hou00834 Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876. Charlotte Cushman letters to various correspondents, 1842-1874 (MS Thr 130): Guide. 04/26/2002 Pacific Data Conversion Corp. 11/07/2013 Loaded into OASIS 02/13/2003 Ginger Yowell June 8, 2006 hou00834 converted by Harvard University Library OIS from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2006-06-08). MS Thr 130 Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876. Charlotte Cushman letters to various correspondents, 1842-1874: Guide. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Last update on 2012 January 11 Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University MS Thr 130 Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876. Charlotte Cushman letters to various correspondents, 1842-1874. 1 volume (.16 linear ft.) Collection materials are in English. Letters from American actress Charlotte Cushman to various correspondents.

62M-352. Received from various sources, various dates.

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Charlotte Cushman Letters to Various Correspondents, 1842-1874 (MS Thr 130). Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Cushman was an American actress who excelled in tragic or character parts; she made her first appearance on stage in 1836 as Lady MacBeth.

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Letters from Cushman to various correspondents concerning finance, rehearsal times and schedules for plays, and how much Cushman charges for play readings. Letters also discuss the different plays in which Cushman was performing in, and a letter to a newspaper editor complaining about a bad review of Cushman's performance. Collection also contains some visiting cards with photographs on them, and a literary manuscript entitled Charlotte Cushman's Honeymoon.

 (1-2) 2 A.L.s. to Dennis R. Alward:

New Jersey [1859?]. 1s.(1p.) London, 12 Jun 1866. 1s.(4p.) env.

(3) A.L.s. to Park Benjamin; [New York?], 13 Oct [n.d.]. 1s.(2p.) (4) A.L.s. to [Dr.] D. W. Bliss; Newport, R.I., 25 Jul 1871. 1s.(4p.) (5) A.L.s. to [Miss ] Booth; Newport, R.I., 27 Jul 1874. 1s.(3p.) (6-16) 11 A.L.s. to William Henry Chippendale:

Philadelphia, 24 Feb 1842. 1s.(2p.) New York, Jun 1842. 1s.(1p.) Philadelphia, 8 Aug 1842. 1s.(2p.) Philadelphia, 11 Sep 1842. 1s.(3p.) Philadelphia, 18 Oct 1842. 1s.(3p.) Philadelphia, 29 Oct1842. 1s.(2p.) Philadelphia, 27 Dec 1843. 1s.(2p.) Boston, 20 Sep 1849. 1s.(3p.) Watertown, Mass., 22 Sep 1849. 1s.(3p.) New York, 20 Oct 1849. 1s.(1p.) Rochester, N.Y., 23 Feb 1852. 1s.(3p.)

(17) A.L.s. to Charles Walter Couldock; Providence, 2 Jun 1872. 1s.(2p.) (18) A.L.s. to [] David; Washington, D.C., 18 Nov 1868. 1s.(1p.) (19) A.L.s. to [] Dickenson; London, [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.) (20) A.L.s. to E.J. Farmer; New York, 9 May 1874. 1s.(1p.) (21) Envelope to W.S. Fredericks; Boston, 19 Sep [n.d.]