during her "Western tour." Emma suggests and supports a meeting between her brother and Lanier. She presumably talks about the college music…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Aug 10, [1877]
Due to health issues, Emma Stebbins is "obliged to give up again the work" on the Cushman biography.
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, June 1, 1877
Emma Stebbins writes about Lanier's and her own health issues. Emma Crow came to take care of Emma Stebbins and talk about the material for the biography. They also invite Lanier to stay with them in Newport. An extension to the Villa Cushman is…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Feb 18, 1877
It is the anniversary of Charlotte Cushman's death. Emma Stebbins is disillusioned since she has not heard back from England, for instance. Hence, the collection of material for writing the memoir is exhausting and takes a long time. Sallie supports…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, June 27, [1876]
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Stebbins admits that she the book project of Cushman's biography affected her health. She describes it as "labour of love" which is physically exhausting.Transcripts by Jennie Lorenz
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript…
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:…
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, Jan 8, 1879
Emma Stebbins writes about grieving and some rumors in the papers, among which Hosmer confronts some libel.
Credit
Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4)
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…
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)
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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…