https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/8c3cfb865b1c470cbd8749be6cf13e86.pdf 00ea88fc9ea48d2c9837443655a2cf2c 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 Lenox, MA, US Geocode (Latitude) 40.8816547 Geocode (Longitude) -94.5619095 Text Any textual data included in the document [page 1] My Dear Friend  I am very glad to get a word from you – the silence all +++ the epistolary compass on the subject of our book - was growing awful, and you will think me pusillanimous [Lorenz unsure here] when I say - I was rather relieved by it – for I have been so utterly miserable that the very thought of responsibility of any kind, has been too much for me – a few spasmodic efforts I made to look over some of the letters resulted in sleepless nights — and such confusion of head, & pain of heart, that I have been obliged to give it all up until I can feel bettr [sic] – I have been really in an utterly unfit state for any work, and although I hope I am getting slowly bettr [sic] now — I am still compelled[?] to be very cautious +++ indulge myself in any too close application. The trouble is  nervous exhaustion which affects the stomach/and the digestion badly - and through that the head.  For your sake dear I grieve that this should be so — I do long so earnestly to be equal to my responsibilities, and  above all to this labour of love which I only can suitably inaugurate – my constant prayer is that strength may be given me long enough for this work, and to  see my boys [Lorenz unsure here] fairly on their way to be made into  capable worthy men– and then I am more than ready to go.  As for Osgood I think he has behaved not only unaccountably but shabbily – there was no understanding that I  should let him know when I got to Lenox – he knew all  my dates & movements perfectly well — that was only  an excuse – besides — he has to let me hear from  him before I left N.Y./ in a day or two he said, I am  afraid they are playig fast & loose for some reason  or othr – but why if they do not wish to take the venture  they cannot say no like men – I am at a loss to con.  recture. I shall be sorry to have you take the expense of  going to Boston, when correspondence is so easy - it is  only saying yes or no – but you must be the best judge.  Ned has broken our agreemeet in sending Mr. Carr  to Osgood – it was to be kept for the present strictly  between ourselves and I especially did not want  any intermeddling of outsiders – but Ned is very  rash and impetuous and we never can hold the  thread of anything wherein he is concerned. I suppose  I ought to have written again to Osgood myself — but  I have/ been so unwell, at and it really depended  so entirely on him to make his decision & inform  us that I wanted – If he will not take it - I shall  be inclined not to push the mattr any further for  the present — I am so unable to write & our materials  are so slow in coming forward – no furthr word from  England – Mr. Cushman was ill at last accounts Mrs. C. is totally unfit to go over her letters  Will you present me kindly to your [wife,] I hope  hr trip north may restore her – Let me hear from  you oftens.[?, sic] Yours ever faithfully  ES.  I am expectig the [Bago] about the 12 of July  [Envelope]   Sidney Lanier Esq.  care of R. M. +++ Clellan Esg.  West Chestr,  (Penn.)  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 "1876" added by archivists as indicated by Lorenz; Lorenz repeatedly annotated her own notes 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, June 27, [1876] Description An account of the resource Stebbins admits that she the book project of Cushman's biography affected her health. She describes it as "labour of love" which is physically exhausting. 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. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876-06-27 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0311 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 Subject The topic of the resource Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Cushman, Edwin "Ned" Charles, 1838-1909 Cushman, Emma Crow, 1839-1920 Transcript Social Events--Travels England United States--Boston Arts--Literature Death Frustration Relationships-- Intimate--Same-sex Intimacy--As topic auto/biography illness/death love