TY  - GEN
AU  - Cushman,Charlotte
TI  - Charlotte Cushman papers,
KW  - Bellows, Henry W.
KW  - Bigelow, John,
KW  - Booth, Edwin,
KW  - Browning, Elizabeth Barrett,
KW  - Carlyle, Jane Welsh,
KW  - Chorley, Henry Fothergill,
KW  - Crow, Wayman,
KW  - Cushman, Charles Augustus,
KW  - Cushman, Edwin Charles,
KW  - Cushman, Emma Crow,
KW  - Cushman, Mary Eliza,
KW  - Fields, James Thomas,
KW  - Higginson, Thomas Wentworth,
KW  - Howe, Julia Ward,
KW  - Jackson, Helen Hunt,
KW  - Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor,
KW  - Kemble, Fanny,
KW  - King, Rufus,
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,
KW  - Macready, William Charles,
KW  - Nilsson, Christine,
KW  - Payne, John Howard,
KW  - Seward, Anna Wharton
KW  - Seward, William Henry,
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - Sherman, William T.
KW  - Stebbins, Emma,
KW  - Trollope, Thomas Adolphus,
KW  - Van Buren, Martin,
KW  - Wallack, Lester,
KW  - Whittier, John Greenleaf,
KW  - United States Sanitary Commission
KW  - Acting
KW  - Americans
KW  - Italy
KW  - Rome
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Benefit performances
KW  - United States
KW  - Drama
KW  - Theater
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Foreign public opinion
KW  - Actresses
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research; Microfilm edition (negative only) of Hamlet prompt book available; no. 16,717; Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service; 1976
N2  - Correspondence; biographical and genealogical material; annotated scripts and texts of plays, poetry, and readings; newspaper clippings; reviews; souvenir programs; and other papers relating chiefly to Cushman's career in the theater in the United States and in London, England.  During Cushman's residence in Rome, Italy (1856-1870), her correspondence relates chiefly to theatrical matters but also reflects the reaction of Americans abroad to the U.S. Civil War and Abraham Lincoln's assassination.  Includes reviews chronicling her career and scripts for her most well-known Shakespearean roles and material on Cushman's American tour for the benefit of the United States Sanitary Commission in 1863; Correspondents include Henry W. Bellows, John Bigelow, Edwin Booth, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Jane Welsh Carlyle, Henry Fothergill Chorley, Wayman Crow, Charles Augustus Cushman, Edwin Charles Cushman, Emma Crow Cushman, Mary Eliza Cushman, James Thomas Fields, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Julia Ward Howe, Helen Hunt Jackson, Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury, Fanny Kemble, Rufus King, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Charles Macready, Christine Nilsson, John Howard Payne, Anna Wharton Seward, William Henry Seward, William T. Sherman, Emma Stebbins, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, Martin Van Buren, Lester Wallack, and John Greenleaf Whittier
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008027
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008027.3
ER  -