https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/5d3ef73fdd7ccfd031f3bb427dc2f596.pdf a81e9fdb4bc069dc877c6950b07aa89c 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 Auto/Biography Location The location of the interview University of Northern Iowa, US Geocode (Latitude) 42.514099 Geocode (Longitude) -92.4629133 Admin Comment Comments for further research, pending questions, tasks that still have to be completed <ul> <li>mentions some 'facts' which are just NOT true such as that she dealt with financial affairs on her own and did not like to engage others</li> </ul> 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 Bradford's "Charlotte Cushman" (1925/1932) Description An account of the resource In his biography Biography and the Human Heart (1932), Bradford republished the article (The North American Review, Vol. 221, No. 827 (Jun. - Aug., 1925)) as a chapter. Other biographical chapters covered Walt Whitman or Henry Longfellow, for instance. The North American Review, Vol. 221, No. 827 (Jun. - Aug., 1925): <ul> <li>account of her life, upbringing in wealthy family and neighborhood</li> <li>transatlantic fame</li> <li>describes her as very social</li> <li>mentions Stillman’s account (does not mention source, but quotes in Stillman’s biography); contrasts Stillman’s analysis with his own observations from letters (at least he mentions letters once, no sources given!), performances, public perception, and his intuition?; he also uses phrases such as “She used to say” (693)</li> <li>considers Stillman's to be too one-sided and not balanced enough; "There is little evidence besides Stillman’s to support this extreme view" (694-695) mentions Fields’s account here ("remark" --> diary, letters?); "her great moral qualities" (697); her mentions of God taken as evidence</li> <li>interestingly, he does NOT mention her relationships to other woman but decided to mention a "young man from an excellent family" that she became associated with romantically; he even mentions her "prospective mother in law" (693)</li> <li>describes her as passionate, impulsive, ambitious</li> <li>he doesn’t think that she "sighed for a complete transference to the other sex" (696) and now wait for the explanation: it was a perfect combination to benefit from "masculine energy and feminine privileges" (696)</li> <li>Mrs Carlyle mentioned concerning an analysis of CC’s character</li> <li>"her eminent and unfailing loyalty is denied by no one" (697) positive perspective on what Stillman describes opposing views</li> </ul> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The North American Review Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0067 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932 Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Death Reputation admirers gender norms/bending love press coverage respectability social capital