https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/d460848dc6ac6fd9ebcaaef0232bafc9.pdf e181d70a1cfefde8c8289a3b09719e99 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 Fields, Annie, 1834-1915 Location The location of the interview Villa Garland Hyde Park, New York Geocode (Latitude) 40.730610 Geocode (Longitude) -73.935242 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 The annotations list Elizabeth Stuart Stebbins as one of the letters' creators, but the correct name is Emma Stebbins. Text Any textual data included in the document [page 1] My dear Annie. I have been long wiling [?, sic] to send you greetings, and thanks for your remembrance of me when you with others, thought I must be with Miss Cushman, during her last visit to Boston It was pleasant to know I did not go out of your thoughts, when I left your sight. - It did not seem possible to me, to make the long cold +++ she was obliged to make. +++, that my presence because necessary here. though I heartily regretted to lose, all that took place during that visit. - Her progress since then has been equally triumphant. and what is best [page 2] of all, notwithstanding the intensely severe weather, the long journies and the fatigue of her work. She has stood her ground barely [?], and is now taking her rest at St. Louis I hope & believe well. though I have not yet heard from her. from there I am myself. keeping better. though much nipped, and feeling the cold to my very marrow. May I ask you dear Annie. to do me a favour with your particular friend, J. T.F? - I intended to write to him myself. but I thought I could not do better than present myself through you, thus interesting you like wire in my suit. It is more a matter of counsel & advice at present [?] than help. though if he by his large experience can suffer [?] way to help. I shall be glad. [page 3] the question is simply this. I have in my possession the advanced sheets of a story translated from [ß] the French, by a friend in Rome. who wants to dispose of it. It is has been appearing as a serial in the Revue des deux Mondes. and has not to my knowledge been touched yet in this country. It is spirited, clever, intensely interesting and admirably translated. I have eight parts or numbers. we have been reading it aloud. Mrs Garland and myself. and we both think it as very uncommon productions. and sure to take the public taste. It is called "The revenge of +++ Noizel" by Victor Cherbouillet. my object, of course is to dispose of it to the best advantage, better as a serial for some magazine. or to some publisher to produce in book form at once. I would prefer to sell it outright if possible. If J.T.F. [page 4 – included on page 1] can give me the benefit of his large experience in such matters and will kindly suggest to me how I ought to proceed. he will be not only doing me a great favour. but also a service. where there is need. and where it will not be thrown away.— Should he +++ the advance sheets. I will send them. An early answer in this subject will much oblige. will you make my best remembrances to your Sister, and should you see Miss Whitney as I hope you do sometimes. ask her to let me know that she still lives & thrives The inexorable mail hour summons me. yours always affectly ES. 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 Emma Stebbins to Annie Fields, Feb 8, 1872 Description An account of the resource Stebbins regrets not having been able to stay longer with Charlotte Cushman who has been making "triumphant" progress and is now resting at St. Louis.  Furthermore, Stebbins asks Fields for a favor. She has acquired eight stories translated from French which had appeared in the Revue des Deux Mondes. She intends for it to either be published in a magazine or as a book and would like James Fields to offer his advice on how to proceed. <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://www.huntington.org/">Huntington Library</a>, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Huntington, JTFP, Box 56, FI 1699 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1872-02-08 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0698 Subject The topic of the resource Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Arts--Literature Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915 Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881 Illness Praise Relationships--Networks Fields, Annie, 1834-1915 admirers illness/death social capital