Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cushmania Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Gossip--Published Gossip--Private Relationships--Networks Italy--Rome Description An account of the resource A collection of archival material (letters, diaries, articles, auto/biographical accounts) collected from different archives (cf. <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/sources/archives/">list</a>) that showcase the life of Charlotte Cushman, one of the most successful US American actresses of the nineteenth century. We invite you to either look for specific items via the tag cloud at the bottom of the page or the search function at the top, <a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/browse?collection=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">browse all items</a> in this collection, or explore thematic compilations of selected items in our "<a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/exhibits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Exhibits</a>." <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG"><img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="237.5" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: location of items in collection, size nodes)</h6> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG"><img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="324.5" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: letter correspondence for items that have values defined for "location sender" AND "location recipient," size nodes)</h6> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress New York Public Library Philadelphia Historical Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1816-00-00/1920-00 Letter A resource containing textual messages sent from one person to another or one person to many people. Text Any textual data included in the document [page 1, right] Baltimore. Tuesday We [...] mon ceour ma cheri aime for Edwin. but nobody else. This is finally a praise. in (the) old country engagements— to prevent a piece from being worn out before you can come to use it yourself. & in the main. it is not a bad proviso— but in this instance— all things merge. I wish Edwin [...] just any obstacle in his way. But let him make Mr Jackson understand this. as for him alone. My engagement [page 2, left] was cut short in New York. because as they told me. Edwin would commence there or act otherwheres. I was to have acted Hamlet — but they prevented it. because Edwin was going to do & commence this engagement with [...] this was (one of) the reasons for my reservation about the dress, dear. I sent it by adams express to Fredericks on Satr morning— intending to write. but it was prevented by constant [...] during the day. [...] [...] I found myself with an inflamation of the larynx— obliged to have the Doctor, twice, on Sunday [page 2, right] Monday morning so utterly unable to speak alone work that I sent for Fred to tell him I could not act. The poor man's despair— filled me with con- sternation & will. I sent him to the Doctor to tell him the importance. he must have affected him, for [...] he applied — which made me able to go through with Katherine. but in great pain. All night I was in great suffering with this pain in my throat. This morning the Doctor has been with me & says I am not to act — but if I will, he must try to patch me up. & so I go but really & truly but for my regard for Fred I should not dare— for I am fearful [page 1, left] it will seriously affect my throat. the exertion in Hamlet was too much coming at the tail of a long Engagement  & I took cold on an exhausted throat Tell Edwin with my love that I should never have been able to act Hamlet so well but in his mantle & draperies. I dread having a new one made. [...] dear will you let the costume at the Theater have Edwin [...] for a pattern to make me one. I looked so [...] in it you would not have [...] it could have been Your ever affectionate Charlotte Cushman Let me know if there is any change in your commencements of Boston Engagment. Geocode (Latitude) 39.290882 Geocode (Longitude) -76.610759 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Mary Devlin Booth Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Booth, Mary Devlin, 1840-1863 Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 Illness Actors and Actresses--US American Gender Norms Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hampden Booth Theatre Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1026 Description An account of the resource Cushman talks about acting as Hamlet and fears she caught an inflammation of the throat. Her engagement was cut short, most likely because Edwin Booth will play the part of Hamlet after her. She asks Mary to have Edwin commission a pattern of the costume. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 0000-00-00 gender norms/bending illness/death