https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/ac8444094eedb1048c818d2611bd29de.pdf b155f4ca524dd6abe6178791e7dee532 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] Dear friend Mr Cushman is in a state which perhaps may excuse his being very uncertain — in the information he either gives or receives. Hence the misunderstanding. When very young men are "in love & pleased with +++" aunts & aunts [sic] friends may get on as they will. However. I am glad we have not made you a disappointment. Mountain wards: and that you did not intend to go I must punish you when I see you for this disappointment [page 2] how fatally sad that we have arranged all our plans — so as to +++ one seeing "Harriet Prescott". This week. & going down to Mrs Stowe on Thursday — as you have so hospitably arranged. you will tell them our sorrow — which now [?] +++ coupled with a hope that when we do get to Boston on the 11 "Sep". That Miss Prescott & Mrs Stowe will still "keep our memory +++" & give us one chance more of seeing them under your kind auspices. will you ask them? I know a Harriet Prescott of New busy port [Newport] once. I wonder if she is at all connected with the Spaulding family of that [page 3] place! +++ people are always wondering! Tell her how she charmed me with the Amber Gods [?] I have never seen even an amber month price to a +++ since without thinking of her! what a quantity of books you will have to provide me with before I leave again for the golden sunshine. +++ +++ "Sir Rohans [sic] Ghost [?]" among the rest. first! By the way. will Mr Fields have the goodness to procure for us. before we come to Boston a copy of George Sands [sic] last book called ["] Constance Verrier" we want it very much & dont [sic] know just how to get it. I am sure he will oblige us. [page 4] We have been so spoiled here in New port [Newport]. the devina [?] Giulia has petted us. & said such splendid things about us in the Tribune & some body else. who we know not — has been saying more splendid things in the Times — until we know not our own selves. & Every morning are expecting the wings to be so prown [?] that we cant [sic] put on our +++. Expect to find us something huge when we get to Boston. towards which we look longingly & lovingly because you are there & we want so much to hold you to our hearts. Ever best love to Mrs Stowe. "Jamie" & yourself from your attached friend Charlotte From The name and email address of the person sending the email Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881 Location The location of the interview Newport, RI, US Geocode (Latitude) 41.4899827 Geocode (Longitude) -71.3137707 Admin Comment Comments for further research, pending questions, tasks that still have to be completed scan p.124, Mrs. Priscott and Stowe are mentioned but have no items yet which articles in the Times and the Tribune does Cushman refer to? Annotations annotations added by someone other than members of the project's researcher team; those annotations may have been added by the producer/creator of the item, an archivist, or by another researcher who had access to the archival material; may be specified as known or suspected due to context and content James Fields wrongly claimed as addressee by archive 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 Annie Fields, Aug 29, 1860 Description An account of the resource <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/1" title="Charlotte Cushman">Cushman</a> apologizes for <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/9" title="Edwin "Ned" Cushman">her nephew</a>'s behavior and informs <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/60" title="Annnie Fields">Annie Fields</a>, to whom the letter is addressed, of recent happenings, mentioning Mrs. Harriet Prescott and asks <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/59" title="James T. Fields">James</a> to procure a George Sands book for her. At the prospect of being able to meet the Fields, Cushman is looking forward to a Boston trip. Furthermore, she is delighted about favorable reports in the Tribune and the Times. <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://www.huntington.org/">Huntington Library</a>, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda 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 Huntington, JTFP, Box 12, FI 682 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-08-29 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0176 Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Fields, Annie, 1834-1915 Cushman, Edwin "Ned" Charles, 1838-1909 Relationships--Networks Reputation Social Events--Travels press coverage social capital