Mail order brides and international dating collection, circa 1990-1994.
Collection Number: 7842
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Mail order brides and international dating collection, circa 1990-1994.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
7842
Abstract:
Letters, photographs, catalogs, membership materials, instructions, rules, numerous
"profiles" and other documents relating to mail order brides and other international
match-making services spanning from 1987 to 1998. About a third of the archive by
volume consists of catalogs, order forms and other promotional material from a variety
of companies, including "Compatibility Unlimited", "Scanna International" and "Latin
Connections". Many of these documents are marked by holograph notations, particularly
at photographs, indicating women with whom he'd like to correspond. The selection
of correspondence and photographs show a wide variety of backgrounds, with letters
from women from Australia to Peru, some even in their native languages. Also include
some documents relating to court cases and restraining orders.
Creator:
Quanitities:
.1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Personal archive of an anonymous man's search for love.
Letters, photographs, catalogs, membership materials, instructions, rules, numerous
"profiles" and other documents relating to mail order brides and other international
match-making services spanning from 1987 to 1998. About a third of the archive by
volume consists of catalogs, order forms and other promotional material from a variety
of companies, including "Compatibility Unlimited", "Scanna International" and "Latin
Connections". Many of these documents are marked by holograph notations, particularly
at photographs, indicating women with whom he'd like to correspond. The selection
of correspondence and photographs show a wide variety of backgrounds, with letters
from women from Australia to Peru, some even in their native languages. Also include
some documents relating to court cases and restraining orders.
Issues of Cherry Blossoms have been cataloged separately as part of the Human Sexuality
Collection.
Cataloged individually in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
- Cherry Blossoms Hawaii, 1993 issues.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Mail order brides and international dating collection, #7842. Division of Rare and
Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Access to correspondence in Box 1, Folder 2 in Box 1 restricted until 2066.
Names:
Compatibility Unlimited
Latin Connections
Scanna International
Subjects:
Mail order brides -- United States.
Mail order brides -- Russia.
Mail order brides -- Poland.
Mail order brides -- Peru.
Mail order brides -- China.
Mail order brides -- Australia.
Marriage, International.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
|
Description
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Date
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Order forms and other promotional material
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1990's |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
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1990-1994 |