https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/b6d9cd0ffdfaf28e02afdf65987d9c43.pdf 665d077970e46616027c2735cf92c00b 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 Description An account of the resource A collection of archival material (letters, diaries, magazine clippings) collected from the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, and Philadelphia Historical Society that showcase the life of Charlotte Cushman, leading actress of the nineteenth century 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 1816-1876 Diary (Entry) A resource consisting primarily of written thoughts about private issues. Text Any textual data included in the document On the 26th inst Miss Cushman the most celebrated[?] of living actrices [sic], was our guest, she was accompanied by Miss Hays a young lady who for the last two or three years has been her inseparable companion was like wise with us also Mrs Wapler[?] This was a real treat to have all these pesons [sic] at once with us Miss Cushman possesas [sic] and [sic] admirable mind well balanced, strong judgements--which gives a tone to her manner and conversation rarely to be met with in Ladies, Miss Hays who has some pretentions to literary celebrity is a curious compound of assumed accountricity[?,sic] and strong prejudicies [sic]--her great model is George Sand not morally it is to be hoped yet she admires or properly reverences[?] that "bold bad woman" Provenance What is the source of the piece of information, where is it derived from? E.g. archive (e.g. scans), research notes by a someone who had access to archival material, published (e.g. in an edited version) , citation (e.g. cited in secondary literature) <a href="https://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=3551&recCount=50&recPointer=20&bibId=450534">https://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=3551&recCount=50&recPointer=20&bibId=450534</a> 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 Daniel Holmes's Journal History of a Young Lady (1848-1851) Description An account of the resource The following information is provided by the <a href="https://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=1975&recCount=50&recPointer=20&bibId=450534">Boston Athenaeum</a>: "Journal describing his life as a merchant in New Orleans, and his young family, particularly the development of his first daughter, Georgine, and the birth, illness, and death of his second daughter, Lillie. Traveling extensively for business through the eastern U.S. and western Europe, Holmes is an avid theater-goer and describes in detail musical, operatic, and theatrical performances in many cities and provinces a remarkable look at mid-century stage culture. Politics and social issues are also raised in the journal. Manuscript. Contents: 1848 June, travel from New Orleans to Cincinnati, Niagara Falls, New York and Long Branch to Boston. 1849 June, back in Boston, Bostonians concerned with "slavery and anti capital punishment;" he discusses a lecture that he missed by William Wells Brown, mentions the execution of Washington Goode, and discusses Fanny Kemble and her recent book; on to Halifax, Liverpool, London, Paris, Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester. Aug. 8, he recounts a frightening dream and describes a royal procession through Dublin. 1850 Feb., back in New Orleans, Holmes describes Charlotte Cushman in a variety of roles at the St. Charles Theatre. March, a cholera epidemic. March 31, the death of John C. Calhoun lamented. April 21, quotes the 1822 petition of Peter Harris, a Catawba Indian, to the South Carolina legislature. Oct. 20, family reading books by Irving, Hawthorne, and Boswell's Life of Johnson. Oct. 27, death of John J. McDonough, emancipation of his slaves and bequests to schools and hospitals. Nov.. 4, purchases two paintings, copies after Correggio and Carracci. Dec., illness, death and burial of infant daughter. 1851 Jan. 29, Charlotte Cushman and Miss Hays guests of the family. Feb. 10, Jenny Lind's concerts. April, business trip to Europe, via New York and Boston, on board the Cambria. June, in London, visits Crystal Palace Exhibition, Royal Opera House, sees French actress Rachel perform at the St. James Theatre; in Paris, attends the Opera to hear Alboni in "Norma." Diary ends with Holmes in Lyon." The journal covers the time from 1848 June 8-1851 July 17. The journal entry of interest is from Jan 29, 1851 in which the author remembers Cushman and Hays being their guests on Jan 26, 1851. <h3>Credit </h3> <a href="https://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=3551&recCount=50&recPointer=20&bibId=450534">Boston Athanaeum</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Boston Athenaeum, Mss., .S477 .a, 10½ Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0635 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1851-01-29 gender norms/bending public intimacy