https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/d83a55c07eef31c44a70957c44ec90d1.pdf d0db650c870f4afba7a7e44a3878c927 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 Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent Cushman, Emma Crow, 1839-1920 Location The location of the interview St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, LA Location (Recipient) St. Louis, MO Text Any textual data included in the document [53]: If I confess to the pleasure I felt in seeing your +++ letter of the 3rd Feb[ruary] (postmarked 5th) will you find therein a proof of the love which you ask me to declare, or will the exacting heart of my dear “little love” as for “more” like a +++ “journey +++". Alas how can I tell you but in deeds: words are so poor, & I have to write so many. That I am in truth tired of them. Would you desire better proof than that +++ should each have dispatched a letter to the other on the self same day? Was not this true sympathy?. But ”love[?]” mine, how is it that the letter which I enclosed for you to forward for me/upon business to be seen/ should have been +++ +++ & answered & the answer forgotten - & my “+++ +++ letter love” – as she +++ herself. should suffer +++ to be all this long wich without a +++   [reverse]: Did my note frighten you that you were making a monster which you could not easily subdue? No! Are you ill? I pray +++ no. I should indeed be sad! Why then am I so long without a word of reply to my letter of the 4th: Or do you think that yours of the 3rd should bring a response from me before you write again? You are naughty & dont deserve the comfort which you say you find in my picture, a naughty pet, & I am half +++ to take it away from you when I come back again – or else not come back at all. What would you say to that? At all counts I shall not be with you so soon as I expected not before the 8th if at all. Now if you had written as you ought, very likely I should have come on the 5th but every day you delay I will stay away longer. Ah, is that not unkind?  No no, I will come, pet, but not before the 8th April. – You will be glad to hear that my success here has been [54]: very great. The friends whom I met in the boat coming down have been stopping in the same hotel & have been more than kind & attentive so that I have not had an opportunity of feeling lonely, in fact have not been able to command as much +++ as I should have liked. I remain here until next Sunday the 28th, when I go to Mobile, where I remain until the 14th March (remember that your letters take six days to reach me here & seven to reach me at Mobile “Battle House” so don’t let me lose any letters you may find +++ +++ to send.  Most likely I shall stop here two or three days on my return from Mobile & +++ for Memphis on the 17th. I remain in Memphis until the 27th. I think it only takes 3 days for a letter from St. Louis to Memphis – on the 28th I go to Nashville – where I remain until the 2nd of April – then I believe I go to Louisville for a night or two & then on to you [underlined twice]. I should have been very very happy to have had you with me here, darling. New Orleans has been very gay & my good friends of the boat & here are great friends of your Father +++ & Mrs[?] Harry[?] Stone of New York – they would   [reverse]: have chaperoned you in all the parties +++ [tape over parts of words] opera goings?, balls +++ & I should have had the comfort of your presence when +++ my morning & evening labours & you would have been very happy. +++ +++! I must now content myself with a three days visit to St. Louis. But you will come to Rome! I have sort of faith that you will come. The Stones? are promising to come & we should make a very merry party. I am glad you are reading Ruskins Modern Painters - he is a true poet. if one may use that +++ of a prose writer & one cannot faithfully read him without his proving?. Do you know his Stones of Verse +++ will? Do you continue to like +++ son? Tell me what you like best! Tuesday 23rd – I have waited, hoping last night would bring me a +++ from you – but, no! Na, my little love +++ from the pretty dream, if so, I shall not hear again, ah will. I will hope & believe notwithstanding appearances which are so cloudy Bless you my child I hope you are not ill only forgetful. I can easier bear the latter than the former. Believe always in the  +++ affection of your loving friend Charlotte Cushman   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 [1858] added by archivist; Geocode (Latitude) 29.992544 Geocode (Longitude) -90.107379 Geocode Recipient (Latitude) 38.6268039 Geocode Recipient (Longitude) -90.1994097 Admin Comment Comments for further research, pending questions, tasks that still have to be completed Is it the first one? 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 Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow, February 22, 1858 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, CCP 1:53-54 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1858-02-22 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0073 Description An account of the resource This letter is the first one available from the time after Charlotte Cushman's breakup with Matilda Hays. It is a prime example of Charlotte's longing for Emma Crow whom she met shortly before this correspondence at the beginning of 1858. <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://www.loc.gov/">Library of Congress</a>, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.  Subject The topic of the resource Relationships Relationships-- Intimate--Same-sex Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Cushman, Emma Crow, 1839-1920 Social Events love Rome same-sex attraction social capital travel/touring