[Adoption Statements of Avery Kimberlin, Paul Kimberlin, and Robyn Kimberlin] (open access)

[Adoption Statements of Avery Kimberlin, Paul Kimberlin, and Robyn Kimberlin]

Personal statements of Avery, Paul, and Robyn Kimberlin regarding the adoption of Avery Kimberlin from the Xuzhou Social Welfare Institute in Jaingsu Province, China. Avery briefly shares her thoughts on adoption, Paul describes the joy he has in being a parent, and Robyn shares some details of her background and how her and Paul arrived at the decision to adopt. There is a photo of Avery on the first page and a photo of the Kimberlin family on the third page of the document.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kimberlin, Avery; Kimberlin, Paul & Kimberlin, Robyn
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statements of Charlotte Cotter and Willa Mei Kurland] (open access)

[Adoption Statements of Charlotte Cotter and Willa Mei Kurland]

Personal statements of Charlotte Cotter and Willa Mei Kurland regarding their adoptions from Zhenjiang City in Jiangsu Province (Charlotte) and from Urumqi in Xinjiang Province, China. The statement begins with a brief overview of their trip to China to search for their birth families, then has reproduced their blog posts from their time in China. The blogs, written by both Charlotte and Willa, contain their reflections on the experience and describe the methods they used to search. The last couple pages include photos Willa and Charlotte and links to youtube videos.
Date: [2017..]
Creator: Cotter, Charlotte & Kurland, Willa Mei
System: The Portal to Texas History