https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/8fb99566c015e7ba6ba38647de1043c7.pdf 656c6436f8b28673ca0491c97fdac9f9 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. From The name and email address of the person sending the email Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Location The location of the interview Villa Cushman, Newport, RI, US Geocode (Latitude) 41.4899827 Geocode (Longitude) -71.3137707 Text Any textual data included in the document [page 1] Dear friend. Your kind & most welcome lettr [sic] of the 31" +++  just recd & has been such a relief to me. that I hasten to <del>show</del> send you just one word of greeting to show you that I am in the flesh—& thankful to find you again—aftr [sic] your much wandering. Before Peacock left his home, I wanted him to write to Mrs. Lanier— we were in such anxiety about you—to learn why we heard nothing—at last, just as he was leaving home he recd your lettr [sic] of the 10 July which he was kind enough to send to me that I might see and judge by your own hand how you were getting on—I am so glad that you will now be so near—at least for a time—& hope I may persuade you to run up to Lenox. after your work is over.—We hope (D.V.) to go there on the 9th +++. I have been so extremely suffering ever since I stopped work that I have hardly have able to walk beyond my own [illegible, crossed out] door [inserted]—a little drive in the +++. /being all that I have been able to accomplish of exercise. I had hoped very much that I might have been able to entertain you in my own house, here at Newport but I see I must give up that hope for the present. & trust to your being able to get to Lenox where we shall be, all August, & delighted to see you. Perhaps I shall be able to stay there longer—all depends upon the weathr [sic]: here, the damps of August are a little too softening and depressing for me. But you shall know of any change in our movements I am most sorry that you do not meet Mr. Calvert who admires and respects your poems enough to satisfy you—perhaps aftr [sic] I return here, in Sept, I may have the pleasure of bringing you togethr [sic]. as well as seeing you up among those lovely Berkshire Hills, where we will talk of many lovely things.  Here I was interrupted by visitors whom I allow myself [page 2] to receive from 12 1/2 to 1 1/2 in the day—and now must hurry this note off to you to assure you of my sympathy with you in the separation from your' lovely comrade and the 'hostages' in your hat burrying in Brooklyn for a month in all your dusty hot wandering, up & down the land—I heard through Peacock that you had been suffering your +++ hemorrhage—you say nothing of this—let me know how all is with you— I am turning over in my mind about England and its opinions—I have been cut off from all my English associations for so long—& they were never of the Press, that it is not clear to me at once. but it will become so—meanwhile believe how much I am interested in your work & your fame—Miss Stebbins was away from me for 3 weeks—but came to me in the <del>2  3</del>  21(?)st to pass my 59th birthday with me on the 23d—we count the days to the mountain air & I am in dread of the suffering from the journey—for indeed I am very very suffering. more so than I ever dreamed of—& this is but the beginning, they tell me. ah, if the end could only be any night that I go to sleep/ anything to avoid the pain—& the sight of my pain to these I love—but unfortunately it is not—as we will—If you could only run on here on a Saturday noon. 1 o'clock if it were only to see me & a few choice spirits—& get back to your work on the Monday following if need be. However?, as you can. Miss Stebbins joins me in kindest words—commend me to you wife & believe me ever yours cordially Charlotte Cushman Envelope addressed. Sidney Lanier Esq. 195 Dean? St. Brooklyn. N.Y. To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 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 Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], Aug 3, 1875 Description An account of the resource 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 her illness. The doctors told her this is only the beginning. Emma Stebbins was away and then came back to celebrate Cushman’s 59th birthday. They want to go to the mountains but Cushman is scared of the journey. Transcripts by <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/mm92081445/">Jennie Lorenz</a>   <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://www.loc.gov/">Library of Congress</a>, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 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 LoC, JLP 1 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0290 Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Reputation Arts--Literature Journalists/Writers Illness Relationships--Networks Relationships-- Intimate--Same-sex Transcript auto/biography illness/death press coverage public image (active)