https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/8b10a76fb7b931e59cb97fd6dad7fdf8.pdf c454f482e585e0de947a1ed530477b07 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 Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 Location The location of the interview Wachusett House, Princeton, MA Geocode (Latitude) 42.4544907 Geocode (Longitude) -71.8746621 Text Any textual data included in the document [page 1] My dear Lanier Your letter of the 6th has just been forwarded to me from Newport, I find by my mena & that I wrote you on the 3d June–which letter, if you received it–ought to have told you that I had left NY—for the season—and given you a genral [sic] idea of my plans and movements— and so saved you the exertions & disappointment of searching for me in NY—I would have written again—but I have felt very +++ to such exercise–the summer thus far—and the various changes I have made has not helped me–I begin almost to despair of restoration. I have been strongly advised[?] to try high a dry air, and so made a great effort to reach this place–which is quite famous— for these +++. Mrs Fleming & some friends of ours were already here—and my Sallie/ came over from Newport to accompany me. I have been here about a weak—and cannot or rathr [sic] ought not to judge yet awhile of its effects–so far I cannot perceive much improvement—I seem to be steadily running down, and the worst thing about my condition is—that my head is so much affected—I am obliged to give up again the work in which I am so much interested. But I must not depress you with my ailments, rathr [sic] rejoice with you–which I do with all my heart–that you see before you a prospect of relief from your most pressing anxieties–Do not I pay you–allow the thought of any indebtedness to me to add a feather's weight to them If [page 2] you never think of it any more than I do–it will be all/ right and never disturb your rest. I write hurriedly, just to bridge over this wide interval of silence, not able to do any justice to a letter, my plans aftr [sic] this are not yet settled—I may go to Lenox—I may go back to Hyde Park. I may try a few days in the white +++—any .....the cards [2/3 this page is cut off— [illegible, crossed out]] I have been trying to think of an address to send you which will be always sure to reach me. perhaps. care of H. S. Stebbins Esq. 48 Excange Place, NY. will be best.— [This cut off also–appears to have been blank] on this side. 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 1877 [added by archivist] 2/3 this page is cut off [...] This cut off also–appears to have been blank [notes added by JL] 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 Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Aug 10, [1877] Description An account of the resource Due to health issues, Emma Stebbins is "obliged to give up again the work" on the Cushman biography. 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 Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LoC, JLP 2 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1877-08-10 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0320 Subject The topic of the resource Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 Transcript Social Events--Travels Illness Arts--Literature Mercer, Sallie auto/biography illness/death