https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/63f883599b7da4eef69c960f5edf99a0.pdf a42ef9f293dbad2e0a040ac00b31d01f 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. Location The location of the interview Boston, MA, US Geocode (Latitude) 42.3602534 Geocode (Longitude) -71.0582912 Location (Recipient) 66 Centre Street, Baltimore, MD, US Geocode Recipient (Latitude) 42.3578372 Geocode Recipient (Longitude) -71.0602361 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 Text Any textual data included in the document [page 1] Dearest friend— I have been so very ill & suffering—that your request through dear Miss Stebbins—for an introduction to Booth—had passed out of my sad—sore[?] sick mind— until your little note recd this morning I hasten to send it. if you read it before delivery—you may think I say more than it would? modest for you to deliver in person. Therefore if you just clo[illegible, crossed out] close [inserted] the envelope—before putting in anothr [sic] with a line from yourself asking him to allow you to present yourself in honour of my note at any moment most convenient to himself—he will send you a line—perhaps your messenger. I may wait his answer—if you send your note to his residence by 10 1/2 or 11 o'clock in the a.m. I have not the courage or the heart to tell you how I have suffered of late. how I am still daily & hourly sufferig. I have felt many times that what little I can have remaining to me of my life even?/after I am cured—if in Gods wisdom I am to be cured– cannot be worth what I have suffered & gone through in the struggle for it. I love, dearly, my own friends—I am happy when with them I have tasted all the joys and sweets of rewarded toil—can there be anything to me worth all this that I am & have been suffering. This is a purely selfish consideration—but suffering has made me very selfish & I hardly know myself. The Dr. thinks that his treatment has culminated—but I am certain, 'it is not now'. feelings are as sure as science to some minds—& the day of culmination is not to day. But you will let me hear from you—& you will be sure to get a line, if only a line in reply. I am so delighted about the compliment of the Cantata. I had yestrday [sic] mentioned it—as a possible thing to Mr. Perkins—but I don't think it will [page 2] reach anybody through me?. <del>Dar</del> Dear [inserted] Miss S. is writing to you. God love you & yours. prays 'Every day in the hour' your true & loving friend— Cushla— [letter 2] [+++] Parkers, Boston, Mass. 6 'Feby/ 76.  a day free' from chance of interruption (though I grieve?? to say not free from extra pain though the pain be salutory) have given me the opportunity of studying the cantata—& I am more than delighted—it is infinitely higher & <del>purer</del> finer [inserted] than I thought it at first, I make? to you my warmest congratulations & admirations! I want you to read 'Essays & Studies' by Swinburne—It has not been re-printed but perhaps you may get it at the Institute—It is full of irony & arrogance & contradiction but there are some magnificent things which you—of all men—should read. Let me know if you can get it & also if you cant [sic]) get the 1848th +++ if Littles??? Living Age—with an article from the Contemporary Review[?] by Peter Bayne??, in Whitman & the Bosh & Balderdash of such men as Rosetti & Dowden—who endeavours to first his affectation on a public who are apt to take their word. If you can't get the lattr [sic] I will send it to you. God bless you<del>t</del>—I am I hope progressing! Very slowly but I hope surely—Your faithful— Cushla. Addressed: Sidney Lanier Esq. 66. Centre St. Baltimore Md. 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 Lorenz frequently annotated her own transcripts 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 Two Partial Transcripts of Letters from Charlotte Cushman to Sidney Lanier, Jan 11 & Feb 6 1876 Description An account of the resource Charlotte Cushman writes these letters shortly before she dies. She is very ill and the doctors say that treatment has culminated. Under the impression of constant pain, her lines indicate that she has come to terms with death that is about to arrive. Lanier asked Cushman to be introduced to Booth. Transcripts by <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/mm92081445/">Jennie Lorenz</a> Credit <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 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876-01-11/1876-02-06 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0287 Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 Illness Death Relationships--Networks Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Transcript auto/biography illness/death press coverage social capital