ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a case study for how to research gender issues using the latest digital collections along with microfilm and hard-copy resources. Working on gender issues in a transatlantic context poses particular challenges for scholars trained in British literature and media history. The chapter aims to illustrate how scholars might make use of multiple sources of research, both digital and print, when investigating nineteenth-century gender issues and transatlantic press networks. The chapter traces the publication and republication history of Eliza Cook's tributes to Charlotte Cushman by accessing microfilm of the Weekly Dispatch in the British Library but also by searching through the HathiTrust digital archive. It focuses on Eliza Cook's efforts to promote Charlotte Cushman as a British theatrical celebrity, but Cushman played an equally important role in marketing Cook's work to an American audience.
