He tore them up

Chnyok: Times have changed. Rumor has it that Rabbi Gutnik of Australia had a letter from Rayatz to his father expressing concern over shidduch possibilities... The Rebbe asked for him to see it, and der nar hot nisht gehalten a copy...

Shneur Zalman of NY: The Rebbe's two younger daughters were modern women. What does modern mean? Believe me I have no idea just that they were not like their mother or grandmother. I wrote about the standards to be meshadech to the Schneersohn family. Rav Y.L. came from a serious Yichus even related to the Bais Horav , but alas as the Rashab said about his father "a varzaitiger rav" so Rabbi YL was just too frum. Reb CL had no yichus etc. Clearly the Rashag and the Rebbe were fine men very suitable for their wives. Horenstein was a cousin and Sonia obviously did not wish to marry a tamim.

jyk, down under: In one of your earlier postings you mention that Rabbi Gutnick had letters from the Rayatz to his father regarding his concerns about shidduchim for his daughters. I have spoken to one of the Gutnick brothers who confirmed this. He told me that his father had a collection of letters from the Rayatz to his father in which he expresses concern about his daughters in general.

He gave these letters to the Rebbe who apparently, he claimed, tore them up. The Rebbe told Rabbi Gutnick to destroy any other letters that he had in his possession from the Rayatz to his father (which he did but had not brought to the Rebbe) and not to discuss the contents of these letters with anyone. You are correct, he tore them up and no copies were made of the original ones he gave the Rebbe.

For what its worth, obviously he did discuss some of the contents with his children and I was told by one of his sons, that included in the letters the Rayatz expressed strong opposition of the Rebbe going to University. He also told me, and one may need to take this with a grain of salt as the Gutnicks have a reputation for "embellishing" the truth somewhat, that the reason why the Rebbe wanted to go to University was because he was seeking a Rabbinical post in London and he considered having a secular degree would enhance his chances. I would be interested in whether anyone else amongst the "learned members" who regularly contribute to this blog had heard of such a possibility for the Rebbe choosing to go to University.