https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/32f8f66fc15e949950de9fb4bde6bd3b.pdf d8fb8fbca91abb7acb9d8df92ab6342f 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 Text Any textual data included in the document [page 1] Dear Madame Vraidot I called this afternoon. upon an Errand in [inserted] which I knew I could ask your aid. if you could possibly help me. Do you know, at all, indirectly or directly Madame Pluyell[?] — if you do will you read the Enclosed letter which will explain itself at once to your great intelligence & kind heart & will you write one line to her, asking her to speak a kind word to this lady who is about to pass into her class at the Conservatoire. & to whom a known word of praise [page 2] from Mme Pluyell[?] — will perhaps help her up from comparative starvation. If you do not know Mme Pluyell[?] or would object to write to her. do not give yourself the trouble to read this long letter from my friend. but enclose it so me at your earliest convenience! Madame Ristori & her husband dine with me on Sunday the 22d inst will you & Mour Vraidot give me the pleasure of your company on the same day at 7 oclock [sic]. I know how many engagements you have, therefore ask thus far in advance. [page 3] How charmed I was yesterday with the Sonambula +++. at Hanover Square Rooms. I wanted to thank you — but did not like to intrude. Hoping this note may find you better than when I called this afternoon believe me. Dear Mme Vraidot Ever admiringly Yours Charlotte Cushman [typewritten abstract about Cushman's career added, for contextualization of letter] Location The location of the interview 1 Bolton Street Mayfair London Geocode (Latitude) 51.5067833 Geocode (Longitude) -0.1439499 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 Madame Vraidot, June 10, no year Subject The topic of the resource Actors and Actresses--US American Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Social Events--Salons and Receptions Finances Relationships--Patrons and Protégés Relationships--Networks Description An account of the resource A letter of introduction written by Charlotte Cushman on account of an acquaintance who wants to enter the Convervatoire of Paris. Cushman complained about the volume of such requests, especially as she began to suffer from ill health (e. g. "For everybody sends me their friends with letters of introduction. This year I have had twenty with trying to do honour to the letters. I am near driven to death" <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/387" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in a letter from 1864</a>). Judging by how the press wrote about her unrelenting support for young and struggling US American artists, the work load, however, seems not to have deterred her. While Cushman and others often reference such letters of introduction, this is the only one of two such letters in our collection (the other is for <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/454" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Helen Hunt</a>). Cushman's own reliance on such letters early in her career is mentioned <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/347" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in this 1844-letter to her mother</a>. The letter also includes a reference to Italian actress Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906), whom Cushman has invited for dinner. (Cushman references the Convervatoire of Paris also in <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/324" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this letter to Sidney Lanier</a> from May 2, 1875) <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://www.bpl.org/">Boston Public Library</a> Note: The item is listed as a letter from Cushman to Madame Kasdov but the name is probably "Vraidot" (<a href="https://research.frick.org/directory/viewItem/1683#ALS">Frick Collection</a>, <a href="https://snaccooperative.org/view/24680912#resources">Snac</a>) 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 BPL, Ms. 3542 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource XXXX-06-10 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0966 financial concerns social capital