Object Record
Metadata
Accession # |
2010.14.1.04 |
Item Name |
Certificate, Birth |
Description |
A paper birth certificate (.01) printed in English and French for the Cabbage Patch Kid, Muriel, dated 1983. In green ink is a border with illustrations of Cabbage Patch Kids. Printed in green is the official seal which states "Cabbage Patch Kids/ Official Hospital Seal/ Babyland General." Signed in black is Xavier Roberts, the creator of the doll. The certificate came in a pink envelope (.04). On the envelope in green lettering is "Birth Certificate and Adoption Papers enclosed." In the envelope were two square cards (.02 & .03), one in English (.02) and the other in French (.03). It stated "Sometimes I cry at night, and before too long, you'll know everything about me." |
Date |
1983 EQUALS |
Provenance |
The birth certificate came with the Cabbage Patch Kid, Muriel (2009.52.1.07) in 1983. It was given to the donor by her grandparents, William and Freda DeLaurentis as they were travelling to meet her father, who, as a high school teacher, was camping with his Richview Collegiate Institute school group at the Rockwood Conservation Area in the fall of 1983. It was her first trip to Wellington County. The donor was nine years old and lived in Etobicoke. Cabbage Patch Kids originally started as dolls called "Little People" created by Xavier Roberts in 1978. The dolls attracted attention by the toy manufacturer Coleco, who began mass production in 1982. The dolls were produced with Coleco from 1982-1989. More information is available online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_Patch_Kids. |
Person \ Organization |
DeLaurentis, Elysia |
Place |
Etobicoke |