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. Text Any textual data included in the document Dear Mr Forster Here is the answer to my admonitory letter, which I now wish I had not written. For after all, what have we in evidence of this history except the authority of Miss Cushman, whom I have heard a man I implicitly believe—Macready—call "not only a woman who lied, but a woman who spoke no truth": Why should we now believe in Miss Cushman for the first time; when a fellow creatures good name is concerned? There has been no doubt something wrong—but how much or how little we don’t know—and we have our own wrongs to mind which we can measure the extent of— <closer><salute>And so let us make ourselves easy for god’s sake—</salute></closer> <closer><salute>Ever affectionately / Yo</salute></closer>urs Jane Carlyle Secondary Texts: Comments Secondary sources that have explicitly commented on the respective item or raised important concerns/questions that are of interest Added in the footnote section: "Presumably, if TC’s note is correct, Charlotte Cushman had been spreading rumors about G. H. Lewes, probably about his deteriorating marriage." 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 Jane Welsh Carlyle to John Forster, [April 26, 1849] Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0470 Description An account of the resource Jane Carlyle gossips about Charlotte Cushman about whom she heard Macready say that she is a liar. Carlyle writes to a dramatic critic of the Examiner, John Forster. <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://carlyleletters.dukeupress.edu/about-project">The Carlyle Letters Online/CLO</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 1801-1866 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived JWC-JF, [26 April?]. MS: NLS 604.281. Hitherto unpbd. Tentatively dated by this date noted, in another hand, on the MS. TC later wrote at the top: “rumours abt Lewes in his play-acting (—whc were false)?“. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Carlyle, Thomas, and Jane Welsh Carlyle. The Carlyle Letters Online [CLO]. Ed. Brent E. Kinser. Duke UP, 2007-2016, www.carlyleletters.org. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849-04-26 Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Macready, William Charles Gossip--Private Gossip--Published Rumors gossip--unpublished press coverage