Mail order brides and international dating collection
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
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.
Dates
- circa 1990-1994.
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Access Restrictions:
Access to correspondence in Box 1, Folder 2 in Box 1 restricted until 2066.
Biographical / Historical
Personal archive of an anonymous man's search for love.
Extent
.1 cubic feet. (.1 cubic feet.)
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.
SEPARATED MATERIAL
Cataloged individually in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
- Cherry Blossoms Hawaii, 1993 issues.
Physical Description
Correspondence, photographs, publications.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- July 2017
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu